Today marks the 48th anniversary of a coup on the island of Cyprus against Archbishop Makarios and his democratically elected government. The coup was engineered by the military junta then ruling Greece with an iron fist, and aimed to neutralize, and even assassinate Archbishop Makarios, in order to install a puppet regime. The coup, its…

The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, on Wednesday received the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, Ioannis Kousoulides, at the Archdiocese headquarters in London. Kousoulides was accompanied by Andreas Kakouris, the High Commissioner of Cyprus to the United Kingdom. Following a brief tour of the Archdiocese chapel and a prayer,…

The Serbian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral this week issued a stern announcement condemning the latest insolent and intolerant claims by the country’s president, Milo Đukanović, against the Church. The Church underlined that “…Mr. Đukanović’s views are soaked in communist methods reminiscent of another era, which he refuses to abandon, while his…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday, the last day of his pastoral visit northwest Greece, visited the historic mountainous town of Metsovo. His All Holiness was warmly welcomed by municipal leaders, clerics and local residents, with horse riders dressed in traditional garb accompanying the vehicle carrying the Ecumenical Patriarch…

A majority of deputies in Greece’s 300-member parliament on Thursday evening ratified a draft law that includes a provision for the filling of vacant spots for Orthodox clerics in the country – a development that resolves an open issue between Church and state dating to 1945. The specific provisions, passed by 189 deputies, deal with…

The Church today venerates the memory of Julitta and Kyrikos, the Martyrs. Today is also the feast day of Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles of Kiev.

The feast day of St Paisios the Athonite was celebrated at the Holy Monastery of St John in Perth on Tuesday the 12th of July. The celebrations included the Hierarchical Vespers Service and Divine Liturgy officiated by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea. On the actual day of the feast, His Grace spoke briefly about…

His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited on Wednesday, July 13, in the morning, the Children’s Creative Activities Centre of the Holy Metropolis of Ioannina and the Charity Organisation “APOSTOLI” of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, where he was welcomed with flowers and songs by the young children participating in the ongoing summer program of the…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in collaboration with the Orthodox Christian Studies Center (OCSC) of Fordham University, are pleased to announce the creation of the “OCSC Summer Internship Program”. The OCSC Summer Internship Program will provide undergraduate students at Fordham University who are minoring in Orthodox Christian Studies the opportunity to support the mission…