On Thursday, August 21/September 3, 2020, the New Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr. Vlioras visited H.H.B. the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos on the occasion of the undertaking of his new duties. Mr. Vlioras was accompanied by the Vice Consul Mrs. Christina Zaharioudaki. On this visit Mr. Vlioras informed His Beatitude on his intention…

The second part of the Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with an assembly of faithful gathered at a university chapel in the city of Cluj, Romania, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. 

The foundation stone for the new cathedral of the Archangels in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv was laid this week by His Eminence Nikolai, the Metropolitan.             

The Metropolitinate of Montenegro and the Littoral’s Bishop of Mileshevo, His Grace Atanasije, on Wednesday issued an immediate response to an instance of vandalism against an Islamic cultural center in the city of Pljevlja, adding that “…we pray to God to bring about peace”. The Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country also immediately expressed…

Shocking images of vandalism and desecration have emerged from the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus, with the Holy Metropolis of Constantia and Famagusta this week posting photographs of the massive damage inflicted on the historic 10th century St. Procopius chapel, at the remote Syngrasis site. Among others, the middle Byzantine-era church, which hosts a rare 10th…

The Greek government on Thursday unveiled the framework for the instruction of religious lessons in the country’s Ecclesiastical junior high school and high schools, with the specific lesson to be taught for two hours a week at the middle school level. The curriculum will include the Gospels, the Church’s liturgy, ecclesiastical history, Byzantine music, Church…

The Church today venerates the memory of Anthimus, the bishop of Nicomedea. He boldly confessed his faith before the Roman Emperor Maximian, and after frightful tortures, was beheaded in the year 303 or 304. The Church today also commemorates the removal of the relics of St. Nectarios of Aegina, in September 1953. Nectarios was canonized…

The last home of Bulgaria’s Asen Dynasty – threatened to face the same fate as Hagia Sophia The Chora Church* in Istanbul, world-famous for its unique frescoes, will probably follow the fate of the emblematic Hagia Sophia in the Turkish capital. The news of its conversion into a mosque, following a decree of Turkish President…

The Russian Military Historical Society has announced an open international creative competition for the best design of a monument to the holy prince St. Alexander Nevsky. Russia will celebrate the 800th anniversary of the birth of the great saint next year. The monument is planned to be installed as part of the Culture national project…