The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Friday morning received the alternate minister for migration and asylum, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, at the Archdiocese in Athens. Talks revolved around the ongoing migration crisis faced by the country.             Video/Photos: George Ferdis & Archdiocese

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Martyrs Zenobius and His Sister Zenobia. These saints hailed from Cilicia. Zenobius was a physician, and healed many freely by the power of God; because of his virtue he was consecrated Bishop of Aegae. With his sister he was taken by Lysias the local governor, and…

The Archbishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro and Exarch of the Holy Throne of Pec, Amphilochios (Amfilohije), reposed in the Lord on Friday morning. Amphilochios passed away after having received the Holy Sacrament of Communion at a Podgorica hospital, on the eve of the feast day of St. Peter of Cetinje. He remained hospitalized for…

With the advent of the coronavirus earlier this year, the Larnaca Zenon Bridge Club, like other sporting clubs, found itself restricted from holding its regular in-person games. Those of you who are fans of bridge will understand that this situation is untenable for a true bridge aficionado. Thus, taking an attitude of can-do, Errikos Leonidou,…

On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, on the Feast of Venerable Paraskeva, the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, Metropolitan Vladimir, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of the Lord Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau. During the Small Entrance, the arch-pastor awarded a series of church distinctions to priests from Chisinau: Archpriest Teodor Tihon,…

A powerful earthquake with its epicenter to the north of Samos and estimated to be 6.6 on the Richter scale rocked both Greece and Turkey this afternoon. “A few minutes ago we experienced a very big earthquake similar to that Samos has been experiencing for many years. People are panicking. They have gone out in…

An ancient underground cemetery was discovered at Lamta, near Monastir. A rare testimony to the life of the first Christians. Under five meters of land, not far from the sea, on the site of the ancient city of Leptis, lie magnificent ancient Christian tombs covered with mosaics. This partially excavated site cannot be visited yet….

A group of archaeologists made a wonderful discovery near Ravno in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, confirming the presence of Christianity in the area in ancient times. On Wednesday, October 21, a stone relief plate from the altar partition of a 9th-century church was discovered in the village of Zavala, according to archaeologist Snježana Vasilj from…

His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije, the beloved Metropolitan of Montenegro of the Serbian Orthodox Church, reposed in the Lord at 8:20 this morning at the Clinical Hospital Center of Montenegro, reports the Metropolis’ website. The Metropolitan received Holy Communion before departing to the Lord. He led the Montenegro Metropolis for 30 years, guiding his flock through…