The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Martyrs Cyricus, a child, and His Mother Julitta. Today is also the feast day of Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles of Kiev, the first Christian czar.

The first part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and members of large families, which took place late last month, has been posted on the pages of the electronic magazine Pemptousia.

An ambitious 400-million-ruble plan to restore more than 10 cathedrals in the greater Moscow area continues. The overall plan, begun in 2012, calls for a restoration and preservation of 62 religious monuments , with a budget of two billion rubles. The program is showcased in a recent Russian-language edition entitled “Orthodox Moscow in the 21st…

The Trump administration this week announced that Greek-American Michael Kratsios, a South Carolina native, will serve as the acting US Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Kratsios, whose family roots are from the eastern Aegean island of Chios and the northern city of Kastoria, has often referred to his Orthodox faith, as well…

Τhe Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week began a tour of the northeastern Aegean islands of Imvros and Tenedos, the first of which is his native island. His visit comes in the wake of the latest painful development for Christians around the world, especially Orthodoxy, entailed in the decision regarding…

Turkish provocations continued unabated this week throughout the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, days after a shocking decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert the iconic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, from the present status as a museum. Official Turkey continued its saber-rattling and mischief by again tabling demands for so-called mutual…

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The Hellenic Initiative Australia today announced that it will be funding the successful Boroume Farmers’ Market Program for a fourth year, enabling the dynamic food saving program to continue helping people in need. The Farmers Market Program supports more than 32 charities in Athens and Thessaloniki, providing fresh food for church and municipal soup kitchens,…

Tbilisi, July 14, Interfax – The decision of Turkish authorities to strip the Hagia Sophia of its status as a museum is a “very sad fact,” head of the Georgian Orthodox Church’s public relations service Archpriest Andria Dzhagmaidze said. “In regard to the Hagia Sophia, the Patriarchate of Georgia has published a statement saying that…