Reverend Fathers of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada Beloved in the Lord: During this difficult period of COVID-19 I think of you and of our communities, and pray unceasingly. Some clergy and lay people express their uneasiness, because the Archbishop has not given instructions for the re-opening of the churches and the distribution of…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis continued his official visit to Israel and the Holy Land on Wednesday, with the agenda of talks with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu including the issue of stability in the wider eastern Mediterranean region, as well as the latest Turkish provocations. Several bilateral agreements were signed by the Israeli and Greek…

Press reports in Turkey continue on almost a daily basis over the Erdogan government’s threats to reconvert the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, from its current status as Turkey’s most visited museum. The now intense speculation comes before an expected ruling by Turkey’s high court on July 2 on whether the greatest of all…

The Patriarchate of Romania on Tuesday expressed its satisfaction with a highly expected decision by the Romanian government to finally allow holy services in churches and cathedrals with the presence of worshipers, a spokesman for the Patriarchate told the ecclesiastical news agency Basilica.

A significant art exhibition entitled “Heavenly Protectors of the Army and the Fleet of Russia” opened in Moscow this week, just a few days before the dedication of the Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, in honor of the Resurrection of Christ. The cathedral, built in Patriot Park in the Greater Moscow, will open its doors…

The 34-year-old ethnic Greek deputy minister for Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement in Zimbabwe, Vangelis Haritatos, spoke to the Voice of Greece radio program this week, where he referred to the very good relations between Athens and the southern African country, as well as to the ethnic Greek community in Zimbabwe, and very…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Filonidis, the Bishop of Kourion, on Cyprus. His life, works and repose are detailed today on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.

On the Feast of All Saints, celebrated in the Orthodox Church on the First Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Vladimir conducted the service of the Divine Liturgy in the Square of the Metropolitan Cathedral. The Feast of All Saints unites the Old and the New Testaments, showing a continuity of the worship of the True God…