Pemptousia invites you to join e-Synaxis with Elder Ephraim and Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Parish, Cluj-Napoca, Romania on Tuesday, 14 March, 2023 at 7:30 PM Athens Time The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into ROMANIAN, ENGLISH,,RUSSIAN, FRENCH, GEORGIAN, ARABIC There will be time for questions and answers after…

Two holidays sharing the eulogy of self-sacrifice were marked on Thursday at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest: the feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and the Anti-communist Political Prisoners’ Day. “How agreeable it was decided that this day, March 9, should be dedicated in our country to the memory of anti-communist political fighters…

Starting next academic year, chess will be taught in Romania as an optional subject. Over 50,000 primary school students will participate in the initial phase of the pilot project. By September, professional coaches will train over 3,000 teachers to prepare the children who opt for the course. Already, coaches at a chess academy in Bucharest…

Organizations from all over Romania and the Republic of Moldova have prepared a new edition of the Month for Life, which culminates on Saturday, March 25, with the March for Life. This year’s theme: “The Future Is Pro-Life”. “The pro-life future starts now,” is stated in the press release of the event. “Hope and determination…

Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy with school children each carrying an icon, most of them, an icon of their patron saint. The Cathedral, however, did something special this year for the first time ever, adding to the procession their past and present altar boys. More than 50…

On Tuesday, February 21st, GOA Girl Advocate, Beatriz Fino Morfogen, of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton, NY, participated in a virtual Girls Advocacy Forum at the United Nations. The Girls Advocacy Forum is a collaborative space for girls and Member States to discuss the annual theme the Commission for…

On Saturday, March 4, 2023, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia visited the parish of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Westfield, NJ, for their annual GOYA Sights and Sounds Festival. This festival showcases the talents of the GOYAns from across the Northern New Jersey…

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A new cookbook of foods and sweets for Great Lent, authored by Katy Mantzaridou, has been released by Vatopedi Publications.