The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) has launched Always On Sunday On Demand, an online series presenting two Greek films on the first Sunday of every month and making them available on demand worldwide, on any device, 24/7 for the entire month. Showing now through January 2, 2021 are the romantic drama EYES OF NIGHT…

New York, NY – Archbishop Elpidophoros convened the new Archdiocesan Council that will last until the 2022 Clergy Laity Congress. Just prior to the meeting, the Archbishop addressed the newly established “Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism,” a special new organization that brings together clergy and laity from around the Archdiocese with tremendous expertise and institutional…

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On Monday, December 1/14, 2020, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem convened a meeting chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos. The Holy and Sacred Synod discussed various matters of the Patriarchate and decided the following: Approved Monk Markelos’ application to join the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, and be ordained…

A campaign to preserve the Modern Greek Studies Program of Latrobe University has paid off, as a relevant agreement signed on Wednesday. Among the institutions that lent their support was the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, which in addition to contributing financially to the program, encouraged students in its educational institutions to enroll in the program…

The online magazine Pemptousia will organize the first digital archontariki with the Metropolitan of Mesogea and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, on Sunday, Dec. 20, and between 7:30 – 9:30 in the evening, Athens time. After His Eminence’s address, focusing on the tribulations and challenges faced by Christians amid the ongoing pandemic, an online discussion will…

A four-day period of special services and celebrations began on Wednesday on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, ahead of Thursday’s feast day of Dionysius of Zakynthos, the island’s patron saint. In stark difference to previous years’ splendorous and reverent services and traditions, this year’s commemorations – including a litany of the saint’s Holy Relics –…

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden over his election victory, five weeks after the US presidential election was held. In his letter, the Russian Patriarch, among others, notes that “…The modern world needs great stability and security, for the development of constructive cooperation…

Churches around Greece will reopen for the Holy 12-Week period between Christmas Day and the Epiphany, on Jan. 6, but with a specific daily schedule and with all public health precautions and restrictions in place to prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus. This positive development follows the publication of a joint ministerial decision on Tuesday…