Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos on Tuesday called on all Metropolitans, the heads of ecclesiastical districts, to help ensure the diligent, undeviating observance of all health safety restrictions during Epiphany Day church services on Wednesday. Hieronymos conveyed his message to Metropolitans in an official synodical letter, according to Tuesday’s press release by the…

The online radio platform Pemptousia.fm will broadcast the Christmas Eve All-night Vigil – as based on the Julian calendar – from the Catholicos, or main cathedral, of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The broadcast will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 6 and continue into Thursday, Jan. 7, commencing at 9 p.m. Athens time, or…

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The Council of State (CoS), Greece’s top administrative court, has ruled against legal challenges by individual citizens seeking to rescind a government decision – abruptly issued last Friday – banning the presence of worshipers from Wednesday’s great Epiphany services in Orthodox places of worship around the country. The Epiphany, known in Orthodoxy as the Theophany…

With the blessing of Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the parish of St. Paraskevi Brisbane on Sunday held the inaugural event of celebrations for the bicentennial anniversary of the Greek War of Independence – at the Archdiocese’s summer camp on Bribie Island on Sunday. During the event, the contribution of every patriot and especially of children…

The Serbian Orthodox Church has immediately mobilized to offer assistance to quake-stricken residents in Croatia. A strong 6.4 on the Richter scale earthquake devastated the Petrinja district of central Croatia on Dec. 29, resulting in seven deaths and major damages. The first 12 of 30 mobile homes have been delivered to residents who were left…

Τhe few remaining Christians on the northeast Aegean island of Tenedos, joined the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Imvros and Tenedos, His Eminence Kirillos, on Tuesday morning for a sanctification of the waters service, on the eve of the Epiphany. In a brief statement, His Eminence noted that “…we gathered here today, the few remaining Orthodox…

“We are asking for the cooperation of the Church. We are hoping that the Church will reconsider its position,” alternate government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni said on Tuesday on Alpha radio, concerning the Holy Synod’s defiance of a government decision banning church attendance on the Epiphany holiday, as a protective measure against Covid-19. She confirmed that…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday sought to defuse the tension that has arisen with respect to the celebration of Epiphany, in a brief meeting with Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos on the sidelines of the ceremony to swear in the new members of the cabinet. The prime minister expressed his concern over…