Pay attention carefully. After the sin comes the shame; courage follows repentance. Did you pay attention to what I said? Satan upsets the order; he gives the courage to sin and the shame to repentance. So, do not be ashamed to enter again into the Church. Be ashamed when you sin. Do not be ashamed…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the Eparchial Synod issue Guidelines on Covid-19 (Coronavirus) March 6, 2020 To the Right Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools,…

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More violence erupted at a border post on the Greek-Turkish frontier on Friday morning, as television footage showed Turkish border guards and police, no less, firing tear gas and smoke canisters into the Greek side of the Kastanies border post. Reporters at the scene referred to an attempt to create a smoke screen so that…

The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos, on Friday visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, where he was received by the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I. The two Church hierarchs will co-officiate on Sunday, during a service commemorating the Sunday of Orthodoxy.  

Archimandrite Gervasios Raptopoulos reposed in the Lord on Friday morning. Born in 1931 in Grevena prefecture of northern Greece, the reposed hierarch was known as the “Saint of prisons” for his decades of work with and aid to inmates as well as in efforts to help released people reintegrate into society.

A health ministry spokesman in Athens, epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras, advised people in at-risk health groups to avoid venues or events where mass gatherings will take place, a precaution against the spread of the corona virus.   In a related development, the Palestinian Authority declared an unprecedented state of emergency in the West Bank on Thursday,…

The annual Greek Independence Day parade will take place on March 29 this year through the streets of Manhattan. According to reports, participation at the celebratory events will be greater than in previous years, in solidarity to residents of several eastern Aegean islands who continue to bear the brunt of a migrant/refugee crisis, as well…

Academy Award-winning star Tom Hanks and his wife, Hollywood producer Rita Wilson, recently unveiled a one-minute video calling on viewers to visit the “Greece 2021” webpage and submit proposals for events and actions to commemorate next year’s 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. Hanks and Wilson, who is of Greek…