Sessions of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East began on Thursday and will continue until Oct. 10, chaired by the Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude John X. According to an announcement, beyond the items on the agenda, Holy Synod members will also deal with the the crisis faced by…

A mass baptism of new Christians was officiated recently by the Bishop of Gulu and Eastern Uganda, His Grace Silvestros, in the Palaro sub-county. The Orthodox parish of St. Nektarios is located some 60 kilometers from the city of Gulu.  

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week visited the St. Basil Academy in Garrison, New York, where he prayed at the graveside of his predecessor, Archbishop Michael. He stated “…With reverence I venerated at the graveside of my ever-memorable predecessor Archbishop Michael at the St. Basil Academy. Archbishop Michael established the Greek Orthodox…

Another video has surfaced showing the execution of two Christian evangelists by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram in west Africa. The terrorist group was founded in northern Nigeria, where most of its attacks have been recorded. The country, in fact, is 12th most dangerous in the world for Christians. At the same time, the…

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…