The first feast day of the Elder Ephraim Katounakiotis, after his canonization by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, was held on Sunday in the village of Ampelochori, in the south-central Greek prefecture of Thebes. The Orthodoxia news agency was on hand for an archieratical Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning at the village’s…

  Restoration works have finally begun at the historic St. George Greek Orthodox cathedral in the Egyptian port city of Suez. The specific church was bombed and sustained damage in the Six-Day war in 1967, falling into disrepair in the subsequent decades. The works are the initiative of the Greek community of Cairo, which merged…

At the White House on Friday, Serbian and Kosovar leadership signed an agreement on economic normalization that President Trump hailed as a “truly historic commitment.” The talks leading up to the agreement focused on job creation and eventually establishing lines of transportation from Belgrade to Kosovo’s capital city of Pristina. However, the agreement, signed by…

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday 6, 2020 at the Maryamiyya Cathedral in Damascus  during which Archdeacon Meletios Chattahi was ordained into priesthood. It should be mentioned that Reverend Father Meletios is currently the Acting General Director of the Department of Ecumenical Relations and…

It was 65 years ago, at night, when the pogrom against the Greek community of Istanbul started. We remember those whose very lives were lost, and their way of life was destroyed by a preplanned act of terror built on a lie.   It was 65 years ago, at night, when the pogrom against the…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Serbian at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 4 September 2020.     spc.rs

Around Australia, thousands of Greeks celebrate Father’s Day. Father’s Day truly honours fatherhood – fathers, pappou’s (grandfathers) and those who are a father figure in our lives. We also celebrate the influence fathers have in our society. Most Greeks are Orthodox Christians and for many, the meaning of Father’s Day is more deeply rooted. Our…

Camp Agape. Two small words, yet they are full of power and love. For over 35 years, Camp Agape has been a signature ministry for the Metropolis of San Francisco Philoptochos, and not even the Coronavirus pandemic could stop the love that is shared unconditionally with these children who are battling cancer and their families….

The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colossae, in Church of Archangels of George, Southern Cape, South Africa. Sunday 6th September 2020.” ampelonas-trygetes.blogspot.com