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  Greece’s president of the republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, underlined on Sunday from the southern Peloponnese city of Kalamata that “…Orthodoxy’s universality is expressed exclusively by the Ecumenical Patriarch.” Pavlopoulos spoke during his attendance at the celebration of the Feast Day of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple by the Panaghia, the Virgin Mary, for…

  The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Sunday blessed the New Year’s cake-cutting event of the Society of Graduates of the “Helleniki Pedia” Schools. Helleniki Pedia means Greek education. His Beatitude fondly remembered his days as an educator and referred to the difficult task that teachers have. He also lamented…

  The Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany, His Eminence Augustinos, called for an intervention by German Foreign Minister Haiko Maas to resolve a simmering crisis in the small Adriatic country of Montenegro. In a letter, His Eminence described the dire situation that has emerged for Orthodox Christians in that country, after the Montenegro government drafted and…

  Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the enthronement of the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, His Beatitude Epiphanius, as the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. His Beatitude was enthroned after the Orthodox Church of the Ukraine was granted the Tomos of Autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. On the occasion of…

  A celebratory Divine Liturgy was held over the weekend at the crypt of Saint-Victor, in a cathedral at the same-name abbey in the French port city Marseille. St. Victor of Marseilles, a Roman army officer who was martyred for converting to Christianity in the late second century, is the patron saint of the historic…

  A soul-soothing lecture by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, has been posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. The lecture, in Greek, is part of the “Lessons of Athos” series, aired by the Piraeus Church’s radio station. The Elder Archimandrite’s lecture focuses…

The Patriarch of Romania on Sunday presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest during which he stressed that the feast of the Meeting of the Lord in the Temple refers to the end of a waiting period of the chosen people. Concelebrants for the February 2 Divine Liturgy included the patriarchal…

On Sunday, December 26, 2020 His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios visited the St. Gregory Parish in Mansfield, MA on the occasion of their feast day. Celebrating together with His Eminence were Fr. Ted Toppses , the pastor of the community, Fr. George Economou, Fr. Emmanuel Chris, and Archdeacon Dionysios Papiris. At the conclusion of the Divine…