A powerful earthquake with its epicenter to the north of Samos and estimated to be 6.6 on the Richter scale rocked both Greece and Turkey this afternoon. “A few minutes ago we experienced a very big earthquake similar to that Samos has been experiencing for many years. People are panicking. They have gone out in…

An ancient underground cemetery was discovered at Lamta, near Monastir. A rare testimony to the life of the first Christians. Under five meters of land, not far from the sea, on the site of the ancient city of Leptis, lie magnificent ancient Christian tombs covered with mosaics. This partially excavated site cannot be visited yet….

A group of archaeologists made a wonderful discovery near Ravno in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, confirming the presence of Christianity in the area in ancient times. On Wednesday, October 21, a stone relief plate from the altar partition of a 9th-century church was discovered in the village of Zavala, according to archaeologist Snježana Vasilj from…

His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije, the beloved Metropolitan of Montenegro of the Serbian Orthodox Church, reposed in the Lord at 8:20 this morning at the Clinical Hospital Center of Montenegro, reports the Metropolis’ website. The Metropolitan received Holy Communion before departing to the Lord. He led the Montenegro Metropolis for 30 years, guiding his flock through…

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Three people were killed in a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice, earlier on Thursday. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said there had been a “terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica”. One elderly victim who had come to pray was “virtually beheaded”. One suspect was shot and detained…

The municipality of Gennadi on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes today celebrates the feast day of St. Anastasia the Roman, as the chapel in the town’s cemetery is dedicated to the saint. The chapel features a unique, in Greece, series of frescoes detailing St. Anastasia’s life and martyrdom, dated to roughly the year 1800. The…

Incumbent US President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party candidate for the presidency Joe Biden on Wednesday issued messages for the annual Oct. 28 Greek national holiday, known as OXI day, which commemorates Greece’s entry into WWII. In a statement issued by the White House, Trump notes that “…OXI Day commemorates this day in 1940…

The deputy head of the external Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Arch-priest Nikolay Balashov, this week decried the conversion of the Chora Church in Turkey into a mosque, after photographs emerged online, showing mosaics and frescoes covered with curtains inside the historic Chora Church. In a post on Facebook, the hierarch referred to the…