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08.04.2019 | 16:34
Church of Greece to join initiative by foreign ministry to combat trafficking
The Church of Greece and the Greek foreign ministry have announced an initiative to combat all forms of trafficking, an acute problem around the world. On the ministry’s side, the initiative will be coordinated by Deputy Foreign Minister Markos Bolaris. The minister has already sent letters to all the Metropolises under the Church of Greece’s…
08.04.2019 | 16:25
Greek minister’s comments over govt demands for Church-state dialogue cause concern
A weekend television interview by Greece’s relevant education and religious affairs minister has caused annoyance within the Church of Greece’s ranks, as the minister, Costas Gavroglu, blamed Church hierarchs for a suspension of a dialogue between the government and the Church. A source close to the standing Holy Synod told the Orthodoxia news agency that…
08.04.2019 | 15:59
Stamps in honor of Holy Friday, Pascha issued in Romania
Romfilatelia, the institution designated to issue Romanian postage stamps, has issued a new set of stamps in honor of the Lord’s Crucifixion on Holy Friday and His Bright Resurrection on Pascha. The set consists of two stamps each with a face value of about $.35 (1.50 lei) each, and a souvenier sheet with a face…
08.04.2019 | 14:17
Kiev court finds involuntary renaming of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to be unlawful
Kiev, April 8, Interfax – The Kiev District Administrative Court has ruled to find unlawful Verkhovnaya Rada Chairman Andrey Parubiy’s actions regarding the adoption of legislation obliging the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name, parliamentarian Vadim Novinsky said on Facebook. “A momentous event has happened in Ukraine’s modern history: a court has taken…
08.04.2019 | 12:47
Miraculous Icon of the Panagia Kardiotissa at Three Hierarchs Church in Brooklyn
On Friday, April 5, on the occasion of the 4th Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos, the miraculous icon of Panagia Kardiotissa, originating from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. George in Pennsylvania, was brought to Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn for veneration. The Presiding priest of the community, Archimandrite Eugene Pappas and…
08.04.2019 | 12:21
The Feast Of The Adoration Of The Precious And Life-Giving Cross At The H. Monastery Of The Cross (VIDEO)
On the 4th Sunday of Great Lent, March 25/April 7, 2019, the Feast of the Adoration of the Precious and Life-giving Cross was celebrated in transference at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, which is located in West Jerusalem, near the Hebrew Parliament – Knesset. The Feat of the Adoration of the Precious and…
08.04.2019 | 10:28
Greek Synod allots $225,000 to 100 families that suffered in last year’s Attica wildfires
Meeting in Athens yesterday under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church approved the provision of financial aid to families who suffered in the wildfires that swept through Attica last summer. The series of fires were the second deadliest wildfire event in the 21st century,…
07.04.2019 | 16:26
Thousands expected to take part in Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest
Thousands of believers are expected to take part in the traditional Palm Sunday Procession across the streets of Bucharest that will take place on the eve of the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, April 20, 2019. It has become an annual tradition for Romanian hierarchs, clergy, monastics and believers to carry…
07.04.2019 | 16:03
Spiritual teachings by the Elder Ephraim every Sunday on Piraeus Metropolis’ radio frequency
The Piraeus Archdiocese’s radio station will broadcast a new program every Sunday at 1 p.m. (11.00 GMT), immediately after the program by the Metropolitan of Piraeus, and featuring the spiritual addresses of Archimandrite Elder Ephaim, the Superior Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The title of the new radio program is “Lessons…
