Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this week announced that his government and relevant public health authorities will develop and issue a digital certificate proving a citizen has received a Covid-19 vaccination.

The Church today venerates the Righteous Euthymius the Great. This saint was from Melitene in Armenia and was born in the latter part of the 4th century. He became a divine oracle of the Church, or rather, the “…vessel of divine utterance,” as later ecclesiastical historians wrote. He was the instructor and elder of St….

Today, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Day of Bulgarian Patriarch St. Euthymius of Tarnovo. Euthymius was born around 1327 in a noble family. He received good secular education but his spiritual pursuits led him to the Kilifarevo Monastery, where around 1350 he became a monk. Later he resided in Constantinople and on Mount Athos…

Two icons of Christ and the Virgin Mary painted in 1735 and 1785, respectively, were delivered to the Greek Embassy in Beirut on January 19 to be returned to Greece. The Greek culture ministry, in an announcement, said that both icons were stolen in 2006, along with other objects, from Aghia Triada church in Oxia,…

On January 17th, the feast of Saint Anthony the Great, the faithful in Somerville enjoyed a visit from the beloved Spiritual Father, His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston. Considering the COVID restrictions and the long period of isolation, the visit of the most loved Hierarch was a heavenly gift. Many of the faithful came to…

On Sunday, January 17, 2021 the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco in partnership with the United Hellenic American Societies of Northern California (UHAS) hosted an event at Aquatic Park Cove in San Francisco to honor the Feast of Epiphany, observing Christ’s baptism in the Jordan. In his introductory remarks, His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of…

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness, and Beatitude Ilia II gave a festive church service on the Epiphany at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. The Patriarch congratulated the whole of Georgia on the Christian feast. “Take the blessed water home today and pour it onto your courtyards, children, and family to be blessed. The…

The National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation has fined and replaced the company working on the ongoing rehabilitation of the Gelati Monastery Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the country’s west, for failing to fix deficiencies in the work. Releasing an update on developments around the monument since July – when rainwater leaks linked…

Ana Natsvlishvili, one of the leaders of the Lelo opposition party in Georgia, has asked the prosecutor’s office of the country to launch an investigation into possible “wrongful rehabilitation” process of the UNESCO-listed Gelati Monastery Complex by state cultural organisations. Announcing the legal move on Monday, the opposition figure told local media she was submitting…