October 24, 2020 Prot. No. 186/2020 Ἰάκωβε θεσπέσιε, πρῶτόν σε ἀνέδειξε τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων, Ποιμένα καὶ Διδάσκαλον, καὶ πιστὸν οἰκονόμον, τῶν μυστηρίων τῶν πνευματικῶν· ὅθεν σε πάντες τιμῶμεν Ἀπόστολε. O godly Iakovos, shown as the First Shepherd and Teacher of Jerusalem, faithful steward of the spiritual mysteries; wherefore we all honor thee, O apostle. (Kontakion of…

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, In his Epistle to the Ephesians, Saint Paul writes, “equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12). Through the ministries of the Church, each of us is offered the possibility to grow as Orthodox Christians, to deepen our faith in…

Thessaloniki has cancelled the military and student parades for triple celebrations between October 26 and 28, but President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou will still attend all other related activities. Northern Greece’s historic city will celebrate its liberation from the Ottoman Turks (Oct. 26-27), the name day of its patron Saint Demetrios (Oct. 26),…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America thanked the Greek government for its 2mln euro annual donation to the Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC) in Boston, the accredited Orthodox Christian college, school of theology and seminary in the US, in a post on social media on Friday. On Twitter, the Archbishop wrote in English: “With the tremendous generosity…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and cabinet members will not be attending church services for the October 28 ‘Ohi’ day, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Friday, in response to a call by the archbishop to avoid large gatherings and prevent the spread of coronavirus. “Prompted by the call of responsibility by Archbishop Hieronymus II of…

According to Archbishop Chrysostomos, his decision to recognize the OCU will be supported by the majority of the bishops of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus. The decision to recognize the OCU will serve Orthodoxy and the Church of Cyprus, said Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus after the liturgy at the monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Chrysorrogiatissa,…

The moments are extremely crucial for Greece as the second wave of the pandemic threatens the health “of many of our fellow human beings,” Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos said on Friday to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA). “Our Church which, from the first moment, was on the front line of the national effort…

On Wednesday, October 21, Mr. Grigol Kublashvili successfully defended his dissertation thesis at Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute, in Paris. The theme of the doctoral dissertation was the identity and teachings of Leontius of Byzantium. Grigol Kublashvili completed his master’s degree course at Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary (2012-2015), and in the years 2016-2020 took the…

On Friday, October 16, the Locum Tenens of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Metropolitan Shio of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, met with the US Ambassador to Georgia, Ms. Kelly C. Degnan at the US Embassy. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the Office of Foreign Ecclesiastical Relations of the Georgian Patriarchate, Metropolitan Gerasim…