French authorities continued a manhunt on Monday for a suspect that critically wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in Lyon, France over the weekend. In an announcement, the Orthodox Metropolis of France expressed great sorrow over the attack on Fr. Nikolaos Kakavelakis, who was wounded by a suspect firing a sawed-off shotgun outside the Church…

  A significant protocol of cooperation was signed today at the Archdiocese of Athens between the Church of Greece and the Greek state to prevent domestic violence, a problem that has reportedly increased during the pandemic. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, accompanied by the Metropolitan of Ilion, Archarnon and Petroupoli,…

  The Church today venerates the memory of the holy Martyrs Acindynos, Pegasios, Aphthonios, Elpidophoros and Anempodistos. These Martyrs contested in Persia, in roughly the year 330, during the reign of Sapor (Shapur) II, King of Persia. Acindynos, Pegasios and Anempodistos were Persian Christians who confessed Christ before the ruler, and were put to many…

Based on the recent governmental guidelines regarding the approaching lockdown affecting places of worship, the Archdiocese, considering both the spiritual and pastoral needs of the faithful, announces the following: On Wednesday the 4th of November 2020, at 8:30am, Matins and Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the Archdiocesan Chapel, offering the opportunity for the faithful…

  His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message of solidarity with the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek people, following the strong earthquake that shook the island of Samos on Friday, Oct. 30. The message is addressed to Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and all of Greece: His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences yesterday to President Emanuel Macron of France and Bishop André Marceau of Nice of the Catholic church for those slain and injured in the knife attack at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice on Thursday. His messages, published on the site of the Moscow Patriarchate,…

On Sunday, October 19/ November 1, 2020, the shipowner Mr Athanasios Martinos visited the Patriarchate. Mr Martinos and his companion, architect Mr Gregorios Pinelis, were received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. There, at the presence of the Consul…

The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Romania visited Putna Monastery on Friday and was impressed by the monastic settlement, the history of Bukovina, Saints Stephen the Great and Jacob of Putna. On his first visit to Bukovina, Ambassador Nurbakh Rustemov was accompanied by his wife and one of their daughters. The Ambassador especially appreciated the unique…

Fr Aurel Mihai, vicar at the Archdiocese of Bucharest, led a memorial service on Friday morning for the 65 victims of the deadly fire that broke out during a concert at the Colectiv Club in Bucharest in 2015. The service that was performed at Bucur Square next to the building that once housed the Colectiv…