Today marks the 76th-anniversary of the evacuation of Axis occupation troops from Athens during WWII. German troops began retreating from the Greek capital on the evening of October 11, 1944, with only a handful of remaining Nazis assembling at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in front of Parliament in central Athens, on the morning…

A ceremony awarding certificates to candidates that successfully completed the Evengios Voulgaris program for Advanced Studies in Orthodox Spiritual Life and Theology, which was held at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. The St. Maxim the Greek Institute, with the support of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, has established…

A virtual tour of the Holy Trinity-St. Seraphim Monastery, near the Russian city of Sarov, is now available to the faithful. The virtual tour was created by Dmitri Kaskanov, and includes 120 panoramic images of the monastery and its cells, as well as the Holy Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Virtual Tour – click…

The Episcopal council of bishops of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral this week called on citizens in the small Adriatic country to respect and faithfully implement public health measures in order prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus. A communiqué issued by the council of bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro referred…

Members of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople were briefed last week over emergency preservation initiatives to save and fully restore the Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage. Members of the Holy and Sacred Synod convened at the Monastery of the Life-Giving Font of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, in this Balikli…

Local residents on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, which has borne the brunt of a migrant crisis in the region since 2015, are beginning the slow process of rebuilding and restoring the chapels near the infamous Moria shelter, which was burned to the ground last month. Certain foreign NGOs, in fact, had set up…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Probus, Andronicus and Tarachus, Martyrs of Tarsus. The holy Martyrs contested for Christ during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian in the late fourth century or early fifth century. They were arrested together in Cilicia, and subjected to exceedingly cruel tortures before achieving the crown of martyrdom….

On Sunday morning, September 28 / October 11, 2020, Monk Athanasios Koutsoupias was ordained a Deacon during the Divine Liturgy at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Monk Athanasios is a graduate of the Patriarchal School of Zion. After his graduation, he received the monastic schema and joined the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, and has been…

  The 2020 edition of Byzanfest, the first film festival in history organized exclusively online, will be held between October 23 and November 8. The festival features exclusively films made by Orthodox directors and has two main sections: short and feature-length films. This year’s themes are isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, monastic life, mental health,…