Colossal devastation caused on Monday by earthquakes that struck southeast Turkey and northwest Syria has rescuers struggling to dig people out of the rubble of collapsed buildings on Tuesday, as the death toll across a wide area now exceeds 5,000. The first tremor, a magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale, was the deadliest quake…

The Church today venerates Parthenios, Bishop of Lampsakos, the patron saint of those afflicted with cancer. Today is also the feast day of Luke of Mount Stirion. The Pemptousia television platform on Tuesday posted a feature showing last year’s Translation of the Honest Head of St. Parthenios to the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi,…

Upon the appeal of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, to respond to the urgent needs of the parishioners, churches, and parishes in the regions of Antioch, Alexandretta, Mersin, Aleppo, Hama and Latakia, following the devastating earthquake, the Patriarchate has formed a relief taskforce with the aim of implementing emergency…

In view of Holy and Great Lent, H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia will be visiting the Parish of the Glorious New Martyr George of Ioannina, in Roskilde, Denmark, on the weekend February 25th and 26th, 2023, accompanied by the V. Rev. Archimandrite Alexandros Loukatos, Presiding Priest of the Metropolitan Church of the…

Святейший Патриарх Московский и всея Руси Кирилл выразил соболезнования в связи с мощным землетрясением, произошедшим 6 февраля 2023 года в Восточном Средиземноморье. В результате стихийного бедствия погибли более двух тысяч человек, около 10 тысяч получили ранения, сотни домов разрушены. Наиболее пострадали от землетрясения регионы Турции и Сирии. Предстоятель Русской Православной Церкви выразил соболезнования Президенту Турецкой…

The Memory of Saint Voukolos, who according to tradition was the First Bishop of Smyrna, was celebrated in anticipation on Sunday, 5 February 2023, at the Holy Church of Saint Photini, Smyrna, in order to give the opportunity to participate in the celebration to the members of the Orthodox Community of the city, who came…

Commemorative event on the 180th anniversary of the death of the “Old Man of Moria” His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos III of Mani, on Sunday 5 February 2023, visited the 1st Cemetery of Athens and conducted a Trisagion Memorial Service for Theodoros Kolokotronis at the site of his Grace, on the occasion of the 180th Anniversary…

Another year of studies is commencing at the Byzantine Music School of Australia (NSW branch) with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Classes are offered in two locations, at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College (Redfern) and at the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Kogarah). Lessons are taught by Dimitri Koubaroulis,…

E-Meeting from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and Doxologia Sat, Feb11, 2022 07:30 PM Athens INTERPETATION AVAILABLE: ROMANIAN, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, FRENCH, GEORGIAN, ARABIC Dear friends You are invited to participate in the e-Meeting from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and Doxologia, organized by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA and DOXOLOGIA. The e-Meeting will take place Saturday…