2nd e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Faithful, with the Blessings of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church Tue. 16 Feb 2021 – 19:30 PM Athens EET   Theme – LOVE NEVER ENDS – Elder Efrem in dialogue with Romanian teenagers and young couples! Dear friends, You are invited to participate in the…

The Orthodox Archdiocese of Iași wants to start the construction of a new maternity home dedicated to Saint Emilia, the mother of Saint Basil the Great, reads a report issued by the Archdiocese’s Press Office. The establishment of the new maternity home was listed among the Archdiocese’s objectives for 2021 during the Archdiocesan Assembly on February 13….

The celebration of the International Greek Language Day began in Romania three years ago. The legislative initiative belonged to Dragos Gabriel Zisopol, chairman of the Hellenic Union in Romania. February 9 has been selected as the day to celebrate the Greek language because it coincides with the Commemoration Day of Greece’s “national poet” Dionysios Solomos….

An Orthodox service was served for the first time in the Romanian Church in Montichiari, Italy, on Tuesday evening, February 9. Dean Rev. Gelu Porumb, the parish priest Gabriel Pandrea and several other clerics officiated the Lesser Sanctification of Waters and the Mystery of Unction, the Romanian Diocese of Italy reports. The story of the…

Celebrating his first anniversary as chaplain at St Spyridon’s Hospital in Iasi, Father Ioan Pădurariu spoke about his mission during the time of a pandemic, stressing that a hospital chaplain is “a kind of a firefighter on duty.” “In the sense that he must be present at any time in the hospital, in the morning,…

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The online platform Pemptousia hosts all of the previous online assemblies from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Pemptousia.fm online radio station is also available on a 24-hour basis, with programs focusing on cultural heritage, culture and Orthodoxy.

The Bishop of Budimlje and Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, the temporary vicar – or locum tenens – of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Metropolis of Montenegro and the Littoral, on Sunday officiated at services at the historic Cetinje Monastery. After the Divine Liturgy, His Grace’s sermon focused on St. Tryphon, whose feast day was commemorated by…

The municipality of Elefsina, west of Athens proper in the same-name industrial district, will proceed with major upgrades to its main square and a nearby early Christian basilica dedicated to St. Zachariah, projects linked with the promotion of the adjacent archaeological site of Elefsis, considered as one of the largest and most important in Greece….