The Metropolitan of Limassol, His Eminence Athanasios, paid a pilgrimage on Wednesday to the St. Luke the Evangelist Cathedral in the southern Greece city of Nafplio, as part of his tour of Argolida prefecture. The Church of Cyprus hierarch was greeted and given a tour of the cathedral and the affiliated ecclesiastical museum by the…

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, attended and honored with his presence the international conference “Water Week”, held in Amsterdam. Various international and transnational institutions, national governments and companies dealing with water management and conservation gathered in Amsterdam for the conference. The Ecumenical Patriarch, who is often referred to by the international press…

The Metropolitan of Kissamos, His Eminence Amphilochios, on Wednesday unveiled a letter decrying what he called the dire state for Christians around the world, especially the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, which he called a “genocide”. Moreover, the Church of Crete hierarch referred directly to a migration crisis faced by Greece as well…

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week again ominously declared that his government wants to “…reconvert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque”. The inflammatory statement comes in the wake of a same-day article by the pro-government daily “Yeni Safak”, which claimed that a 1945 decision by the then Inonu government – to turn the iconic…

  Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and all Albania celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday being the eldest among the Primates of local Autocephalous Orthodox Churches. The President of the Republic of Albania, posting on his Facebook page, wished happy birthday to the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Albania: “On the occasion of his 90th…

The Patriarch of Romania on Sunday addressed the congregation at the Holy Archangels – Huedin Church in Bucharest and offered his reflections on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. ‘The Gospel reading we have heard today is the strongest proof that after physical death human soul continues to exist,’ His Beatitude said November…

The issue of religious class instruction in Greece’s public schools, amid a recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), as well as the operation of the first crematorium in Greece, in light of the Church of Greece’s opposition to cremation as a method of interment for an Orthodox believer, dominated Wednesday’s session…

His Eminence will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Apostles Church in Hamilton this Sunday 10 November The first official visit of Archbishop Makarios of Australia to Newcastle is awaited with great anticipation by members of the community and clergy at the Holy Apostles Church in Hamilton, where His Eminence will celebrate the Divine…

We shouldn’t think, judge, and act, having faith in our way of seeing things—but on God. A certain couple couldn’t have a baby and went to the tomb of Saint Nektarios with the hope that the saint would give them a baby. They arrived at the Saint’s feast when there were at his tomb a…