Filmmakers are like poets, but instead of words, they reveal beauty through images, and, if you’re an Orthodox Christian filmmaker, then the spiritual dimension adds even more richness to your work. However, where can such artists showcase their films? That’s where Byzanfest offers a unique opportunity. Now in its fifth year, Byzanfest is an online…

Narrated by Saint Païsios, edited by Stelios Koukos A young man came to see me who’d had lots of problems, bodily and spiritual, for more than four years. He led a sinful life and had shut himself up at home. He didn’t want to see anyone. Two friends of his used to come regularly to…

‘The Romanian Patriarchate received with joy the intensely awaited and fully justified decision of the authorities to allow the celebration of religious services inside the churches, with the participation of the faithful, in compliance with clear and still necessary regulations,” the Patriarchate’s spokesman Vasile Bănescu told Basilica.ro Tuesday. The decision to allow religious services to…

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Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic hopes to exchange views on various international issues with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an upcoming meeting during his visit to Moscow. “I need to fly to Moscow in three days and have already scheduled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where we will also exchange evaluations, experience, and information…

The situation for the remaining Christians in the areas controlled by the Albanian majority in Kosovo and Metohja continues to be extremely oppressive. For instance, the Albanian television station Top Channel recently aired a so-called documentary entitled “Serbian fraud with the churches of Kosovo.” In the segment, a nationalist journalist identified claimed that the historic…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Leontius, Hypatius, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria, as well as Leontios the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos. The life, works and martyrdom of these saints are featured on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.

  The Patriarchate of Romania’s travel agency, Basilica Travel, announced that pilgrimages to Greece will resume as of next week, with top destinations including the Cathedral of St. Nektarios on the isle of Aegina, the St. John the Russian Monastery on Evia and the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Demetrius in Thessaloniki.

  Local volunteers on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos emphasized that no matter how many times unknown perpetrators vandalize the small chapel of St. Catherine, they will return to restore it to its former self. A statement on the volunteers’ FB page emphasizes that “…for every ten times they destroy it, we will repair…