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Orthodoxy continues to bloom in sub-Saharan Africa. A feature on the Orthodoxia news agency today shows a Divine Liturgy presided by the Bishop of Toliara and South Madagascar, His Grace Prodromos on Sunday, in commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council. Among the worshipers were newly baptized young boys, who served as…

A delegation of Hellenic Air Force officers, led by Major Gen. Dimitrios Tsirogiannidis, this week visited the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.  

The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was warmly received at the White House Oval Office by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Also present were Vice President Mike Pence; US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar; and the Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Fr. Alex Karloutsos. The…

Newly elected Parliament deputies from the July 7 general election in Greece were sworn-in on Wednesday morning. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, officiated at the first ceremony, along with members of the Holy Synod, where most deputies provided a religious oath. The primate of the Church of Greece wished Parliament MPs…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Wednesday afternoon received new Greek Education and Religious Affairs Minister Niki Kerameos at the Archdiocese, with the former first referring to a need for continued cooperation between the two sides. He also welcomed the new minister by referring to his meeting on Tuesday with Greek…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Marina, as July 17 marks the Feast Day of the saint. Features are posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency referring to the life and miracles of the patron saint of ill children, as well as photographs from commemorations at Orthodox cathedrals around Greece.

The holy Royal Martyrs are among the most beloved of Russian saints today, and the annual Royal Days celebrations in their honor always draw a large number of pilgrims from throughout Russia and abroad. This year, 60,000 Orthodox faithful gathered for the nighttime Liturgy at Church on the Blood in Ekaterinburg, built on the site…

60,000 Orthodox faithful participated in the nighttime Liturgy and cross procession in honor of the holy Royal Martyrs in Ekaterinburg last night, and the Liturgy for their feast was celebrated in parishes throughout the Russian Orthodox Church. And one monastery in Cyprus is helping to spread the veneration of the Royal Martyrs in the Greek-speaking…