The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, presided at the blessing of the new administrative facilities of the theological seminary in the Romanian capital.

The Archbishop-elect of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, this week met with Greece’s general consul in Australia, Christos Karras, and the embassy’s commercial liaison, Katia Gigiza. On Tuesday, His Eminence received the Metropolitan of Paphos, His Most Reverend Georgios. The latter will represent the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus in Makarios’ enthronement ceremony, set for Saturday,…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos, on Wednesday received visiting Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR). His Eminence Hilarion conveyed the best wishes of Russian Patriarch, His Holiness Kirill, to the Primate of the Church of Greece. Hilarion is on an…

  The southern Greece city of Corinth on Tuesday afternoon welcomed the arrival of the Cincture of the Theotokos, known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash in Greek, after the Holy Relic was conveyed from the monastic estate of St. Nicholas, in the Porto Lagos district of extreme northeast Greece. The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim,…

During a meeting with Romanians from Vienna last Friday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his joy that national identity is preserved in the diaspora through ‘the rich activity’ carried out by parishes. ‘We are happy that you maintain a connection with Romania and you want to better know the spirituality and history of our Church,’…

Addressing an event on common European values, in Brussels, which was marking the upcoming Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU (July-December 2019), European Commission Vice-President, Jyrki Katainen emphasised that the discussion on this topic is becoming of utmost importance. He deplored the fact that many of the EU’s Member States seem to have…

For many in the Greek community, Rigas Feraios (Velestinlis) is probably best known as a proto-martyr in the Greek Revolution, though the details of his life and what he actually stood for may not be as well known. On June 13, the East Mediterranean Business and Culture Alliance (EMBCA) event “Romioi, the Balkans and the…

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae Condrea laid the foundation stone for a new church dedicated to one of the most beloved Romanian Saints, Venerable John Jacob (the New Chosebite) of Neamt, on June 17, 2019. The new church will serve the monastic community of the Dormition of the Theotokos Monastery, which recently relocated from New York…

The Iconography Project at St. Nicholas is blossoming with the first fruitful flowers. After 5 years of preparations, the first installation of icons is adorning the altar at St. Nicholas. Church preparations began after the generous endowment from the Katic Family in honor of Anna Bakic Katic allowed to plan for the adornment of the…