A few years ago, at an hour of maximum audience on the Greek national television station (ERT), a debate was held, at the highest level, on the topic of abortions. The debate was very heated, with guests from all fields, including hierarchs, university professors, doctors, people of culture, etc. The meeting far exceeded the time…

  CHICAGO – During the Seventeenth National Philoptochos Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon held Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, designated the Sunday of the Good Samaritan each year (which is the 8th Sunday of Luke according to the Kanonion) as National Philoptochos Society Sunday. The Archbishop addressed the gathering and praised…

  Your Eminence, Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago; Your Grace, Bishop Apostolos of Medeia; Reverend clergy; Ms. Maria Logus, National President of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society; Ms. Pamela Argyris, Chairperson and President of the Metropolis of Chicago Philoptochos; Beloved members of the Sisterhood of Philoptochos; Esteemed representatives of our recipient organizations; Dear brothers and…

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  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, received players and coaching staff of the AEK Athens men’s water polo team late last week. The AEK Athens water polo side was in the Bosporus metropolis for a friendly match with a local Turkish team. AEK has its roots in early 20th century…

  Roughly 20,000 Australian dollars were collected during a charity event at the St. Nektarios Orthodox Monastery in Adelaide, held for orphans in Madagascar. In a recent tour of an orphanage on the Indian Ocean island nation, the Alexandria Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Madagascar, His Eminence Ignatios, was greeted by children singing the “Ti Ypermacho” masterpiece…

  The Moscow Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, has referred to the great value placed upon therapy, both physical and spiritual, as well as preparation for the eternal life after death. Hilarion, who is also the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), noted that “… no philosopher has…

  The newly enthroned Metropolitan of Fthiotida, His Eminence Simeon, commenced pastoral visits within his Metropolis on Sunday, first touring the main hospital in the south-central city of Lamia, the capital of Fthiotida prefecture. His Eminence Simeon assured the hospital’s administrators that the Holy Metropolis of Fthiotida will always remain an active partner and supporter…

  The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week addressed a letter to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, expressing his concern over recent developments in the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region and in Abkhazia. In the same letter, Ilia decries a decision to send graduates of Russian…