The following speech of Dr. Rıza Nur, who served as the Deputy of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Minister of National Education) between 4 May 1920 and 13 December 1920 and the Minister of Health between 24 December 1921 and 27 October 1923, with Topal Osman is the confession of the genocide: I said, “Agha,…

Boston, May 19, 2022 — On this solemn day of remembrance of the Pontic Genocide, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announces the third Centennial Pilgrimage to Pontos and Asia Minor from August 8 to August 19, 2022. This third Pilgrimage comes as part of a four-part Centennial Pilgrimage series organized by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of…

With the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Canberra His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis attended the Australian Hellenic Memorial in Canberra for a memorial service and wreath laying for those who fell in the Battle of Crete. Assisting His Grace was Very Reverend Petros Kipouros, Parish Priest of…

On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. EST, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Saint Photios National Shrine will present the Shrine’s Third Annual Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople. The video presentation, hosted by Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, the Hierarchal Proistamenos of the Shrine, is titled, “The Last Emperor of Byzantium –…

The online platform Pemptousia, in cooperation with the parish of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross, in Tbilisi, Georgia, will organize the latest online Archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Thursday, at 20.00 Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. The Elder Ephraim will…

The Metropolitan of Veria, Naoussa and Kampania, His Eminence Panteleimon, today officiated at services held at the Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen in the southern coastal city of Nafplio, and in the presence of the worshipful resident Metropolitan of Argolida, His Eminence Nektarios. His Eminence Panteleimon conveyed to Nafplio, for veneration by the faithful,…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Monday met with Victorian State Premier Daniel Andrews. The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere and was also attended by bishops of the Archdiocese and Greek-Australian lawmakers.

The president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, on Tuesday received the heads of churches participating in a general assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches, which was held in Cairo. The General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches was convened in Egypt for the first time since the establishment of the council…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, will officiate at the Divine Liturgy at the St. Sava Cathedral of Belgrade on Thursday, accompanied by the Archbishop of Ohrid, His Eminence Stefan. The joint con-celebration comes on the heels of a recent decision by the Serbian Orthodox Church to resume eucharistic communion with the Church of…