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Today marks the 80th anniversary of Greece’s entry into WWII on the side of the Allies, with the national holiday in the country and by Hellenism worldwide known as OXI day — Oxi, pronounced “O-hee”, in Greek means “No”. The curt “no” in this case commemorates the answer given by Greek leader Ioannis Metaxas to…

The heroic “NO” of October 28, 1940, is flanked with pride, gratitude and responsibility. These three words which echo through our ears only to travel to our thoughts, overwhelm our very existence today. We stand with pride because 80 years ago the small and poor nation of Greece stood up to the mighty war weapons…

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Jerusalem 10/27-2020 His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem,- Chairman of the Council of Heads of Churches of the Holy Land, denounced the unfortunate sequence of events in France, which started with insults to Islam and the honorable Prophet Muhammad, and was followed by a murder crime of a teacher on the hands of…

  The latest online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with young people, exceeded all expectations of participation. Hosted by the online magazine Pemptousia, the specific assembly exceeded 20,000 views. At the same time, Pemptousia later hosted a video showing an address…

  The Greek Orthodox faithful of Cairo on Monday commemorated the feast day of St. Demetrius at a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy at the cathedral dedicated to the saint, in the Zeytoun district. The Metropolitan of Memphis and Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo , His Eminence Nikodimos, officiated at the Divine Liturgy.      

  The Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, continues to recuperate from pneumonia, the result of a Covid-19 infection. According to an announcement by the Metropolitinate, the hierarch continues to be hospitalized, and his recuperation is slow but on course.

  Military and pupils’ parades in Greece, on the occasion of the national holiday commemorating the country’s entry into WWII, known as OXI day, have been cancelled, in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The annual commemoration falls on October 28, which is tomorrow, Wednesday. OXI means “no” in Greek. At the same time, annual…