President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Friday concluded his two-day visit to Lebanon by going to Balamand and meeting the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X, who presented him with the Medal of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In statements as he accepted the medal, President Pavlopoulos referred…

The renowned OrthPhoto.net website dedicated to Orthodox Photography celebrated Wednesday, April 10, its 15th anniversary. Defined as an online community of amateur and professional photographers who wish to share and exhibit photographs presenting the Orthodox Christian faith as experienced throughout the world, OrthPhoto was established on April 10, 2004. The online gallery of Orthodox pictures…

The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, adopted the legislative draft for the establishment of Saint Sava Day as a holiday of the Serbian minority in Romania to be celebrated on January 27 every year. All 246 deputies present voted in favour. Saint Sava Nemanja was the first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox…

His Grace Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrated the All-night vigil and the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner on Mount Athos on the feast of the Annunciation according to the Julian unrevised calendar. In his homily, the bishop spoke about the spiritual beauty of monastic life, stressing the feats of monks…

The Service of Great contrite Canon by St. Andrew from Jerusalem and Archbishop of Crete was held at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Wednesday afternoon, March 28/April 10, 2019. The Great Canon poetically presents a great number of people and events from the Old and New Testament, lives of righteous,…

With the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and with every ecclesiastical brilliance, the founding and opening dedication ceremony of the Apostle Bartholomew Parish, in Reykjavik, Iceland, took place on Sunday, April 7, 2019, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia. — Source: theorthodoxworld.com

The Orthodox Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Constanta, the Buried Church of Istria, the fortress of Capidava and other tourist attractions of Constanta County were the inspiration for FC Farul Constanța’s 2019/20 kit. The players will wear t-shirts promoting local sights and monuments ‘to strengthen the tie between the team and the community…

Crucial issues affecting the Hellenic College and its affiliated Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, both in Massachusetts, were on the agenda of a recent meeting of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Synod of Bishops. An official announcement by the Synod noted that decisions were taken to ensure the revival of the specific…

A new website devoted to Biblical archaeology was recently unveiled by the St. Petersburg theological academy’s Biblical studies department. The site’s web pages feature electronic editions of books on Biblical archaeology regarding sites in the Holy Lands, Asia Minor and Jordan, as well as more than 1,300 photographs and 247 videos.