Greek-American policy-makers are raising with the US Administration the possibility that Turkey could turn the emblematic Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople, a universal symbol of religious tolerance of all faiths, to a mosque. Speaking to Greek Reporter, Congressman Gus Bilirakis and Christos Marafatsos, Vice-Chair of National Diversity Coalition for Trump, say that there is a real threat that Turkish President…

With the blessings of Archbishop of Zambia Ioannis , on 28th of June 2020 Fr Arsenios performed the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Andrew in Kitwe Copperbelt on a Pastoral visit. This is the first liturgy performed after the closing of the churches due to Covid 19 disease. In his remarks Fr Arsenios…

29 June 2020 MEDIA RELEASE In an atmosphere of spiritual joy and with deep emotion the memory of Saints Peter and Paul, the Chief of the Apostles, and the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia were commemorated in Sydney. This double celebration was combined with the promotion of a…

George Zapantis, a 29-year-old Greek-American, was killed by police in New York’s borough of Queens, after a neighbour misreported that he was carrying a gun inside his own home. Ricky Noble, a neighbour of Zapantis, blamed another neighbour entirely for the incident and described the deceased as a good person who often brought them Greek…

“The Hagia Sophia holds enormous spiritual and cultural significance to billions of believers of different faiths around the world,” Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback posted on Twitter on Friday. “We call on the government of Turkey to maintain it as a UNESCO World Heritage site and to maintain accessibility to all…

  The Fourth of July, 2020 To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and…

Health Minister Kiril Ananiev on Monday ordered Bulgarians to resume wearing masks again at all indoor public venues after the Balkan country last week recorded its highest weekly rise in novel coronavirus cases. “All persons who were without protective face masks in the church at the Rila Monastery during the prime minister’s visit will be…

The Turkish government secretly ran surveillance on Greek nationals who visited a historic Christian Orthodox monastery on Turkey’s Black Sea coastline, according to the testimony of a former intelligence officer that was revealed on Nordic Monitor. 46-year-old former police intelligence officer, Muhittin Zenit, who worked in Trapezounta (Τραπεζούντα, Turkish: Trabzon), admitted that during a hearing…

The photograph of the composite sign accompanying this text was taken by my own insufficiency while driving around the streets of Melbourne. It represents, better than any words ever could, the complex multicultural and linguistic reality of our city. The first half of the sign is in Italian. The second half purports to be in…