The Athens-based St Maximos the Greek Institute and the Internet media platform Pemptousia now offer Internet users the ability to hear spiritual sermons in the forms of podcasts.

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, was treated to traditional Christmas carols sung by young people of various Greek-Australian institutions. The Archbishop later received members of several Orthodox Christian youth groups at the Archdiocese in Sydney.

Today, December 18, has been designated as International Migrants Day by the United Nations. It’s worth reminding that roughly one-half of Greeks worldwide reside outside Greece proper, while tens of thousands of people, mostly younger and skilled professionals, emigrated from the Greece over the past decade, amid the punishing economic and debt crisis that battered…

More than 3,000 parcels with individual protective gear were dispatched to clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church who are active in ministering and assisting patients infected with Covid-19. According to the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodical Department for Charity and Social Services, another 10,000 pairs of surgical gloves and face masks have also be sent to clerics…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Thursday, speaking during a brief ceremony at the Patriarchal mansion on the occasion of the Feast day of Daniel the Prophet, his namesake, called for humility and prayer by the faithful, so that God can help one better understand the life’s Divine Gifts. Several hierarchs of…

  The Union of Occupied Municipalities on the island republic of Cyprus has sharply reacted to reports by which a Turkish-Cypriot religious property foundation, known as Evkaf, is claiming authority to manage churches in the Turkish-occupied north. The Union underlined that actions, such as the use of the Archangel Michael cathedral in Lefkonoiko for a…

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…