Israel’s tourism minister this week called on the Primates of Christian Churches in the Holy Land to extend the hours that churches and cathedrals are open to worshippers for the coming Christmas holiday. According to the latest figures, 55 percent of the visitors that travel to Israel every year are Christians. The minister, Yariv…

  Touching video this Christmas, produced by the Church of Greece’s “Apostoli” charity, deals with the tests faced by households that include elderly members with dementia. 

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met for a working session at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence on December 16, 2019, to include in a final document all the amendments made by the Holy Synod between 2008-2019 to the Statutes for the Organization and Functioning of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The…

  After Boris Johnson’s election victory last week, the government is being urged to keep its promise to protect persecuted Christians. Paul Robinson, chief executive of Release International, which supports persecuted Christians worldwide, said he wanted to see religious freedom placed at the “very heart of UK foreign policy”. Earlier this year, the government accepted…

  “We are honored that Father Maximos has agreed to serve HCHC as the interim dean of the School of Theology,” said HCHC President George M. Cantonis. “Fr. Maximos’s strong theological grounding, expertise in the Church Fathers and international reputation for academic excellence coupled with a deep humility, integrity, and authenticity have been invaluable to…

  The greatest gift God has made to people is the possibility of union with Him. This gift has become concrete through the incarnation of God, through the birth of Jesus Christ.   Beyond this gift, however, when we celebrate the Nativity of the Lord (and on other occasions), God gives many other signs of…

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  An event dedicated to the Athonite saint Joseph the Hesychast was held on Monday evening in the northern city of Thessaloniki, on the occasion of the commemorative edition “The Letters and Poems of Elder Joseph the Hesychast – 60 years since his repose”. The edition is published by the Holy and Great Monastery of…

  The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Tuesday received the new deputy Foreign Minister, Konstantinos Vlassis, whose portfolio includes issues affecting expatriate Greeks and the Greek Diaspora. The Archbishop welcomed the new deputy minister and wished him God’s speed in fulfilling his new duties.   photos: George Ferdis