Orthodox Church: US symposium on women deacons proposes a way forward
MEAGAN SALIASHVILI, of Religion News Service, reports on how a consortium of Orthodox Christian scholars, clergy and lay supporters meeting this week outside Boston proposed guidelines for the church to revive the ancient practice of allowing women to be deacons…
Greek Church protests US baptism for celebrity same-sex parents
Athens, GreeceAP Greece’s Orthodox Church says it will send a letter of protest to the archbishop who heads the church in the United States after he baptised the children of celebrity fashion designer Peter Dundas and his partner, Evangelo Bousis. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the 9th July ceremony near Athens while in Greece […]
US President Joe Biden honours Greek Orthodox priest, Catholic nun with Medal of Freedom
Washington DC, US RNS Rev Alexander Karloutsos has met with presidents since the Carter administration, speaking to the nation’s chief executives on, especially, the cause of religious freedom. But the Greek Orthodox priest’s latest trip to the White House was to hear President Joe Biden speak about him as one of 17 recipients of the […]
New York church destroyed during 9/11 attacks consecrated as national shrine
United StatesRNS St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine was consecrated Monday in New York City. The original church, founded in 1916 on nearby Cedar Street in lower Manhattan, was destroyed in the aftermath of the attacks on 11th September. “The rebuilding of Saint Nicholas as a Shrine for the Nation is also an […]
Orthodox Church’s top Patriarch to visit US, meet with Biden
RNS The spiritual leader of the world’s 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians brings an agenda spanning religious, political and environmental issues to a 12-day US visit beginning Saturday that includes a meeting with President Joe Biden and various ceremonial and interfaith gatherings. Making the latest of several trips to the country during his 30 years […]
Work resumes on church destroyed on 9/11
New York City, USAP After a three year halt due to financial problems, work resumed Monday on a Greek Orthodox church being built to replace one destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center on 11th September, 2001. Archbishop Elpidophoros, the leader of the Greek Orthodox church in America, stood on a balcony on […]
Greek Orthodox Church: For some, communion remains unchanged despite virus
ELENA BECATOROS and COSTAS KANTOURIS, of Associated Press, report…