The Venice-based Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies has announced a new memorandum of cooperation with the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, according to a message on social media posted by Greek Deputy FM Costas Vlasis.
The Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, was quoted by Russian media as advising the faithful to be vaccinated as soon as possible against the COVID-19 virus. He was referring to a Russian-made vaccine, which was registered last month as the first vaccine against COVID-19 worldwide. Hilarion, who is the Moscow Patriarchate’s…
The visiting Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, was received by the island republic foreign minister, Nikos Christodoulides, with a press release by the Patriarchate referring to talks over a variety of issues, especially the Church of Alexandria’s good works throughout the African continent and how the government…
In spite a recent agreement signed in the White House between the Serbian president and representatives of Kosovo’s Albanians, which includes the continued protection of Orthodox heritage and sites in the province, extremists continue to spread ethnic and religious hatred towards the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, while attempting to appropriate the latter’s…
The Greek government on Tuesday extended restrictive measures affecting places of worship in the country, in order to reduce exposure to the Covid-19 pandemic. The measures, such as social distancing indoors, a ceiling on the number of worshippers inside places of worship and those attending sacraments, as well as the use of masks, among…
The Church today venerates the memory of Nikitas the Great Martyr. This Saint was of high birth among the Goths beyond the Danube. He was taken by the pagan ruler of the Goths, and after being tortured, he was burned to death for his confession of Christ. Today is also the feast day of…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Sunday stressed that the presence of the cross everywhere ‘reminds of God’s love for us.’ ‘Inside the church, the cross is located first in the altar, because it is Christ’s altar of sacrifice. Then we find it on top of the iconostasis. On top of the church, one or several…
Hollywood legend Mickey Rourke recently sat down for an interview with the Orthodoxia News Agency to discuss his role in the film, “Man of God,” on the life of the great 20th-century wonderworker St. Nektarios of Aegina, which is currently begin filmed in Greece, and miracles he has experienced in his own life. Rourke plays…
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, met with President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, on September 14, 2020. In an open conversation President Vucic informed the Patriarch about the negotiations on Kosovo and Metochia that had been held in Washington and Brussels at the beginning of the month, as well as about the…