His Eminence Metropolitan Nektarios of Corfu of the Greek Orthodox Church has been acquitted of all charges brought against him regarding alleged violations of the COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. His trial began on Monday, and early yesterday he was acquitted of misdemeanor charges connected with his homily on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, in…

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Greek Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis on Thursday toured the digital exhibition “Passage to the Light”, which showcases the significant work of digitization of the cultural treasures of the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos. The exhibition, hosted at the Athens Megaron concert hall, is accessible through the Athos Digital Heritage initiative, and reveal the sacred treasures…

The Holy Archdiocese of Madagascar has opened another Orthodox church in the Indian Ocean island nation. In a post on the Archdiocese’s social media, the society Friends of the Northern Madagascar Mission praised the significant missionary and charitable work by the Archdiocese and the His Eminence, the Metropolitan of Madagascar Ignatius.

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X this week received the Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, at the Patriarchate’s seat in Damascus. Hilarion, who is also the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external Church relations, conveyed the fraternal best wishes of the Patriarch of…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday briefed the country’s president Katerina Sakellaropoulou, that he will make a nationwide address later in the afternoon to announce additional measures to prevent exposure to the coronavirus. Greece reported a single-day record of 865 confirmed cases of Covid-19 the previous day, with up to five prefectures in the…

The Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxi and the Diapontian isles, His Eminence Nektarios, spoke to the Orthodoxia News Agency on Wednesday, a day after he was fully acquitted by a Corfu first instance court of two misdemeanor charges of violating state-mandated restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic. In statements to reporter Nikolaos Zaimis, His Eminence expressed…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hieromartyr Bishop Alexander, along with the martyrs Heraclius, Anna, Elizabeth, Theodota and Glyceria of Adrianople.

Christ is risen! On behalf of the hierarchs, clergy, and faithful of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph sends his heartfelt condolences to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and the hierarchs, clergy, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), upon the falling asleep in the Lord of His…