The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced on August 6 the conclusion of an independent audit of its financial statements for the years ending 2015, 2016, and 2017. The audit was requested by His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael shortly after his enthronement in May 2018 to promote greater transparency, accountability, and professionalism in the Metropolis. By…

The Orthodox faithful of Kazakhstan will have the blessing of venerating one of the Church’s most revered icons of the Mother of God for an entire week in October. His Eminence Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan held a working meeting yesterday in the administrative center of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church…

Head of the Russian Orthodox Church expert committee on church art, architecture and restoration Archpriest Leonid Kalinin says that the Patriarchate has not approved of the project of the so-called ‘futuristic’ Church of Ignatius the God-Bearer in Moscow. “The project has never been discussed. And it is not the question of its quality, but of…

The venerable Metropolitan of Tyroloi and Serention, the most honorable Exarch of Thrace, Panteleimon (Rodopoulos), fell asleep yesterday, August 7, shortly after 2 p.m., at the age of  90. The blessed Hierarch fell asleep peacefully at the Holy Monastery of Vlatades, of which he had been a longtime abbot, with his successor and spiritual son,…

Archbishop Makarios visited the Greek Centre on Lonsdale Street to get a better understanding of the Greek community of Melbourne and Victoria. Among issues discussed was the history of the community of Melbourne and issues of concern to it. GCM President Bill Papastergiadis was on a trip to Greece, however he told Neos Kosmos that…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday afternoon received the visiting Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatidue Theodoros II, at the Maximos Mansion government house. According to reports, issues of mutual interest were discussed, particularly the Alexandria Patriarchate’s significant missionary work in sub-Saharan Africa, as attested by the daily reports…

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An exact replica of the miracle-working icon of the Panagia Paramythia, known also as the Vatopedi Mother of Consolation, or Comfort, was received by Church of Crete hierarchs and monks at the Metropolis of Kisamos, in western Crete, over the weekend. The icon was welcomed by numerous worshipers and clerics, who accompanied a procession to…

Seeds from Greece now bloom in central Africa, while the colors associated with the east Mediterranean country light up the classrooms of the missionary school managed by the Chrysopigi Orthodox Mission in Luguzi, Uganda, in the parish of St. Spyridonas. The goals of the mission include, beyond ensuring that children in need are fed and…