The most recent figures released by the United Nations confirm the shocking persecution of young children in many places around the world, particularly young Christians. For instance, since 2009, roughly 8,000 children in mostly northern and northeast Nigeria have been kidnapped by the jihadi terrorist group Boko Haram. According to UNICEF, at least 117 of…

Pemptousia is in the happy position of announcing to its reading public that henceforth you will be able to find and obtain many of the titles published by the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi and the ‘Maxim the Greek’ Institute in the form of Ebooks, through iTUNES and AMAZON. At a time when digital…

With the grace of God, the second Camp period (English Summer Camp) of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea was completed on Sunday, August 4th for Elementary and Middle School students (29/7 – 4/8/2019). The teachers of the English Program were Rev. Fr. Christopher Moore, his Presbytera Photini, Christopher Jonker, Panagiotis Kousoulas, Eric Ambrosius, Andrew Hamalis and…

“Constantinople will not interfere with the internal affairs of the Church of Ukraine. It is completely independent and self-reliant,” His All-Holiness emphasized, among other things, as he welcomed Mr. Zelensky The President of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, paid a visit to the Seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar today, Thursday, August 8, and…

At the end of the meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew, Vladimir Zelensky gave a brief comment to reporters. In Istanbul, the meeting of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople took place, reports “Ukrinform”. After negotiations and lunch, which Patriarch Bartholomew gave in honor of the visit of the President of Ukraine,…

In Ukraine, they want to use the Church for political purposes, forgetting that it is a divine-human organism, says Metropolitan Clement. On August 7, 2019, the chairman of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Clement of Kaluga and Borovsk, shared his thoughts on the church situation in Ukraine in his interview, reports Patriarchia.ru…

Hellenic College Holy Cross is at risk of losing its accreditation this fall, leaving it just a few months to show that it can bring its finances and leadership into shape. The New England Commission of Higher Education will hold a hearing on placing Hellenic on probation or pulling its accreditation altogether at its meeting…

Archbishop Makarios, the new primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, will be in Melbourne until 15 August. His goal is to meet with as many parishioners, Greek schools and other community groups as possible. The symbolism of Archbishop Makarios’ entry into St John’s College on Thursday was similar to Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry…

The newly-enthroned leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Archbishop Elpidophoros, 51, has wasted no time going on the road around the United States to talk about the importance of the Church and the Greek-American community. He even went to Phoenix, far outside the big city circle of the Church’s main population, and stayed…