The Erdogan regime took umbrage this week to statements by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, after the latter’s address, via a remote connection, to the annual New Year’s pie-cutting ceremony held by the Athens-based Society of Imvros natives. Dendias made a particular reference to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, himself…

The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, along with the first female vice-president, Kamala Harris, took place on Wednesday with traditional pomp and pageantry associated with the oath-taking of America’s commander-in-chief. At the same time, this inauguration was also unique, given the imposition of public health precautions to prevent…

Today is the feast day of the synaxis, or assembly, of the Ever-Holy Theotokos of Paramythia. A miracle-working icon of the Theotokos, or Virgin Mary of Paramythia is preserved at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, where a same-name chapel is also dedicated to the Theotokos. The Church today also venerates…

Within the framework of the scholarship scheme for the Christians of the Middle East, by the Government of Hungary, it is being announced that the Scholarships for the Academic year 2021-2022 will be managed through the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The prospective candidates should submit their application forms solely to the Patriarchate, following the instructions listed…

On Wednesday, 7/20 January 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the synaxis of Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist. On this feast, the Church has the synaxis (gathering) of the faithful to honour Saint John the Forerunner, as the primary person in the Lord’s baptism, in the river Jordan. As the troparion says, “his…

On Tuesday, 6/19 January 2021, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Theophany. On this Feast, His Beatitude, the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, surrounded by Hagiotaphite Archbishops, officiated the Service of the Great Sanctification of the Waters at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and sanctified the Church, the Archbishops, the…

The initiatives taken by Greek universities in the fields of education, research and innovation, the extroversion of higher education and the study programs offered by Greek universities to the Greek Diaspora and foreign nationals, are some of the topics that will be discussed during the online conference “Reinforcing bridges between Greek Universities and the Greek…

Of the roughly 100 churches in the city of Madrid, the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene has been recognized as one of the most beautiful. A list of the city’s 6 most beautiful churches has been compiled by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the most-quoted Spanish-language media in the world. The Cathedral of…

The holy Orthodox Church gained many souls this week, with the celebration of a mass Baptism in Tanzania. On January 19, the feast of St. Mark of Ephesus, one of the Pillars of Orthodoxy, 12 priests celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Mark in Kimouli, in the northwestern Tanzanian province of Cerua,…