The Church today venerates the memory of Alexios, the Man of God, as he came to be known to the faithful. On the occasion of the saint’s feast day, an all-night Vigil was held at the Holy Monastery of St. Lavra, in southwest Greece, with an archieratical Vespers and the Service of the Pre-sanctified Gifts…

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The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Wednesday welcomed the ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus, Marios Kountourides, to the Patriarchal residence. The Cypriot envoy thanked His Beatitude for the warm welcome and conveyed a message of friendship and appreciation from the people of Cyprus, and especially from the newly enthroned Archbishop of…

Members of the Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America will visit Constantinople on April 5, at the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I. Chaired by the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, members of the Holy Eparchial Synod convened in a regular session to examine various current issues, including the resignation…

The Archbishop of Canada, His Eminence Sotirios, this week received visiting Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in Montreal. Greece’s top diplomat was accompanied by his Canadian counterpart, Mélanie Joly. Taking to his official Twitter account, Dendias on Wednesday emphasized that “…I visited the St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Montreal with the Canadian foreign ministry,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Savinos, the Martyr of Egypt. Today is also the feast day of Christodoulos, the Wonderworker of Patmos. On the occasion, the Pemptousia platform has posted a feature today on the Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian, located on the Dodecanese Island of Patmos, which was founded by…

The memory of one of two of Thessaloniki’s patron saints, St. Gregory Palamas, the Wonder-worker Archbishop of Thessaloniki, was celebrated on the second Sunday of Great Lent, with festive events centered at the Metropolitan Cathedral, where the Holy Relic of the saint is preserved and venerated by the faithful. As per centuries-old ecclesiastical tradition, the…

His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, accompanied by the country’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, on Monday afternoon inaugurated an exhibition of heirlooms, Holy Icons, liturgical objects and print editions reverently brought to Greece by ethnic Greek refugees of Asia Minor after 1922. The exhibition, entitled “Hail! Asia Minor: A Cradle of Memory”,…

The new President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, continued an official visit to Athens on Tuesday, with meetings with Greek leadership and political party leaders. Mr. Christodoulides, who was elected as the island republic’s head of state last month, met with Greek foreign Minister, Mr. Nikos Dendias. Afterwards, he was received by…