On July 20 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Prophet Elias. The Holy Prophet Elijah is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament.…
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On July 17, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agia Marina. Marina was born in Pisidian Antioch of pagan parents. At the age of twelve, Marina learned about the…
On July 8, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Procopius. Procopius was born in Jerusalem of a Christian father and a pagan mother. At first, his name was…
On July 7 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agia Kyriaki the Great Martyr. Agia Kyriaki was the only child of Dorotheus and Eusebia. Since she was born on…
The Archdiocese of Australia has announced that on occasion of the commemoration of the Holy Glorious Apostle Bartholomew, the day on which our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his Name Day (11 June),…
To celebrate the Name Day of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios Primate of The Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, over 1,200 faithful from all around Australia were present a dinner in His Eminence’s…
On the 8th of November the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast day of the Synaxis of the Taxiarchs and Archangels Michael and Gabriel, along with Raphael, and of the other bodiless and…
On the 29th of June the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the feast day of Agios Petros and Agios Pavlos. So important is this celebration in the Orthodox Church that it is marked…
The holy, glorious Martyr Haralambos lived at the time of the Emperor Septimus Severus (194-211) in the city of Magnesia on the River Meander near Ephesus. He was 107 years old and…
On January 17 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Antonios. Saint Anthony, the Father of monks, was born in Egypt in 251 of pious parents who departed this…
December 4 is the Feast Day of Agia Barbara, who is considered one of the major Saints of the Greek Orthodox Church. During the rule of Maximius, in the year 290 AD, the…
This greatest and most beloved of all Christian orators was born in Antioch the Great in the year 344 or 347; his pious parents were called Secundus and Anthusa. After his mother…
Patriarch of Constantinople and known for his virtue, Agios Alexandros’ memory is celebrated on August 30th in the Greek Orthodox Church. Today is also the name day of Alexandros and Alexandra. Alexandros…