A stricter lockdown was ordered for western Attica prefecture – the area west of Athens proper – as of Friday morning, after Greek public health officials detected a higher epidemiological concentration of the Covid-19 virus in the specific region. For instance, a curfew on non-essential movement outdoors will be in effect from 6 p.m. to…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Sebastian the Martyr of Milan, and his Companions.

TOPICAL ANNOUNCEMENT about the foreign words in our language The members of the research staff of the Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triandaphyllidis Foundation), willing to contribute to the recent debate, sometimes held in exaggerated terms, about the use of foreign words in our language, would like to refer to a classic – and…

Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations The Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations is pleased to announce a four-part webinar series on Greening the Parish launching in January 2021. The series will feature conversations between expert panelists on what it means to be a steward of creation through the lens of our Orthodox…

New Options for Gift-Giving Connect Donors with Global Humanitarian Programs With a refresh of its popular gift catalog, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is offering gift-givers ways to share with loved ones while helping people in need at home and abroad. With new gift items reflecting a range of humanitarian services, IOCC’s Gifts of Love…

Recognizing the unprecedented situations and complex difficulties that have been created by the Pandemic COVID-19, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has allotted the Network of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Pastoral Health Care the responsibility of organizing an online Consultation with the theme: “The Pastoring Church in the days of the Pandemic”. The Consultation will provide…

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Traditional Christmas carols were sung to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday afternoon by the educators and graduates of the Bosporus metropolis’ Zographeion Lyceum, led by the secondary school’s director, Ioannis Demirtzoglou. The Christmas carols resounded throughout Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Phanar-district seat, as the Ecumenical Patriarch looked on from the…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, convened a new Archdiocesan Council that will convene until the 2022 Clergy Laity Congress. Just prior to the meeting, the Archbishop addressed the newly established “Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism,” a special new organization that brings together clergy and laity from around the Archdiocese with tremendous expertise and…