GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF SAN FRANCISCO: PRAYER OF PROTECTION FROM THE CORONAVIRUS

                               

                                

 

                      

 Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

PdF 

THEOPHANY: THE GIFT OF GOD'S PERSONAL COMMUNION WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD

 

 Dr Philip Kariatlis Academic Director, Senior Lecturer in Theology St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College, Sydney, Australia

A few reflections below on today’s great feast of Epiphany. A very happy name day to all who celebrate their name day today.

ΜΗΝΥΜΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΚΟ ΛΑΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΔΙΕΤΗ ΕΠΕΤΕΙΟ ΧΟΡΗΓΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΟΥ

                      

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ΜΗΝΥΜΑ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΚΟ ΛΑΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΔΙΕΤΗ ΕΠΕΤΕΙΟ ΧΟΡΗΓΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΟΥ

CONSTANTINOPLE'S GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OBSERVES EPIPHANY (PHOTOS)

The National Herald / Εθνικός Κήρυξ 

CONSTANTINOPLE -- With no visiting faithful from Greece or other Christian Orthodox countries, due to the coronavirus pandemic, only two swimmers raced to retrieve the cross in a ceremony commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ,in Istanbul on Wednesday, Jan. 6.

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A SINGLE STEP BACK ON THE UKRAINIAN ISSUE

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew believes there is no schism in Orthodoxy. At the same time, he is not going to take a "single step back" on the Ukrainian issue

LIVING EPIPHANIES: THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST AND THE RESTORATION OF CREATION

                      

 Rev. Dr. Philip LeMasters

On this great feast of Theophany, we celebrate Christ’s baptism, when the voice of the Father identified Him as the Son of God and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in the form of a dove. Epiphany reveals that the Savior Who appears from the waters of the Jordan to illumine our world of darkness is the God-Man, a Person of the Holy Trinity. He is baptized to restore us, and the creation itself, to the ancient glory for which we were created.