On Friday June 29/July 12, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy, Glorious, All-lauded and Chiefs of the Apostles Peter and Paul at the Monastery dedicated to their names, in ancient Capernaum, at the north-west side of the sea of Tiberias. With this feast the Church especially commemorates the contribution of the two…

After four years of construction, a new Church of St. Paisios the Athonite is set to be consecrated on Mt. Athos at the end of this month. Construction on the church at the Annunciation Kellia of the Romanian Lacu Skete began in 2015, with the painting of the iconography beginning in 2017. The consecration will…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived at the education ministry on Friday morning, choosing the specific ministry in a symbolic move. The visit was scheduled for the previous day but canceled due to emergency coordination efforts to deal with major storm-related damages in northern Halkidiki prefecture. Mitsotakis was greeted by new Minister Niki Kerameos outside…

The demons cannot know our thoughts but they conclude on what we think. They have a lot of experience and they can sense the presence God’s grace. In fact this is what burns them. When we pray, the demons attempt to hinder the prayer by sending continuously a lot of thoughts, not because they know…

  The Monastery of the Taxiarches, or Archangels, in the coastal mountain range of Pelion, in eastern central Greece, will permanently host the Holy Icon of the Congregation of the Archangels, Michael and Gabriel, which will be conveyed by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on the…

  Local Christian leaders on Thursday protested the sale of properties owned by the Greek Orthodox Church to a Jewish pro-settlement group in the mainly Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem. Israel’s high court gave final approval last month to a long-term lease, signed in 2004, of three buildings located in East Jerusalem’s Old City to…

  The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday visited the Orthodox camping ministry of St. Paul, in New York City. In a post on the Archbishop’s official social media accounts, His Eminence noted that “.. My visit to @campsaintpaul today reminded me of my youth. I too attended summer camp. Camp helped…

  Days before his enthronement as the new Archbishop of Great Britain and Thyateira, His Eminence Nikitas, spoke with the media outlet «Orthodoxos Kosmos», where he cited his priorities for the Archdiocese. Nikitas pointed to continuing education and training for Orthodox clerics as among his foremost priority, as well as better explaining and presenting Orthodoxy…

  Scores of Orthodox faithful, including dozens of children, greeted new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Thursday, upon his arrival at the Perth airport, in western Australia. Members of the Byzantine music choir St. John the Damascene, from Adelaide, who travelled along with the new Archbishop, also greeted him with ecclesiastical chants. The…