The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Sunday visited the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in New Britain, Connecticut. In a sermon on the occasion of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, His Eminence referred to the Great-Martyr and Standard-bearer St. George, while calling on the faithful to always wear a Cross.   His…

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will pay a two-day pilgrimage to Mount Athos, in the country’s north, beginning on Thursday. The Russian prime minister will reportedly meet with Mount Athos’ administration in the monastic community’s capital, Karyes, while he will be hosted at the St. Panteleimon Monastery, where monks of mostly Russian descent reside.

The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, this week reminded that all authority comes from God, in response to certain critics in the small Adriatic country claiming that the hierarch did not respect Montenegro’s previous political leadership. He said “…I respect the government, but I cannot respect every ruler, all must be…

A series of events commemorating the national day of remembrance of the Genocide of Asia Minor Greeks by the Turkish state were held on Sunday, with a memorial service held in the morning at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral and at a monument to national martyr Chrysostomos of Smyrna.

Greek authorities have accepted public health officials’ recommendations and ordered stricter measures to in the greater Athens area to prevent exposure to the coronavirus outbreak. The development comes after a surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and a spike in the number of people being treated in intensive care units. In terms of…

A Greek European Parliament deputy, Alexis Georgoulis, has requested that the Hagia Sophia’s possible status as an endangered monument be included on the agenda of the 44th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Immediately after an announcement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan converting the ancient Orthodox basilica into a mosque, the MEP sent…

The Church today venerates the memory of Jonah the Prophet. The Prophet Jonah prophesied during more than eight centuries before Christ. God commanded him to go to Nineveh, the great city of the Assyrians, and to proclaim that its destruction was imminent because of the sins of its people. Instead, he disobeyed the divine command,…

On Saturday, September 19, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Charalambos in Luton. During the Divine Liturgy His Eminence ordained into the diaconate Mr Panagiotis Somalis renaming him to David. Source

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel consecrated the new church of Izbuc Monastery in Bihor County on Saturday. The event was part of the 340th anniversary of the first documentary attestation of the Orthodox Diocese of Oradea, 325 years since the diocese and its hierarch were mentioned in the Diploma of the Austrian Emperor Leopold I, and…