The civil governor of Mount Athos, Athanasios Martinos, met on Wednesday with the Greek foreign ministry’ s general secretary for public diplomacy and expatriate Hellenism, Yannis Chrysoulakis. Talks revolved on Mount Athos’ historical, ecclesiastical and spiritual significance for Orthodoxy, as well as the semi-autonomous monastic community’s international influence.

  The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, on Wednesday received visiting Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, with both men cordially discussing various issues, including challenges faced by Orthodoxy in Albania, as well as the significant pastoral and charitable work conducted by the Archdiocese of Albania. Dendias also met with representatives of…

The funeral service for the reposed Metropolitan of Italy and Melitis, Gennadios, was held on Wednesday morning at the history St. George dei Greci cathedral in Venice, followed by interment at Venice’s Greek Orthodox cemetery. The Metropolitan’s body first lay in state at the chapel of the Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital in Venice. An…

  The Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxi and the Diapontian isles, His Eminence Nektarios, on Wednesday was acquitted by a first instance court on Corfu of two misdemeanor charges related to state restrictions to prevent exposure to the coronavirus. In exiting the courthouse, His Eminence emphasized that “…today, the Church was vindicated. Corfu was vindicated.” The…

In his homily on the feast of St Parascheva of Iaşi, Metropolitan Teofan offered some answers to the challenges of the present times. To stop the community spread of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, Romanian authorities imposed harsh restrictions for this year’s celebrations: pilgrims from outside the city of Iași were denied access to the cathedral where…

It is inappropriate to pressure parents into vaccinating their children, and vaccines should be developed without the use of embryonic tissue, Fr. Theodore Lukianov, the Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Commission on Family Issues and the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, writes in a new report, according to RIA-Novosti. Fr. Theodore presented his report…

The vision for the iconography of the St Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero is coming together with the efforts of Bishop Joachim of Amissos, a foremost scholar and Fr. Loukas of Mt. Athos, a master iconographer. This vision of heaven on earth will enlighten all who pass through its doors.   The vision for the…

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18th October 2020, the 19th Sunday after the Pentecost: Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral in Chisinau. The arch-pastor was assisted at the service by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, the Cathedral Dean, and the clergy of the holy shrine. The Sunday Gospel fragment read…