A priest of a Greek Orthodox Church in the French City of Lyon has been brutally targeted in a terrorist attack. The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, located on 45 Rue Père Chevrier, is a part of the Hellenic Community of Lyon founded in 1929. The priest of the church is Nikolaos Kakavelakis, but…

Seismologists remain on alert following the evolution of earthquakes that have occurred since last Saturday night off Halkidiki, in the sea area of Mount Athos. “Most likely, the main earthquake was that of 5.2 on the Richter scale. So far, it is not considered a disturbing situation but due to the history of the area…

Abortion is the plague of our times – responsible for more 40-50 million deaths annually worldwide. This is more than cancer, HIV and other diseases, traffic accidents, smoking and alcohol combined. Many women are pressured into the decision against their will by a feeling of a lack of support, or even by direct coercion from…

A message of condolences from the Archbishop of Australia for the Victims of the Earthquake which has devastated Samos and Izmir. With deep sorrow and pain, we observe from the distant Antipodes, the images of destruction that have come to us from the areas affected by the earthquake which has struck both Greece and Turkey…

The State’s imperative duty is to stand by the island of Samos, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday, speaking at the island where he visited to assess the earthquake’s aftermath and to draw an action plan with a team of key ministers and local officials, following Friday’s 6.7 Richter scale tremor there. The Greek…

Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece expressed his deep sorrow for the two young victims of the earthquake that rattled the island of Samos and the Aegean on Friday, in a statement to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA). The archbishop said that he has spoken with Samos Metropolitan Evsevios to express his full support and…

French police are hunting a gunman who shot and critically injured a Greek Orthodox priest in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, in what police say is a suspected terrorist act. Father Nikolaos Kakavelakis, 52, was shot at twice, at around 5 pm Greek time, as he was closing the church, said a police…

I would like to appeal to the future government and the opposition to cooperate and listen to each other – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, said after casting a vote. The patriarch voted through a portable ballot box. “I appeal to all Georgia to go to the polls. Hopefully this…

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II will vote in the 2020 parliamentary elections through the movable ballot box. The ballot box will be delivered to the Patriarch at the Georgian Patriarchate. As Press Center of the Patriarchate told Georgian Public Broadcaster, the decision had been made due to the epidemiological situation…