Greek language courses have recommenced in the ancient city of Damascus, an initiative by the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude John X. Roughly 40 students are now participating in the Greek language course, some from the small but resilient ethnic Greek community in…

On February 6, members of the staff of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary visited Tbilisi Public School 150 and Tbilisi Public School 65. They had a meeting with the senior students of the schools. At the meeting, the guests gave the students information about our educational institution. The Deputy Head of the Public Relations Office,…

On February 7, representatives of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary visited School no.21 and School no.22 of the Town of Rustavi. The Senior Assistant of the Head of the Quality Assurance Office Mr. Vazha Gigauri and the Deputy Head of the Public Relations Office Mr. Tsotne Chkheidze acquainted the senior students of the schools with…

The unveiling of the official logo that will accompany events next year commemorating the 200-year anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence generated criticism and questions by numerous quarters in Greece over the past week. The Greece 2021 committee unveiled a logo bereft of the Holy Cross, which features on the country’s…

The School of Byzantine Music held its annual new year’s and cake-cutting ceremony last week at the Apostle Barnabas parish in west London’s Wood Green neighborhood, with the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, blessing the “vassilopita”, the cake that is cut in honor of the new year.     

Holy Trinity Church near Bellingshausen Station on King George Island, Antarctica is the southernmost Orthodox church in the world. However, as a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church, it maintains a strong spiritual link with faraway Russia, including the far-northern Pskov Caves Monastery. In honor of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica by…

Who would visit a Russian Orthodox church on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, in a land of polar bears and endless snow? The Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic is considered part of Norway, however, under international agreements, there are several Russian settlements here. And it is here that the northernmost Russian Orthodox church is…

The Orthodox Deacon is the third and lowest degree of the major orders of clergy in the Orthodox Church, following the Bishop (1st) and the Presbyter (2nd). The word deacon (in Greek διάκονος) means “servant,” “waiting-man,” “minister,” or even “messenger”: originally, it referred mostly to a person who waited on tables. It is generally assumed…

On February 7, 2020, the 102nd anniversary of the murder of Hieromarty Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky), Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia, divine services were performed at the Kiev Lavra of the Caves. On that day, His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia officiated at Divine Liturgy, along with…