The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday meet with the head of the second directorate of religious institutions in the Bosporus metropolis, all on the heels of this week announcement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of an initiative to boost human rights in the predominately Muslim country. At least…

An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale in central Greece on Wednesday, just after noon, caused serious damage to the St. Paraskevi Cathedral in the town of Tyrnavos as well as to the church of St. Nicholas in the nearby village of Koutsoheri. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported. Lesser damages were reported around…

The Greek government this week announced even stricter pandemic-related measures on public assembly and non-essential movement outdoors, amid a latest spike in the number of confirmed new instances of the Covid-19 virus, as well as related fatalities and intubated patients being treated in hospital ICUs. The stricter measures again affect Church-going and the holding of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Paul and his sister Juliana, and their Companions.  

On March 4, Bulgaria marks 1,151 years since the foundation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. On this day in 870, the Autocephalous Archbishopric of Bulgaria was constituted during the Eight Ecumenical Council in Constantinople. This happened during the reign of Tsar Boris-Mihail, Baptizer of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church had a status of Autocephalous Archbishopric…

On Thursday 25 February – Friday 26 February, 2021, the College commenced its academic year with a two-day orientation program attended by all newly enrolled (approximately 30 students in person, and another 15 followed via ZOOM) and some continuing students (all-in-all, the College has 94 students). The program officially began with the morning Orthros Service…

The second online monthly talk in Greek, organised by the Archdiocesan office dedicated to Greek Education, took place on Zoom with success on Saturday, February 27, 2021. The guest speaker was the Very Revd Archim. Aimilianos Papadakis, Priest-in-charge of the Church of St. George in Kingston-upon-Thames. Fr Aimilianos spoke on, and developed the theme of,…

You are invited to participate in the “2nd Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi Mount Athos and the Orthodox Christian Network OCN”, which will take place Thursday, March 4th, 2021 at 07:30 PM Athens time (12:30 PM EST). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer simultaneous…

Fr Romanos Stergiou conducted his annual Ayasmos blessing for the scholars, teachers and administrative staff of the Greek Ethnic School of St Anna on the Gold Coast February 24. After the blessing Fr Romanos held a religious education class. in person to make up for the past year when religious education classes were livestreamed on…