On Sunday, 23rd April 2023, the Sunday of Thomas, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided over Matins and concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. George in Kingston-upon-Thames. Among those concelebrating were the Priest-in-charge, Very Revd Archimandrite Aemilianos Papadakis, the Vicar General Protopresbyter Konstantinos Garibaldinos, Reverend Oeconomos Nikolaos Kokkinos,…

The President and First Lady of Malta, George and Miriam Vella, attended the Agape Vespers celebrated on Resurrection Sunday at the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Valletta. The high officials were welcomed by the children of the parish with bread and salt and sat through the whole service, which was celebrated in Romanian, Maltese and English….

On Tuesday, April 25, the historic Prinkipo Orphanage was visited by the Oslo Society, an association founded in 1811 that plays an important role in preserving the cultural heritage of Oslo, Norway, and is an active member of the Europa Nostra Network (Oslo Byes Vel) . The 35 members, led by Ole Rikard Høisæther, Secretary…

The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley will undertake a State Visit to Greece before attending the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort in the United Kingdom. The State Visit to Greece is an opportunity to celebrate the historic links and close friendship between our nations. While in Greece, the Governor-General…

Bethesda, MD – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was the honored guest at the National Intelligence University’s Presidential Lecture Series where he addressed the faculty and student body on the topic of “Russia’s Weaponization of Religion in the Ukraine Conflict.” This historic visit marks the first ever address by the spiritual leader of the…

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, the Romanian Orthodox Church marks its 138th anniversary of autocephaly. After Romania gained its state independence in 1877 and was declared a Kingdom in 1881, the prestige of the Romanian Orthodox Church increased, making necessary the formal recognition of its autocephaly, long denied by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. On November 23,…

Rev. John Behr, a professor at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, received the highest award of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe last Friday. The “Northern Cross” was awarded to Rev. John Behr by His Grace Bishop Macarie during a ceremony at the diocesan chapel in Bergen, Norway. His Grace Bishop Macarie of…

Pantocrator Monastery in Teleorman County will celebrate its patronal feast next Sunday when the Orthodox Church remembers the Holy Myrrh-bearers. On this occasion, several fragments of holy relics and an icon of the Mother of God will be transported from Greece. The Honourable Head of Saint Thomas the Apostle will be brought to the monastery…

A C-27 transport plane of the Hellenic Air Force lifted off the airport of Aswan, Egypt for Djibouti on Tuesday to pick up Greeks evacuated from Sudan. The aircraft is the second one this day to transport Greeks from Sudan, where internal fighting continues for the second week. A ceasefire allowed the evacuation. Earlier in…