KALAMATA. “Turkey’s provocativeness will not pass,” President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Sunday, while speaking at a dinner given in his honour in the city of Kalamata, where he attended celebrations for the city’s patron saint. Talking of the problems caused by Turkey’s “shameless provocativeness”, Pavlopoulos sent a message that both this…

It was AHEPA NSW’s great pleasure, honour and blessing to have the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at AHEPA’s home in Rockdale, Sydney, Australia on Monday 20th January 2020 for the cutting of the Vasilopita. It was the first time an Archbishop has visited the organisation in the…

Just as parents have a special affection for the children who are the fruit of their own bodies, so the mind naturally clings to its own thoughts. And just as to passionately fond parents their own children seem the most capable and most beautiful of all – though they may be quite the most ridiculous…

On 30 January 2020, a plenary session of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church opened in the Hall of Church Councils at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The session began with the prayer singing by Protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov, the…

Generally speaking, the ranks in the Church are difficult to distinguish, especially if the members of these ranks do not serve the Divine Liturgy or other services. However, the higher ranks in the Church can be distinguished by certain objects that they carry even outside the ministry. The archpriest The archpriest (protopresbyter) bears a cross…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced yesterday, Jan. 30, 2020, the re-establishment of the High Council for Greek Education in the U.S. The Archbishop made the announcement during an evening celebration for the Feast of the Three Hierarchs and the Day of Greek Letters at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. The celebration for the Three Hierarchs featured a…

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The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, on Thursday announced that it will seek recourse to the constitutional court in Montenegro in order to render a recently passed law in the small Adriatic country as unconstitutional. The contentious law obliges religious institutions…

A 21-year-old Christian convert in Iran, well known for highlighting the plight of persecuted Christians in the Middle East country, remains missing nearly three weeks after her arrest. According to media reports, Fatemeh Mohammadi, also known as Mary, was among those arrested earlier this month in central Tehran. At the time of her arrest, street…