Martha Giahnaki, the mother of journalist Maria Giahnaki, the general director of the St. Maximos the Greek Institute, passed away in Irakleio, Crete this week at the age of 71, following a lengthy illness. An exodios funeral service was held on Tuesday at the Holy Cathedral of St. Nektarios, in the Irakleio township of Kallithea,…

Archimandrite Fr. Damaskinos Tsiakas has been selected by the resident Metropolitan of Karpenissi, His Eminence Georgios, as the new Abbot of the Stavropegic Monastery of Tatarni, succeeding the Elder Dositheos, who reposed in the Lord last week.  A feature has been posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency on the Holy Monastery of…

Greece’s foreign ministry on Monday expressed its deep concern regarding recent developments related to a plot of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and specifically in the Wadi Hilweh area, in Silouan. The statement reads, “…We reiterate in the strongest terms, our continued support for the protection of the property rights and…

A delegation of members of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was received on Monday in Athens by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who greeted the dignitaries at his Maximos Mansion office. Members of the Archons, who are honorees of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and selected from among the distinguished laity, are in the…

The Brotherhood of Orthodox Youth of Kotor, in Montenegro, this month presented donations it collected in support of churches and monasteries in the Kosovo & Metohija province, during recent visits to the Serbian Orthodox pilgrimage sites and monuments there. A total of 7,000 euros was collected and presented in Kosovo & Metohija, with members of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Anthony the Great. For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all subsequent Christian monasticism, St. Anthony the Great is also known as the Father of All Monks. A feature has been posted today on the pages of the Pemptousia platform on the occasion of the feast day of St. Anthony…

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The Elder Archimandrite Sevastianos, the Abbot of the iconic Monastery of Katharon, on the Ionian Island of Ithaca, spoke to the Pemptousia platform on the history of the monastery and the miracles of the Panaghia Kathariotissa Icon, which is preserved and venerated at the Catholicos, or main cathedral, of the venerable monastery. An expanded edition…

Events in memory of reposed Metropolitan of Aetolia and Akarnania Kosmas concluded over the weekend at the resident Holy Metropolis, on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the passing of the beloved hierarch. An Orthros service was held at the St. Spyridonas Cathedral in the heroic city of Messolongi on Sunday morning, officiated by…