The elder Metropolitan of Peristeri, Chrysostomos, reposed in the Lord on Thursday afternoon. As previously reported by this site, the Church hierarch had been treated in a hospital intensive care ward since Tuesday. Born Chrysostomos Zafiris in 1935 in the northwest Greek city of Arta, he graduated from the Halki School of Theology in 1960….

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, will convene a national conference on the theme of Greek-language education, entitled: “The Vision for Greek Education in the United States.” The conference will take place on Saturday at the facilities of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Flushing, NY, and will be attended by representatives of organizations…

Orthodox priest Dimitris Tanaka, a native of Japan, issued an emotional message this week over Greece’s contribution to humanity’s civilization. Fr. Tanaka has lived in Athens while studying at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. His message read: “…My Beloved Greeks, your generosity is great and immeasurable … from antiquity until today, you have brought…

The fate of the iconic Church of the Holy Savior of Chora now apparently rests with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following a Turkish high court decision opening the way for the 12th Byzantine Church to revert into a mosque, from its current status as a museum. The increasingly authoritarian and Islamist-leaning Turkish leader is…

In the Adriatic country of Montenegro, the Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphiliochios, this week received the US ambassador to the country, Judy Rising Reinke. In welcoming the US diplomat, the Metropolitan referred to the centuries-old and rich Christian history and heritage of Montenegro. Discussions touched on the safeguarding of the…

Three newly elected Metropolitans of the Church of Greece on Thursday expressed their affirmation, before Greek President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, to uphold the Holy Canons and the Laws of the State. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, was also present during the affirmation ceremony at the presidential mansion. The…

Greece’s foreign minister, Nikos Dendias, met in Moscow on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, with talks also briefly touching on the contentious issue of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Both men more-or-less concluded that recent developments over the complex matter will not affect bilateral relations. On his part, Dendias said the Greek…

The Synod of the Latvian Orthodox Church (LOC) has denied media reports on its transition from the Moscow Patriarchate to the Constantinople Patriarchate. “All reports on the alleged transition or transfer of our Church to Constantinople amount to a bare-faced lie. It has been invented by enemies of the Orthodox faith and reproduced by the…

On Wednesday, October 24/ November 6, 2019, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St. James Cathedral with a Memorial Service of the founders of this Cathedral, and of the Holy Forty Martyrs’ Chapel which lies between St. James Cathedral and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The memorable Patriarchs of Jerusalem are buried there. The…