Greece tightened measures on Wednesday to control the spread of coronavirus by stringent controls at national highway toll stations, ports and other long-distance travel stations, ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter holidays. During the daily briefing with professor Sotiris Tsiodras on coronavirus statistics in Greece, Civil Protection Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said…

The all-male monastic community of Mount Athos on Wednesday announced it will extend its ban on visitors or pilgrims until April 20, as part of measures against the coronavirus pandemic. Mt. Athos comprises several monasteries and hermitages, some of the oldest in the country, occupying the easternmost section of the Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece….

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was thanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the support and donations of the Patriarchate, Greek institutions in the city and donors abroad in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, during a call on Wednesday. According to a statement by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Thursday, the Turkish president and the leader…

myOCN Online Community discussion: Coronavirus, is it a sign of the End Times We are pleased to announce our next myOCN Community Online Gathering tonight, April 9th, at 4:00 pm EST with special guest Hank Hanegraaff, a renowned Christian author and OCN Contributor known by many as the “Bible Answer Man”. Many are asking if…

NEA YORK – Archbishop Elpidophoros of America made an appeal through a video posted on the Archdiocese website encouraging the faithful of the Greek-Orthodox Archdiocese throughout the United States to stay at home and not to forget that they are not alone. In his message the Archbishop also invited the faithful to donate blood to…

BOSTON – Philanthropists John and Effie Lagadinos from Canton, Massachusetts made donations of five thousand dollars to each and every parish in New England amounting to a total of $300,000 in order to help them ‘breathe’ a little more easily during the coronavirus pandemic that closed the doors of their naves. Lagadinos, one of the…

New York, NY – On the Saturday of Lazaros, April 11th, at 3:00 pm EST, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will hold a Virtual Town Hall with the Greek Orthodox Faithful of America. This nationwide call-in will be moderated by Journalist Demetria Kalodimos, a trusted voice in Middle Tennessee for over 35 years, where…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate has released the following announcement regarding the divine services during the upcoming Holy and Great Week and Pascha. Read the full text down below: Communiqué As the state of emergency continues in the world, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and in view of Holy and Great Week and Pascha, today, 8 April,…

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