The Muslim President Erdogan struck a terrible blow to our beloved Ecumenical Patriarchate, to World Orthodoxy and Christianity in general by converting Agia Sophia into a functioning mosque. I am personally deeply saddened by the Turkish government’s decision. I spent one edifying year as a student at the Theological School of Halki in 1960-1961…
Following the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s signature on the Turskish Supreme Court’s decision to transform the Hagia Sophia Church into a mosque, the Middle East Council of Churches issued a statement through its General Secretariat considering that this decision is an assault on religious freedom, the freedom that has become the cornerstone in international…
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An on online discussion between the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with Fr John Parker, the dean and Chief Operating Officer of the St. Tichon Orthodox Seminary in Pennsylvania, was posted today on the pages of the online magazine Pemptousia.
The Church today commemorates the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. A relevant feature is posted today on the pages of the diakonima.gr
The Holy Metropolis of Zimbabwe and Angola, part of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, continues its all-important spiritual, missionary and humanitarian efforts. On Sunday, several baptisms of infants were held at the missionary parish of St. Nektarios, in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, officiated by Protopresbyter Fr. Avgoustinos.
Reverberations and reactions continued around the world at the beginning of the week over the shocking decision by the Erdogan administration in Turkey to convert the iconic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. In a daily press briefing on Monday morning, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas noted that “…since last Friday, the entire civilised world,…
“It is a joy to see that an icon of the Mother of God gathers in the love of the Holy Trinity a lot of people from different parts of the country, but also of different ages,” said His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday at the summer patronal feast of the National Cathedral’s Chapel. At…