Feast of St. Markella 2005

On Thursday July, 22, 2005 o.s. The Cathedral Church of the Holy Metropolis of the G.O.C. of America celebrated the Feast its Patronal Feast of St. Markella of Chios. His Eminence Metropolitan Pavlos presided over the Vesper service on Wednesday evening and, together with His Grace, Bishop Christodoulos of Theoupolis on Thursday morning the Divine Liturgy together with the clergy of St. Markella's and St. Isidore's.
Orthodox Awareness

The Problem of Conservative New Calendarism

A talk delivered by Fr. Maximus (Marretta) to the Inter-Orthodox Conference "Orthodoxy and Modern Ecumenism," University of Chicago, March 5/18, 2007. Read more...

Missions

Saint John of Kronstadt - Bunnell, Florida

St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Church began as a mission parish in the year 2000, in a home chapel in Palm Coast, FL – a small town on Florida’s northeast coast located between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. After two years, it became necessary to have services in area community centers, rented for Sundays and other Holy Days. Read more...

Youth

2025 Youth Conference

Please join us for the 2025 youth conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! To learn more, visit the conference website.

Ask A Priest

Fasting

Q. There seems to be a lot of variation in how people observe fasting, but my confessor told me to fast from oil on Wednesday and Friday. Oil is a pretty vague category, though, and I was wondering if I could get a more explicit description of what kinds of food and drink are excluded on strict fast days. Read more...