EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). Maria Coman is a Romanian vocalist known for performing Byzantine chant. Her clear and expressive voice brings new life to a musical tradition that dates back more than a thousand years. Byzantine chant is typically...
By George Michalopulos
Recently, our friends at Fordham University have made waves about changing the date for the celebration of Easter. Their arguments were challenged most eloquently by Michael W Davis, himself a recent convert from Catholicism. (“The Case for...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). U.S. military personnel have complained that their commanders are presenting the conflict with Iran in religious or apocalyptic terms. According to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), the group received more than 100 complaints from...
source - uoj.news
By Michael W. Davis Orthodox scholars who urge us to abandon the Julian Calendar think they are fostering unity with Rome. In fact, their proposal would bring about a new and terrible schism within the Orthodox Church. Recently, a...
By Jim Jatras (source "X")
Jim is reacting to the recent article by John Chysavgis in Orthodox Observer "Toward A Common Date of Easter" (Link here).
They've been talking about this for years, but here we are already in Lent, and...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
By Markos (Helleniscope's Theological Commentator)
A group of "theologians" signed and released a common statement urging for continuing the efforts to push for a common Pascha with the West. (LINK...
ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ Another chapter in the pattern of centralized, authoritarian leadership within the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia leaves a beloved Adelaide priest in “shock and absolute disbelief.”
By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team
For...
EDITOR'S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis). In the news report below, Athonite Archimandrite Theologos Chrysanthakopoulos, a close collaborator of the late archbishop in Albania, is mentioned. He spoke extensively about Anastasios’ restoration work in the country and his concern over what...
PHOTO: Israel police keep Christian worshippers away from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem (this photo is from 2023 but the suppression has not stopped)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/whF0yUS2iMc
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J6lvKqt1ljw
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xaTGwr2QEtA
source - orthodoxhistory.org
By Matthew Namee
February 19, 2026 This morning, February 19, 2026, Metropolitan Dimitrios Couchell reposed. Although comparatively few know his name, he was, in fact, one of the greatest men in the history of Greek Orthodoxy in America.
This past...
