The monk’s tonsure of the novice and helper of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Basil took place at the Pentecost chapel in the Patriarchate on Thursday afternoon, July 19/ August 1, 2019. The tonsure was performed by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos at the presence of Geronda Sacristan Most Reverend Archbishop…

The Hegoumen of the Holy Monastery of Sarantarion Mount Archimandrite Gerasimos Selalmatzidis died on Tuesday morning, July 17/30, 2019, at the Holy Monastery of St. Gerasimos of the Jordan, where he was especially treated for his old age in the last few months, by the care of the Patriarchate and the diligence of the Hegoumen…

Russian archaeologists in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar Krai report an amazing discovery from one of the earliest Christian sites on Russian soul. At an excavation site in Phanagoria (just across the Kerch Strait from Crimea), scientists of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered the fragments of a marble…

A fire broke out at Sts. Marth and Mary Convent in Vladivostok in far eastern Russia yesterday, burning down the sisters’ residential building, reports RIA-Novosti. The fire was apparently electrical in nature, caused by a short circuit in the residential building. The sisters “have a place to relocate to, but the building cannot be restored,” a…

There will be a lot of moving parts behind the scene and in view of bystanders as a long-awaited church construction project moves forward in Grand Traverse County. Thursday the dome will be raised on the Archangel Gabriel Greek Orthodox Church off of U.S. 31. in Williamsburg. The dome is 42,000 pounds and 92 feet…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces that the audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 has been completed. (See financial statements here). The completion of these financial statements confirms that progress in financial accountability is improving as this is the earliest after a year end in over 15 years…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Serbia in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 30 July 2019. The audience was attended by Mr. Denis Kuznedelev, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Belgrade; and deacon Aleksandar Prascevic, head of the…

The civil group working on Davit Gareji issues is sending a special statement to the government. As Davit Katsarava, leader of the anti-occupation movement “Power is in Unity”, told InterPressNews, the statement will be sent to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, too. He said one of their proposals is a public meeting with delimitation commission as…

Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage organization, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute have said in a recently issued report that the restoration of the Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage in Istanbul would cost at least 40 million euros and would take four to fıve years to complete. “There are many caveats and uncertainties making…