In response to numerous messages from friends of the online magazine Pemptousia, the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, has accepted an invitation to address a homily during an online assembly, or synaxis, in the early afternoon of Good Friday. The specific time is between 12.30 and 1.30…

The Elpida Association of Friends of Children of Cancer and the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation this year are supporting the significant charitable work of the Holy Metropolis of Fthiotida, in south-central Greece. Nearly 600 care parcels of were distributed by the Metropolis this week to at-risk households. On his part, the Metropolitan of Fthiotida spoke…

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou spoke separately on Wednesday with the presidents of Malta George Vella and of Ireland Michael Higgins to thank them for their letters of solidarity over the coronavirus pandemic. Both Sakellaropoulou and Vella emphasized the need for a careful and gradual lifting of related restrictive measures, while the presidents of Malta and Ireland…

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstantinos Vlasis conversed by telephone today with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to express his best wishes ahead of Easter. The Deputy Minister reiterated the firm support of Greece’s government and Prime Minister for the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Ecumenical Patriarch, and he also had the opportunity to talk…

The Bishop Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, this week gave an exclusive interview to the Orthodoxia news agency and journalist Maria Giachnaki. Speaking via Skype, His Eminence referred to the present ordeal faced by humanity from the invisible threat of the coronavirus. Amphilochios also detailed the centuries of trials and tribulations…

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem reminded this week that the faithful from around the world can watch the ceremony of the lighting of the Holy Flame — annually held on Holy Saturday inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem – via a live connection on the Patriarchate’s official Facebook page.     In a…

Today is the Wednesday of Holy and Great Easter Week. The day’s liturgy commemorates two women, whom the more discerning interpreters of the Gospel say anointed the Lord with myrrh — the first, quite some time before His Passion; the other, a few days before. According to the Scriptures, one was a harlot and sinner;…

The album of songs dedicated to the great Athonite ascetic Saint Iosif the Hesychast is entitled ‘Great Hours’, in commemoration of the enduring spiritual support he has given to the world.  pemptousia.com

“He who closes his ear to the cry of the weak will himself cry out and will not be heard.” (Proverbs 21,13) Over the past few weeks we have all been facing an increasingly challenging time: the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has caused death and suffering to many Europeans and has brought our society to a previously…