The Greek government, as widely expected, on Thursday announced a one-week extension of a three-week partial lockdown in the country. The restrictive measures, aimed to reduce exposure to the Covid-19 virus, were due to expire on Nov. 30. Nevertheless, they were extended to Dec. 7, given that the “second wave” of the pandemic has exponentially…

The Church today venerates the memory of James, the Great Martyr of Persia, who achieved the crown of martyrdom in the fifth century. Today is also the anniversary of the canonization of St. Iakovos Tsalikis, whose feast day was set by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Nov. 22 every year.

Film & Screenwriting Contest Online Festival / Awards Event   About us International Cosmocinema Festival Awards Film & Screenwriting Contest. Online Festival / Awards Event. The Festival started on 2018, developed and administrated by Cosmocinema, based in London, UK, and the very successful international London Greek Film Festival (started on 2008). Accept entries from across…

Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the “1st e-meeting from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and English Speaking Byzantine Chanters “, which will take place Friday, November 27, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time. Elder Ephraim will speak in Greek and we will offer real-time English Interpretation for the entire session, including…

On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas, the Orthodox hierarchs of Chicago served a memorial service for Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at Ss. Constantine and Helen Romanian Orthodox Cathedral of Chicago. In attendance were: His Eminence Metropolitan Nathaniel and the Bishop-elect…

The holy relics of Saint John the New of Suceava toured the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți at the beginning of this week ‘to bring again the belief that we are not alone and that the saints protect us and intercede with God on our behalf,’ assistant bishop Damaschin of Dorna noted in a message…

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The Bishop of Orehovo-Zuevо, His Grace Panteleimon, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry, this week met with the heads of Metropolises’ social ministry programs. Specifically, 219 officials from 134 ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the Russian Orthodox Church convened in an online assembly, with the main topics discussed being…

Today marks the two-year anniversary of our online newscasts from the Orthodoxia News Agency’s website. Amid a very crucial period for Orthodoxy around the world, where the pandemic is forcing cathedrals to close their doors and where the sacrament of the Holy Communion is under persecution by many quarters, the Church is called upon to…