Sunday 28 March, saw over a thousand of people flock to Lansdowne Street in East Melbourne to help the Greek Community of Melbourne commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Greek War of Independence. The celebrations took place in the shadows of the historic Evangelismos Church which was devastated by fire in 2016. The event’s program…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, during his sermon Sunday, emphasized that “the invitation to confession is mercy.” His Beatitude explained that when we lead an individual to the Church, the house of God, we perform a good deed, by facilitating the latter’s spiritual healing. “Through the forgiveness of sins; through a therapy…

The annual memorial service for the reposed great benefactors, donors and patrons of the ethnic Greek community of Cairo and the philoptochos fund was held on Sunday at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the Egyptian capital. The Metropolitan of Memphis and Patriarchal vicar of Cairo, His Eminence Nikodimos, officiated at the…

The inaugural online archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Gabriel, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. David, in northwestern Evia island, will be hosted by the online Orthodox platform Pemptousia on Tuesday, at 19.30 Athens times. Archontariki in Greek is a monastery’s guesthouse. To participate please fill out an electronic application on the pages…

The Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos, His Eminence Ieronymos, on Sunday officiated at a memorial service at the Kileler monument for the fallen, on the 111th anniversary of a sharecroppers’ uprising in the Thessaly province in 1910.

The Greek community in Sydney on Sunday honored the heroes of 1821 during the official celebration of the 200th anniversary of the commencement of the Greek War of Independence. A Doxology service was held at the cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, in the Sydney suburb of Redfern, in the presence of the consul…

The Moscow Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, was the latest Orthodox hierarch to refer to this year’s bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, speaking on Sunday after a prayer service for deliverance from the Covid-19 pandemic. Hilarion, who is also the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department of External Church Relations, emphasized…

The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) issued a statement on March 17, calling on international organizations to protect the monuments of Armenian culture that are now within the territory of Azerbaijan, including sites of the Armenian Apostolic church. The IAO comprises parliamentary delegations from 25 countries (including Greece, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and many…

My beloved Sub-deacon Elias, What an extraordinary day for you to present yourself for Ordination, on this Second Sunday of the Holy Fast – that of Saint Gregory Palamas, and the thirtieth anniversary of your father’s priestly ordination. And I, your proud godfather, and friend to your family for all these decades, stand before you,…