The Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week again referred to the very difficult situation faced by Christians in war-torn Syria. Hilarion, who is also the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external Church relations, noted that Christians for centuries lived next to, and in harmony, with their Muslim neighbors in the ancient…

The Erdogan-led Turkish government this week took offense to statements by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, given during a television interview broadcast last week, where the latter touched on the phenomenon of Islamists — and despite the fact that the Archdiocese of Athens issued a clear clarification regarding the meaning…

A new joint ministerial decision regarding Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in Greece went into effect on Monday and will continue until Jan. 25, with the Greek government proceeding with a relaxation of measures that affect the retail sector, and in regions where the concentration of the coronavirus is at acceptable levels. In a welcome development for…

The Church today venerates the memory of Athanasios and Cyril, both Patriarchs of Alexandria, in the fourth and fifth centuries, respectively. These two saints were pre-eminent Christian theologians, Church Fathers and resolute defenders of Trinitarianism against Arianism.

On the eve of New Year, according to the Julian Calendar, January 13, 2021, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America formally received at the Episcopal Residence and Diocesan Center in New Rochelle, New York, His Excellency Marko Djuric, newly arrived Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the United States of America. In a…

On Sunday, 17th of January 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over Matins and served the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Anthony the Great and Saint John the Baptist in Holloway, N. London. thyateira.org.uk

The architectural ensemble of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad was included in the State Code of Especially Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. This status means the Lavra is assigned the highest category of protection and accounting, which implies special forms of state support, reports the…

On January 18 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Athanasios. Agios Athanasios was born in Alexandria in the year 296, and from his early childhood, he had an inclination to the spiritual life. He was a deacon to Archbishop Alexander and accompanied him to the First Ecumenical Council (Nicaea, 325). It…

Among clapping and whistles of excitement Andreas Pavlou, the official winner of South Australia’s Blessing of the Waters ceremony was presented with a gold cross, by Bishop Silouan of Sinope during the annual Vasilopita cutting event held on Sunday at the Archdiocese’s offices in Adelaide. “It’s such a joy to be able to present him…