The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Tuesday afternoon attended the book launch of a Greek-language edition entitled “Women in the Shadow of Violence: Pastoral Responsibility and the Viewpoint of Religions”. In his address, His Beatitude noted that “…the book in question is the product of a pilot conference of the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Charitina the Martyr. Today is also the feast day of Methodia the Righteous of Kimolos.

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Course Desctiption Learning Ancient Greek – for non-Greek speakers Ancient Greek, the language of Aeschylus, Aesop, Alexander the Great, Archimedes, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Euclid, Euripides, Hippocrates, Homer, Pericles, Plato, Ptolemy, Sophocles, Thales, Thucydides, Xenophon, the language of the New Testament and the Holy Fathers, is foundational. Even in the 21st century we continue to think about…

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monasetry of Vatopedi, on Monday evening spoke at the St. Demetrios Cathedral, in the east Athens district of Vyronas, on the subject of “Chastity of the Heart”. The address was part of this year’s Demetria series of events in the greater Athens area, ahead…

The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, began an official visit to Poland on Tuesday, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, His Beatitude Sawa. A doxology service for the arrival of the Primate of the Albanian Church will be held on Wednesday at the…

The Patriarch of the Bulgarian Church, His Holiness Neofyt, this week issued a message on the occasion of the new academic year for the tertiary Orthodox theological schools in the country. His Holiness referred to educators and students as successors of a rich millennia-long cultural and spiritual tradition, one dating to the dawn of the…

A customary Divine Liturgy was held in the morning to commence the session of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. Hierarchs of the Church of Greece, under the chairmanship of Archbishop His Beatitude Ieronymos, convened at the Petraki Monastery in Athens. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by the most junior member…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens.