Greek authorities have accepted public health officials’ recommendations and ordered stricter measures to in the greater Athens area to prevent exposure to the coronavirus outbreak. The development comes after a surge in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and a spike in the number of people being treated in intensive care units. In terms of…

A Greek European Parliament deputy, Alexis Georgoulis, has requested that the Hagia Sophia’s possible status as an endangered monument be included on the agenda of the 44th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. Immediately after an announcement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan converting the ancient Orthodox basilica into a mosque, the MEP sent…

The Church today venerates the memory of Jonah the Prophet. The Prophet Jonah prophesied during more than eight centuries before Christ. God commanded him to go to Nineveh, the great city of the Assyrians, and to proclaim that its destruction was imminent because of the sins of its people. Instead, he disobeyed the divine command,…

On Saturday, September 19, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Charalambos in Luton. During the Divine Liturgy His Eminence ordained into the diaconate Mr Panagiotis Somalis renaming him to David. Source

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel consecrated the new church of Izbuc Monastery in Bihor County on Saturday. The event was part of the 340th anniversary of the first documentary attestation of the Orthodox Diocese of Oradea, 325 years since the diocese and its hierarch were mentioned in the Diploma of the Austrian Emperor Leopold I, and…

On Sunday, September 20, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over Matins and the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Eleftherios in Leyton, E. London. At the end of the Divine Liturgy His Eminence gave the office of Spiritual Father to the Chancellor of the Archdiocese, The Very Revd Archimandrite Dr Nikodemos Anagnostopoulos.    …

The 98th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe was commemorated on Sunday, September 20, in a special event hosted by St Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church in Mascot, Sydney and The Hellenic Lyceum of Sydney. The event, titled ‘The Traumatic Consequences of the Asia Minor Catastrophe on the Modern Greek Nation,’ treated people to a keynote…

September 20, 2020 Saint George Greek Orthodox Church New Britain, Connecticut My Beloved Christians of this beautiful Saint George Parish, I am truly delighted to be with you today, at this wonderful parish in New Britain, dedicated to the Τροπαιοφόρος and Great-Martyr George. On this Sunday after the Universal Exaltation of the Cross, when we…

Lord Jesus, I thank You for the gift of this new day. When You came to earth for us, You grew as a child in wisdom and grace. As Lord, You received children in Your arms. You blessed them and said that Your kingdom belongs to them. Dear Jesus, receive me also on this day…