The Flemish-language newspaper De Standaard on Monday reported on a same-dayrally by pupils and teachers in the Belgian city of Ghent in support of the continued teaching of ancient Greek and Latin in the country’s secondary schools. Some 1,000 pupils and 100 teachers participated in the rally, with De Standaard noting that debate in…

    The Church of Greece’s hierarchy is expected to decide on two highly crucial matters in the coming period — one involving Church-state relations, and the other dealing with the issue of the Ukrainian Church’s autocephaly. In relation to the first matter, a second vote in Greece’s parliament is set for early next month…

A group of Greek hagiographers are in the United States, and specifically in Loveland, Colorado, to paint the interior of local cathedrals. Local resident Katy Vicory, as specialist in Orthodox hagiography, and a parishioner of the St. Spyridon Orthodox Church in northern Colorado, emphasized that the depictions of the life of Christ, Orthodox saints and…

The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, located in the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos, this year again extended its support to college students and pupils belonging to multi-child families in Greece who excelled in their studies in 2018. The annual event was held at a downtown Athens hotel to honor the families. Fr….

Japanese-born American actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has been baptized into the Christian Orthodox faith. Tagawa, best-known for his role as the villain “Shang Tsung” in the film “Mortal Kombat”, has often been cast in the role of a samurai in Hollywood productions. The sacrament was performed by Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion, the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, at…

A great success was the 43rd annual Greek Orthodox Folk Dance & Choral Festival (FDF) of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco which took place February 14-17, 2019 at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California! FDF is dedicated to promoting, encouraging and continuing the Orthodox faith, Greek heritage and culture among individuals, families…

The Greek Orthodox Board of Education of the Archdiocese in Australia presented the 6th Annual Award Ceremony for Excellence in the previous year’s Higher School Certificate exams by students of our Greek Orthodox Day Schools in New South Wales. The much anticipated event was held in the Great Hall of St Andrew’s Theological College on…

Recent news reports from Ukraine indicate that the Russian government is moving against the new autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine in the areas of Ukraine under its control. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported on February 14, 2019 that “the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been ordered to vacate the Cathedral of Vladimir and…

On February 19, 2019, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, together with his delegation, began his visit to the Holy Archdiocese of Kinshasa, which is led by His Eminence Nicephoros, Metropolitan of Kinshasa and Exarch of Central Africa. During his visit, the Patriarch visited parishes, blessed the faithful, and…