My beloved students and children in the Lord, “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear… for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” I want to convey these words from the Old Testament to you along with my blessing and best wishes for your…

On the 18th of October, the commemoration of the Holy Glorious new martyrs Gabriel and Kyrmidolis, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, performed the ancient Divine Liturgy of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark, at the place of martyrdom and burial of the Saints, which is located in the Holy…

The program of preservation of the manuscripts of the Patriarchate of Alexandria carried out by the Library of Alexandria, with the support and funding of the Leventis Foundation from Nicosia, continues at a rapid pace. His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa who received on Wednesday, October 14, twelve (12)…

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Vlassis, who holds the expatriate Hellenism and ecclesiastical diplomacy portfolio, on Tuesday 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 minister was accompanied by the civil governor of Mt. Athos, Athanasios…

The second part of the seventh online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. The online assembly was held on Oct. 1. Archontariki, in Greek, refers to a monastery’s guesthouse.

The trial of the Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxi and the Diapontian isles, His Eminence Nektarios, is expected to continue on Wednesday. The trial commenced on Monday morning at a first instance court on Corfu, with the Metropolitan facing two misdemeanor counts of allegedly violating public health restrictions. The restrictions were issued at the beginning of…

Press reports in Athens on Tuesday maintained that Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has sent letters to his German, Spanish and Italian counterparts detailing Ankara’s recent belligerent actions in the eastern Mediterranean, while at the same time requesting a weapons embargo against Erdogan-led Turkey. Moreover, Dendias has sent a letter to EU enlargement and neighborhood…

  His Grace Bishop Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla received the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Radovan Viskovic, on October 19, 2020, on the feast of the Holy Apostle Thomas. The reception was also attended by Minister of Communications and Transport…

The Church today venerates the memory of Artemius, the Great Martyr of Antioch. St. Artemius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, and was appointed by him as governor of Alexandria. During the subsequent reign of Julian the Apostate, in the year 361, Artemius appeared before the emperor and censured him for his apostasy….