French police are hunting a gunman who shot and critically injured a Greek Orthodox priest in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, in what police say is a suspected terrorist act. Father Nikolaos Kakavelakis, 52, was shot at twice, at around 5 pm Greek time, as he was closing the church, said a police…

I would like to appeal to the future government and the opposition to cooperate and listen to each other – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, said after casting a vote. The patriarch voted through a portable ballot box. “I appeal to all Georgia to go to the polls. Hopefully this…

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II will vote in the 2020 parliamentary elections through the movable ballot box. The ballot box will be delivered to the Patriarch at the Georgian Patriarchate. As Press Center of the Patriarchate told Georgian Public Broadcaster, the decision had been made due to the epidemiological situation…

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Prot. No. 202/2020 November 1, 2020 Πορευόμενοι δὲ κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. Ἀσθενοῦντας θεραπεύετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε, νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε. And as you go, proclaim that the Kingdom of Heaven is close at hand! Cure the infirm, cleanse and restore the lepers, raise up the dead, cast…

On the occasion of the death of Metropolitan Amfilohije, Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković offered his condolences to the clergy, monks and believers of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral: I received the news of the Metropolitan’s death with regret. As the Prime Minister, I cooperated and talked with Metropolitan Amfilohije about many…

Representatives of various Youth Ministries of New South Wales met last weekend for a State Youth Meeting, chaired by His Grace Bishop Emilianos of Meloa. The Youth Ministries have traditionally held separate gatherings, each working independently to meet the spiritual needs of young people in their area. This meeting marks the first of many gatherings…

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…