Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Vlassis, who holds the expatriate Hellenism and ecclesiastical diplomacy portfolio, on Tuesday toured the digital exhibition “Passage to the Light”, which showcases the significant work of digitization of the cultural treasures of the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos. The minister was accompanied by the civil governor of Mt. Athos, Athanasios…

The second part of the seventh online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. The online assembly was held on Oct. 1. Archontariki, in Greek, refers to a monastery’s guesthouse.

The trial of the Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxi and the Diapontian isles, His Eminence Nektarios, is expected to continue on Wednesday. The trial commenced on Monday morning at a first instance court on Corfu, with the Metropolitan facing two misdemeanor counts of allegedly violating public health restrictions. The restrictions were issued at the beginning of…

Press reports in Athens on Tuesday maintained that Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has sent letters to his German, Spanish and Italian counterparts detailing Ankara’s recent belligerent actions in the eastern Mediterranean, while at the same time requesting a weapons embargo against Erdogan-led Turkey. Moreover, Dendias has sent a letter to EU enlargement and neighborhood…

  His Grace Bishop Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla received the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska Mr. Radovan Viskovic, on October 19, 2020, on the feast of the Holy Apostle Thomas. The reception was also attended by Minister of Communications and Transport…

The Church today venerates the memory of Artemius, the Great Martyr of Antioch. St. Artemius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, and was appointed by him as governor of Alexandria. During the subsequent reign of Julian the Apostate, in the year 361, Artemius appeared before the emperor and censured him for his apostasy….

Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias will visit Albania on Tuesday, where he will meet with the country’s political leadership. He will first meet with Acting Foreign Minister of Albania Gent Cakaj, before meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and President Ilir Meta. Talks will focus on issues of bilateral, European and regional interest, with…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Dr. Zoran Loncar, Minister of Health in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, called on all citizens of Serbia yesterday to adhere to anti-epidemic measures in the next period, and during slava celebrations, in order to preserve public health. At today’s meeting at the Patriarchate, Belgrade, which was…

In addition to many lay personalities, the Chef of Mount Athos has so far cooked for four Primates of Orthodox Autocephalous Churches including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Antioch and Russia. In an exclusive interview with the Basilica News Agency marking the International Chefs’ Day (October 20), Father Epiphanios of the Mylopotamos Cell of…