His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Thursday pointed to the example given by the Honourable Forerunner and Baptist John to defend moral values. In his homily, the patriarch recalled that St John is ‘a protector of family integrity’. He is considered the defender of families because he fought against countless vices and moral disorder. That is…

The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Theodore II, presented on August 29, 2019, the Grand Cross of Leo of the Patriarchate of Alexandria to the outgoing Greek Ambassador to Cairo Michael-Christos Diamessis. The award ceremony was held at the Patriarchate of Alexandria and was attended by the Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria, Metropolitan Narcissus…

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Αn unusual artifact was recently discovered by archaeologists in Moscow, namely, a wooden Crucifix bearing the image of the patron saint of students in Russia – St. Sergius of Radonezh. The wooden cross was found during excavations near Zaryadye Park and the Moscow River. The cross dates from the late 17th to early 18th century. On…

The chapel of St. George, in village of Temeni, outside Egio, in southern Greece, was vandalized by unknown perpetrators on Thursday afternoon. A fire was set inside the chapel, damaging icons. The abhorrent incident was reported by the chapel’s caretakers on FB.  

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week issued a encyclical, posted on the Archdiocese’s website, regarding the new ecclesiastical year and the Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment, both commemorated on Sept. 1. According to the encyclical, “… 30 years ago, the Ecumenical Patriarchate issued an appeal to Orthodox Christians, urging prayer…

The former Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Elder Eirineos, arrived in Greece, as scheduled, on Thursday. Eirineos will continue his retirement at the Archdiocese of Athens’ new geriatric care center in Dilesi, north of the Greek capital. An intervention by Deputy Foreign Minister Antonis Diamantaris, who holds the expatriate Greeks’ portfolio, accelerated the process for issuing…

The new ecclesiastical year, or indiction, begins for the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Sunday, Sept. 1, which, among others, marks the commencement of the Church’s permanent Holy Synod, under a new composition of hierarchs, in what will be the 163rd synodical period. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, has already…

The Church today commemorates the memory of Alexander of Constantinople, who was canonized as St. Alexander, the bishop of Byzantium and the first Archbishop of Constantinople, who lived in the fourth century.