A bizarre and utterly provocative incident occurred in the town of Sohos, in northern Thessaloniki prefecture, as a performance group from neighboring Turkey, all males decked out in Ottoman-era attire, re-enacted a martial procession of the Janissary corps, waving green battle flags adorned with the Muslim half moon and accompanying drum-beaters. The Janissaries were elite Ottoman…

The political crisis in the small Adriatic country of Montenegro continues to simmer, after the current government drafted and ratified a contentious law that obliges religious institutions to provide proof of ownership and titles for properties, assets and relics dating to before 1914. The Serbian Orthodox Church, representing the largest and oldest faith in Montenegro,…

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos will pay his first official visit to Egypt this week. The Greek minster will received by his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Zaki. He will also be received by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II. The high-level contacts confirm the already very close…

The Church today commemorates the First and Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist. The first finding came to pass during the middle years of the fourth century, through a revelation of the holy Forerunner to two monks, who came to Jerusalem to worship the Savior’s Tomb. It was again made known…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop Ignatije of Branicevo at the Tuman Monastery on 23 February 2020. The monastery church courtyard was full of faithful people. Also Archimandrites Dositej from Grgeteg and Matej from Sisojevac with the clergy concelebrated during the Liturgy.   spc.rs

  On Saturday, February 22, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas gave a talk at an event organized by the General Secretariat of Greeks Abroad at the Concert Hall of Athens on the occasion of the Day of Greek Language. thyateira.org.uk

  NEW YORK – Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in America announced that the Annual Archon Lenten Retreat will take place at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Christian Church located in Southampton, New York (111 Saint Andrews Road, Southampton, NY 11968, Tel.: 631-283-6169) on April 3 and 4, 2020 under the superb chairmanship…

  Archbishop Elpidophoros, the primate of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, caused a stir yesterday at the opening of the 29th annual Leadership 100 Conference at the Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Fund Incorporated is a corporation that supports the National Ministries of the Greek…

Neither His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch nor any other hierarchs of the Antiochian Patriarchate will attend the upcoming fraternal gathering in Amman, Jordan, according to a statement issued by the Antiochian Orthodox Media Center on Friday, February 22. The Antiochian Church is the last of the invited Churches to publicly respond to the…