Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece convened during an extraordinary session on Monday, under the chairmanship of Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, with the hierarchs later issuing a stern rebuke to last week’s disappointing decision by the Greek government to ban the presence of worshippers…

A Cabinet reshuffle was announced in Greece on Monday, a widely expected political development. The reshuffle was announced by new government spokesman Christos Tarantilis.

 The Church today venerates the memory of St. Nikephoros the Leper, who was canonized in 2012. The venerable Nikiforos was born Nikolaos Tzanakakis in the Chania prefecture of western Crete in 1890. He exhibited the first symptoms of Hansen’s disease in his early teens, and left the large island for Alexandria to avoid being sent…

The online radio platform Pemptousia will commence live broadcasts from the Catholicos (main cathedral) of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi of the Holy All-night Vigil on the eve of the Christmas Feast (based on the Julian calendar). The broadcast will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 6 and continue into Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, commencing at 21.00…

Stricter week-long restriction measures to manage the rise in coronavirus cases went into effect at 06:00 on Sunday, January 3 in Greece. As announced by the government on Saturday, the annual Sanctification of the Waters and tossing of the Cross ceremonies by Orthodox hierarchs and clerics on Jan. 6 – the splendorous feast day of…

Bread is an extremely important element in Bulgarian traditional culture. That is why there are a number of rituals and sacraments associated with its preparation. In order for the bread to acquire the status of a festive bread and become part of the Holy Liturgy, Bulgarians have used special seals called prosphora seals. Canonical prosphora…

It took Serbia eight centuries to erect a monument to the founder of the state. On December 25, 2020, the installation of a monument to the Great Duke of Serbia, Stefan Neman, who at the end of his life accepted monasticism and was later glorified as Saint Simeon the Myrrh-Gusher, was completed on the Savskaya…

From the Fall of Adam and Eve and their exile from Paradise until the coming of the Messiah, Christ’s incarnation and saving actions in history, innumerable centuries passed. All this time, it seemed as if God had abandoned humanity to our tragic, unredeemed fate. Yet, this is not true. God never forsook the creation of…

First public screening of the documentary about the life, personality and work of Archbishop Stylianos of blessed memory; a gift from the local Church to the Christ-loving flock and all those who loved the great former Hierarch. An outstanding documentary produced by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. The documentary has English subtitles.