Father George (Georgios), the first African deacon in the known history of the city’s diocese, was ordained a Deacon by Thessaloniki’s bishop Anthimos recently. Father George, who hails from the African nation of Uganda, moved to Thessaloniki in order to study at the Theological School in the city’s Aristotle University. As he began to study…

His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope presided over the Divine Liturgy for the Feast Day of Saint Philothea of Athens who is the Protectress of the Greek Welfare Centre in South Australia, at the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood His Grace was assisted by the Parish Priest Fr. Stavros Psaromatis and…

On Sunday, February 3/16, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of Saint Simeon the God-receiver at the Holy Monastery dedicated to him, which is in New Jerusalem, near the Holy Monastery of the Sacred Cross and of the Hebrew Knesset. On this feat the Church commemorates Saint Simeon the God-receiver, who received in his arms…

On 17th February, the Feast of the Great Martyr Theodore of Tyre, His Beatitude the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, celebrates his Name Day, and from the first year of his ascension to the Throne of the Church of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark, to this day, he always celebrates with his…

One of the most delicate—yet important—issues in the Church is the distinction between the essence of God and His energies. Because God is the uncreated Creator and is above everything else, this implies that, theoretically, we humans, as His creatures—especially in our state of fallen nature—are on a completely different existential plane. Therefore, we cannot…

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The main Metropolitan Cathedral in the northern city of Thessaloniki was the target of vandals overnight, with up to 10 perpetrators throwing paint against the church’s exterior and tossing leaflets with political statements in the courtyard. According to police, two suspects, aged 24 and 22, were arrested, with subsequent reports pointing to another four suspects…

War-ravaged Syria continues to experience one of the worst humanitarian crises in the 21st century. According to figures supplied by the United Nations, more than 900K people have been displaced in the country just in the last three months, with the vast majority being women and children. The nine-year war in the Mideast country has…

The Russian Orthodox Church this week announced that 3,245 churches and chapels in Russia are considered as severely damaged or destroyed. A register of those churches was compiled by information supplied by the 110 Orthodox metropolises in the vast country. The head of the national cultural heritage register expressed her sadness over the thousands of…