The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday visited the northeastern Aegean Island of Imbros, as part of his annual late spring visit to his birthplace. His All Holiness was welcomed by Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos, local clergy, as well as pupils of the ethnic Greek school on the…

Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, Sergey Lavrov, this week praised the contribution of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department of External Church Relations in promoting and advancing inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogue around the world – on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian Orthodox Church’s specific department. Still in the vast country,…

The Metropolitan of Philippi, His Eminence Stefanos, has addressed a public letter to Culture Minister Lina Mendoni regarding two ministry projects, entitled “In the Footsteps of the Apostle Paul”, and, “The Cultural Egnatia Way”. The Hierarch expresses the concern and disappointment of residents of the port city of Kavala, over the fact that the area…

A European digital Covid certificate was made available to Greek citizens as of Tuesday. The idea for such a Covid certificate, in fact, was an initiative promoted by the Greek government. A citizen can receive the certificate under one of three conditions, namely, if a person is fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus; or, if…

The Church today venerates the memory of Justin the Philosopher and Martyr, and his Companions.

This year marks several important anniversaries for the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada, and especially in connection with the great 20th-century hierarch St. Nikolai (Velimirović). The Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church gathered at St. Sava’s Cathedral in Belgrade last week, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije. Among other things,…

In honor of International Children’s Day, celebrated annually on June 1, the Romanian Orthodox Church’s Basilica News Agency published several statements from the past few years of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the raising and education of Orthodox children: Children must be educated in the spirit of the Gospel of the love of…

On the Sunday of Samaritan Woman, 30 May 2021, on the feast day of Holy Apostle Andronicus and Saint Junia, His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Buda, Administrator of the Temisoara, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Pecs on the occasion of the church slava. The Bishop was concelebrated by hieromonk Varnava Knezevic, secretary; presbyter Zoran…

It is a path that few will follow and the decision to enter the priesthood seems an even harder one to make in this most secular of ages. Neos Kosmos spoke to Fr Dimosthenes Nicolaou and Fr Nicholas Georgiou about their road to becoming Greek Orthodox priests. Father Nicholas Gerogiou is the priest for The…