The tragic anniversary of the crash of a Greek military transport helicopter off Mt. Athos in a sea region in the northern Aegean, was observed on Friday. The 2004 aviation accident claimed the lives of 17 people, including the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Peter VII. The reposed Patriarch’s successor, His Most Divine Beatitude…

The situation on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos remains calamitous, after this week completely destroyed the Moria “hotspot” for asylum seekers and irregular migrants, all of whom landed on the island after setting off from the opposite Turkish coast. The olive groves around the camp have been completed decimated, nearby chapels have been vandalized…

Leaders of the MED7 group of southern European countries expressed their full support and solidarity towards Greece and Cyprus this week, in the face of repeated infringements on their sovereignty and sovereign rights by Erdogan-led Turkey — while also condemning official Turkey’s confrontational actions over the recent period. The Euro-Mediterranean conference was hosted by French…

On September 11, 2020, Η.Ε. Metropolitan of Aksum Daniel, paid a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, in order to meet with H.E. Deputy Mimister of Foreign Afairs Mr. Costa Vlasi. During the meeting His Excellency conveyed the wishes of His Beatitude the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros…

The Archbishop of Roman and Bacău wrote a message on the feast of the Righteous Joachim and Anna, in which he referred to the values of the natural family and the need to promote and protect them both in daily life and through appropriate laws. “Three fundamental values support the backbone of a nation and…

On this day 9/11 in 2001, two planes flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Today, 19 years later, the sad and emotional memories resurface for families and friends of the victims who unjustly lost their lives. As the Twin Towers horrifically collapsed from the impact, St. Nicholas…

The holy and glorious Virgin-martyr Theodora of Vasta, Arcadia, Megalopolis, of the Peloponnese in Greece, is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church on September 11. Agia Theodora lived during the tenth century on the Peloponnesus in Greece, near the border between the regions of Messenia and Arcadia in a town called Vasta. When the area…

  On September 14 in the Holy Orthodox Church we commemorate the Universal Exaltation (Elevation) of the Honored and Life-giving Cross. Let all the trees of the wood, planted from the beginning of time, rejoice; for their nature hath been sanctified by the stretching of Christ on the Tree. Wherefore, now, we worship Him, lifted…

New York, NY – The 45th Clergy Laity Congress, a first-ever virtual event concluded today after a successful Plenary Session. All necessary resolutions for the proper operation and administration of the Archdiocese were effected in an atmosphere of professionalism and Christian brotherhood. In his Opening Remarks to the Plenary Session, Archbishop Elpidophoros offered the following…