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Vatopedi publications has released the historical work of early 20th century Hierodeacon Arcadios of Vatopedi. The Elder Arcadios recounts the history of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, from its foundation to the 1930s, when he authored the work, which is primarily based on the documents and tomes found in the venerable Mount Athos…

The Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, in cooperation with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, has for a sixth straight year implemented the program “Ellinomathia”, or Greek language instruction, with 15 pupils from ethnic Greek schools in Turkey arriving in Thessaloniki, accompanied by three teachers. The pupils and educators will be hosted by the Holy Metropolis…

The key to the city of Lavrio, a coastal municipality southeast of Athens proper, was presented to Athanasios and Marina Martinos this week at a celebratory event in the township, in the presence of the resident Metropolitan of Mesogeas and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, Parliament deputies, local office-holders and officials. Athanasios Martinos, the civil governor…

An exact replica of the wonder-working icon of the Panaghia Paramythias was conveyed today to the city of Grevena from the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Holy Icon was conveyed by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the venerable Mount Athos Monastery, and Vatopedi Elders, with the official reception held at the…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Monday referred to the need to support young people and their families, speaking at a New Year’s cake-cutting event at the Archdiocese of Athens, for priests assigned to youth and parent schools. His Beatitude remembered his ministry at the Metropolis of Thebes, before his…

The memory of the Three Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom – was commemorated on Monday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Constantinople, the see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Every Jan. 30th marks a special day in the Greek Orthodox world, as the occasion also commemorates the world-inspiring…

Church today venerates the memory of Cyrus & John, the Unmercenaries. Today is also the feast day of Athanasia and her three young daughters, Theoctiste, Theodota and Eudoxia.

Monday, 30 January 2023, marked the 200th anniversary of the discovery of a wonder-working icon of the Panagia, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, in a grove on the Cyclades island of Tinos, the site where the emblematic Cathedral of the Evangelistria, dedicated to the Mother of God, stands today, one of Orthodoxy’s most prominent pilgrimage sites….