Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Antonis Diamataris was received in the Holy Land by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III. Diamataris, who holds the expatriate Greeks and religious affairs portfolio, also toured the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. He also visited the offices of the Greek community center and the Yad Vashem…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday afternoon attended the inauguration of a new basketball arena of the Peran sports club, in the Bosporus metropolis. The Ecumenical Patriarch blessed the efforts of community leaders and the pupils of the ethnic Greek schools — before being handed a basketball, taking and…

Events and commemorations continued this week in the northeast city of Xanthi, on the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of its liberation. A celebratory Divine Liturgy was conducted at the Cathedral of the True Forerunner in the city, officiated by the Metropolitan of Trifyllia and Olympia, His Eminence Chrysostomos, in the presence of Archbishop of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hierotheos the Thesmothete, considered as the first bishop of Christians in Athens. The title thesmothete means ruler, or rule-setter. He was instructed in the faith of Christ by the Apostle Paul, who baptized and ordained him, in the year 53.

A church in the Bulgarian city of Vratsa, 60 miles northeast of Sofia, was desecrated and robbed Monday night. This is the third such attack against the Church of St. Nicholas in recent years, reports btnovinite.bg. Police believe the thief was hiding inside the church until the staff left. In the morning, an employee found that…

A Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in central Moscow has been intermittently streaming myrrh since 2016. The icon streamed for the fourth time on the feast of Nativity of the Mother of God on September 21, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk…

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously agreed to the elevation of His Grace Bishop Seraphim of Apollonia to Metropolitan of Sebasteia and His Grace Bishop Nikandros of Doryleon to Metropolitan of Eirinoupolis. Archbishop Makarios of Australia congratulated the two clergy members and wished them well. He said that their promotion “constitutions recognition” of…

On Tuesday, October 8th at 7:30pm, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon will deliver the inaugural lecture of Saint Tikhon Seminary’s 2019 October Lecture Series. Metropolitan Tikhon’s lecture, titled “Primacy and Service”, will be the first in a series of lectures celebrating the 50th year of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America. Archpriest John Parker, Dean…

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church gathered at the patriarchal residence for a working session on Monday, Sept. 30, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The Romanian hierarchs resolved to organize several events to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the communist regime in Romania, and to remember the sacrifice…