A draft bill concerning the establishment and operation of places of worship in the country is being readied by the relevant education and religious affairs ministry. According to minister Niki Kerameos, the current legal framework dates to the late 1930s and needs to be modernized, in order to allow Greek citizens to carry out…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Dionysius, who was born and raised on the Ionian island of Zakynthos in the 16th and 17th centuries. The holy hierarch was the son of pious and wealthy parents. In his youth he entered the ancient monastery of the Strophada Islands, where he donned the monastic habit….

  Members of the tiny Christian minority in Gaza are again prevented this Christmas season from visiting Holy Sites in the West Bank, such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem. According to Israeli authorities, residents of Gaza may travel abroad from the Palestinian enclave, but they cannot travel to Israel and from there on to the West…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday conveyed his congratulations to the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on the occasion of the latter’s name day, honoring the memory of Daniel the Prophet.

A public consultation over a draft bill that includes a provision abolishing the listing of a secondary pupils’ religious affiliation and citizenship from diplomas and other academic certificates continues until Wednesday. The relevant education ministry proceeded with the legislative initiative after a decision by the ECHR ruled against the listing of such information on ministry…

On Friday, December 13, 2019 a group of students from the Hellenic Academy of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, MA together with their parish priest Fr. Nicholas Pelekoudas and their teachers visited the Philoxenia House. His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios together with the residents of the home welcomed the children to the home….

On the Feast of Prophet Daniel, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his name day. On this occasion, the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, at the Patriarchal Cathedral, followed by a Te Deum service, as a sign of gratitude brought to God for the protection and the support offered to the…

On Monday, 16 December 2019, students and teaching staff of St. Cyprian’s Primary Academy visited His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and sung Christmas carols.       thyateira.org.uk

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy on December 13, 2019, on the Feast of St. Andrew the First-Called – the Patron Saint-day (slava) of the Royal family Karadjordjevic, at the Beli dvor in Belgrade. The Serbian Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Branko Mitrovic and Bozo Bakajlic, protodeacon Damjan Bozic and deacon…