The baptism of Saint John had not remission of sins, but only brought men to penitence. He preached therefore the baptism of repentance, that is, he preached that to which the baptism of penitence led, namely, remission of sins, that they who in penitence received Christ, might receive Him to the remission of their sins….

First of all, if you want to come to Mount Athos and become a monk, you must be sure that you are free of legal bindings. One of the most common bindings, is of one’s debts in this world, which you must to pay yourself. Another binding is that of marriage. If someone else—for example,…

On January 17, 2020, His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and all the East received priests and waqfs responsibles, forming a delegation from the Antiochian parishes of Iskenderun. The meeting took place in the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand in the presence of the Patriarchal Vicar His Grace Bishop Efraim Maalouli. The accompanying delegation conveyed…

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Peaceful protests continue in Montenegro against a recently passed law that the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country charges is a threat to its properties and relics. Protests occurred in several cities. In the coastal city of Tivat, the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, again underlined that the Church had…

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Thursday received the chief of the Hellenic Navy general staff, Vice-Adm. Nikolaos Tsounis, at the Patriarchal diocese in Cairo. Vice-Adm. Tsounis is in Mideast country for talks with his naval counterparts, as well as to tour a new military base near the…

The head of the “Greece 2021” organization, Gianna Angelopoulos, arrived on the East Coast this week for meetings and contacts with representatives of Greek-American communities and the Diaspora. The organization aims to prepare events and commemorations in 2021, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. In…

Τhe north-central Greek city of Veria on Friday honored its patron saint, with a celebratory Divine Liturgy taking place at the St. Anthony Cathedral, officiated by Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos, His Eminence Amphilochios. Co-officiating were the Metropolitan of Veria, His Eminence Panteleimon, the Metropolitan of Arta, His Eminence Kallinikos, the Bishop of Amorion, His…

The year that passed, 2019, marks one of the worst in recent memory for Christians around the world, with persecution taking on genocidal dimensions, according to a report by the organization “Open Doors”. The US-based group reports that roughly 260 million people worldwide faced persecution for their Christian faith, a number that is up by…