Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea issued his message for the New Year. The message reads: My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The year 2020, to which we just said goodbye, was a year of deep crisis that judged our love, patience and humanity. The crisis has tested people’s resilience in terms of health, economics,…

Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Gulu and Eastern Uganda issued his message for the New Year. The message reads: Beloved Brethren and Children in Christ, As I extend to you my New Year wishes, I humbly thank our Lord, because towards the end period of this year I went through a difficult struggle with Covid19 infection,…

On December 29, 2020, Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos B’ was vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Latsia Medical Center. Speaking to journalists, the Archbishop thanked the scientists who invented the vaccine that will help people get antibodies to face COVID-19. He also urged people to respect the measures that the government announced because, in the opposite…

Children of St. Basil’s Missionary Center on Thursday sang New Year’s carols to the Metropolitan of Zambia, His Eminence Ioannis, at the center in the Zambian capital of Lusaka.

The Metropolitan of Dimitriados and Almyros, His Eminence Ignatios, in statements to a television news program, referred to the efforts by both society in general and the Church to overcome the pandemic. When asked about the vaccination, he said: “Of course, I will be vaccinated”. His Eminence also cited the coming new year, 2021, which…

An annual report compiled by Greece’s education and religious affairs ministry’s department of religious freedoms and inter-faith relations, which tracks incidents involving places of worship in the country for 2019, was released this week. According to the report, 524 such incidents were recorded in 2019. Incidents in this case are considered acts of vandalism, break-ins,…

Greek police plan a crackdown on violators of current coronavirus measures on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. More than 10,000 police officers will be deployed throughout the country in order to ensure compliance with the measures for preventing the spread of the COVID 19 virus. The restrictions will be similar to those imposed…

The Church today venerates the memory of Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome.     Today’s is also the last day of the year, based on the civil calendar, marking the Apodosis – or final day of the After-feast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The Archbishop of Canada, His Eminence Sotirios, issued an encyclical for the New Year, where he also referred to the coming year as the anniversary of the start of the struggle to free the Greek nation from dour and backwards Ottoman rule. The Archbishop also touched on the ongoing tribulation faced by humanity in the…