The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday again referred to the emotive issue of a reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, expressing a hope that reason will reign after all in Turkey. The Patriarch made the statement after officiating at a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the 12 Holy…

The Asterousia mountain range on the large island of Crete is set to be included in a relevant UNESCO list for its natural beauty and significant fauna and flora. The mountain range on Greece’s largest island is also considered as a cradle of Christianity and monasticism on Crete, one where the Apostle Paul ministered in the…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, officiated at a con-celebratory Vespers service on Monday afternoon beneath the Acropolis in central Athens, and specifically at the spot where the Apostle Paul delivered the well-known Areopagus sermon to the Athenians. The con-celebratory service was in commemoration of today’s Synaxis of the 12 Holy…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, delivered the eulogy for Greek-American George Zapantis, who died last week after being tasered twice by New York City police in the Queens borough, and after a neighbor misreported that he was carrying a gun inside his own home. The funeral was held at the Holy Cross Greek…

Voting is underway in Russia over a referendum to amend the vast country’s constitution. Among the revisions proposed is for a reference to be made in the constitution’s preamble to God, the definition of a family and of marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman.

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Monday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, where he told the faithful that good health is a gift from God, one that we have a duty to maintain. The Patriarch again called on worshipers to maintain social distancing and to follow…

The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou, the Elder Archimandrite Christodoulos, on Monday announced that he would step down as the abbot of the venerable Mount Athos monastery. The Elder Christodoulos made the announcement before a synaxis, or assembly, of the monastery’s brotherhood.

The first part of the Archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with an assembly of faithful gathered at a university chapel in the city of Cluj, Romania, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. 

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios has called for public worship to be halted in seven Greek Orthodox churches in Melbourne due to the rise in coronavirus cases. Here is the complete statement in English: The unpleasant developments of the last few days regarding the increase of coronavirus cases in Melbourne, made it necessary to take strict…