Monday marked the 10-year anniversary since the passing of the Reposed in the Lord Elder Iosif of Vatopedi, one of the most distinguished figures of Mt. Athos’ monasticism over the past decades. The Elder Iosif’s spiritual offspring continue to remember his humility, piety and devotion to prayer. A memorial service will be held this…

  Poignant scenes took place on Sunday in the southern Greece city of Corinth, with the departure of the Cincture of the Theotokos, also known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash in Greek. Before the Holy Relic’s return to the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mt. Athos, the monastery Elders accompanying the…

  A revised penal code in Greece takes effect today, after being hastily passed through Parliament last month by the outgoing leftist government. Relevant revisions, in fact, were passed by a slim Parliament majority even after the now incumbent prime minister said he would resign and seek an early election – which is set for…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message on World Social Media Day urging freedom and responsibility in digital communication. Patriarch Daniel’s Message on World Social Media Day: full text Various online campaigns are being organized on June 30 to mark the World Social Media Day, platforms that are increasingly registering new users including in Romania….

On 28th June 2019, while in Greece with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met in Thessaloniki with His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria and All Africa. The participants in the meeting, held at Makedonia…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis was enthroned on Saturday 29th of June 2019, as the new Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of Virgin Mary on Cleveland Street in Redfern in Sydney. Archbishop Makarios was elected unanimously by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical…

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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is excited to announce a generous grant for Orthodox Christian Fellowship’s annual Summer Leadership Institute, a four-day training workshop for young adults ages 18-25. In response to a substantial shortfall in funds which put this year’s program at risk, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America authorized a grant of…

The Russian Orthodox Church has developed plans to construct its own Vatican to the tune of $2 billion in the Moscow region, the Vedomosti business daily reported on Thursday. Church officials have been in talks with officials in the city of Sergiyev Posad to transform it into the capital of Orthodoxy since 2017. Sergiyev Posad…