Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas will brief reporters on Friday on adjusting restrictive safety measures against the coronavirus for the Christmas festive season. However, speaking on Alpha 9.89 radio station on Thursday he noted that “it is certain we will not be heading to an all-out reopening, as some might have envisaged.” The health ministry’s committee…

On Sunday, December 6, the Community of Saint Nicholas in Southampton celebrated its Parish feast. The Chancellor of our Archdiocese, the Very Revd Archimandrite Dr Nikodemos Anagnostopoulos represented His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas. The Priest-in-charge of the Parish, Protopresbyter Vassilios Mavroudis and Presbyter Dr Andreas Andreopoulos concelebrated with Fr Nikodemos and Professor Dr Themis Prodromakis chanted….

His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain received Mr. Christopher De Larrabeiti, of Potters Bar, who delivered on behalf of his family, and on behalf of Mr. Darren Grant, Mr. Zach Christopher and Mr. Serkan Menduh, non-perishable food items for the Archdiocesan Food Bank at St. Nectarios of Battersea. Generous contributions were also…

The Bulgarian government has allocated more than $1.5 million to repair, restore, and complete churches and monasteries throughout the country. Out of the $1,546,130 (2.5 million Bulgarian lev), funds were earmarked for restoration work at the Bachkovo and Troyan Monasteries and for the renovation of St. John the Baptist Monastery in the village of Zhablyano,…

Dear friends, You are invited to participate in the “1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi Mount Athos and the Orthodox Christian Network OCN”, which will take place Friday Dec 11, 2020 08:00 PM Athens time (1:00pm EST). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer real…

Decisions on when the retail sector will be reopened in Greece, as well as the framework by which Churches will again hold services in the presence of worshipers, especially ahead of Christmas, are expected from the Greek government by Saturday. Hierarchs of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece have repeatedly called for an end to…

The Council of Ministers of the Cypriot government on Wednesday announced additional measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus. According to reports, the island republic’s health minister presented the decisions and measures, which will be imposed immediately, given a recent and worrying spike in the number of coronavirus cases and related fatalities. As a…

An exodios funeral service was held on Thursday morning at the Holy Monastery of Rousanou, in the Meteora rock formation district of central Greece, for the convent’s reposed Mother Abbess, Filothei Kosvira. The Mother Abbess reposed in the Lord on Wednesday, at the age of 72, after a lengthy hospitalization in the nearby city of…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus. This trio of saints received the crown of martyrdom in the year 235, during the reign of Maximinus.