Turkey’s official tourism promotion agency this week featured the iconic Panaghia Soumela Monastery in northeast Asia Minor on its website – yet another instance where tourism officials in the predominately Muslim country use Orthodox and Hellenic monuments and cultural treasures to attract tourists and pilgrims. Restoration works at the monastery have been completed, with…

  A memorial service was held on Tuesday evening at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos, on the occasion of the 11-year anniversary of the repose of the Elder Joseph of Vatopedi. The service was officiated by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Osios Gregorios, Elder Archimandrite Christoforos. The…

On June 29-30, Rector of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze, PhD in Theology and Philology, met with this year’s graduates of the educational institution. On June 29, a meeting was held with the students of the Faculty of Christian Psychology and the Faculty of Christian Art, at which the Rector, Father Giorgi…

  On June 30, 2020, a meeting was held in the administrative building of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia, which was related to the possible future cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of Georgia and the authorized higher educational institutions of this country. The meeting was attended by the representatives of Tbilisi Theological Academy…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Monday presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest for the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. During his homily, the Patriarch of Romania highlighted the main characteristics of the two Apostles, noting that they were different as regards their intellectual and spiritual formation, as well…

BOSTON – His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco in an interview with the National Herald, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the enthronement of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, characterized him as a 21st century Archbishop. We note that Archbishop Elpidophoros has visited the Metropolis of San Francisco more than any other Metropolis…

The Metropolis of Atlanta is pleased to cogratulate one of our young people, Elizabeth Schisler (Annunciation, Montgomery, AL). Elizabeth has been awarded a scholarship of $1,000 after being selected from a nationwide group of young women who received both the Gold Scout Award from the Girl Scouts, as well as the highest Eastern Orthodox Christian…

“His Eminence, went on with the mission of food and face mask distribution to three parishes today. The Archbishop visited St. Joachim and Anna, he also visited St. Raphael Thogoto, and St. John Kabiria. All in a good days work.”   ampelonas-trygetes.blogspot.com

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