The Church of Greece has issued its annual encyclical for the “Week of Priestly Vocations,” which will be read in churches across the country on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross during Holy and Great Lent. In the encyclical, the Holy Synod highlights the spiritual significance of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross,…

On the evening of Wednesday, 4 March, His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Chalkida celebrated the Service of the Presanctified Gifts at the Holy Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Limni, Euboea. During the service, His Eminence performed the monastic tonsure of the long-time novice of the Holy Monastery, Konstantinos Koukouros, to whom he gave…

In the previous academic year, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America awarded nearly $1,000,000 in scholarship assistance to deserving students and youth across the country. In addition to the scholarships administered by the Office of the Chancellor, significant funds were also distributed in the form of camperships and other educational assistance, reflecting the Archdiocese’s continued…

The Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting offers two $1000 scholarships each year to graduating seniors in high school who are going on to college or university for a four-year degree. All applicants must be active members of their scouting program (Scouting America, Girl Scouts of the USA, Camp Fire, Trail Life, American Heritage) who have…

The sacredness of childhood was emphasised by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in a recorded message addressed to the President of the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Panagiotis Behrakis, following his recent visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the Phanar. Professor Panagiotis Behrakis assumed the Presidency of the ENSP, the European Network…

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Konstantinos An. Tasoulas, received on Wednesday, 4 March, at the Presidential Mansion, the Civil Administrator of Mount Athos, retired General Mr. Alkiviadis Stefanis, who informed him about matters concerning Mount Athos. On Thursday, Mr. Stefanis was also received by the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whom…

THURSDAY 5 MAR 2026 at 19:30 EET The e-Meeting is organized by PEMPTOUSIA and the HRISTOCENTRIC PROJECT (Romania) Interpretation available in Romanian, English, Polish, Russian, Georgian, French, Arabic, and Italian Greek Sign Language Interpretation available You may register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/kL3qudNESpWSbmvbV6AP2Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about…

Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia sent a congratulatory message to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. “Your Beatitude’s episcopal ministry has become for the Romanian people and for the entire Orthodox world a benchmark of pastoral vision, right confession of faith, and the active building of a…

Wednesday marked 36 years since Patriarch Daniel, head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was ordained bishop. On March 4, 1990—the first Sunday of Great Lent that year—he was ordained Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Timișoara, receiving the title “Bishop of Lugoj.” Patriarch Daniel was born on July 22, 1951, in the village of Dobrești,…