Today, Feb. 9, marks International Greek Language Day, with the occasion also honoring the memory of the Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos, who wrote Greece’s national anthem ”Hymn to Liberty,” and who passed away on Feb. 9, 1857. This annual commemoration seeks to highlight the Greek language’s fundamental role and defining contribution in the development…

The plight of hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in the southeast Turkey and northwest Syria grew more desperate on Thursday, as hopes faded of many more people being found alive amid the ruins, according to a Reuters dispatch. The death toll from Monday’s twin quakes, which struck in the early morning,…

The Church today commemorates the Leave-taking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple.

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The Pemptousia platform will live-stream the latest online synaxis, or assembly, from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with friends of the Romanian channel Doxologia.ro, on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 19:30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT. A simultaneous translation will be available in five…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Tuesday welcomed former New York governor George Pataki to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, for a prayer service calling for peace in Ukraine. The Archbishop of America was joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Antony of Hierapolis, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the…

The death toll from two devastating earthquakes in southeast Turkey and northwest Syria, which struck on Monday, rose on Wednesday, as rescuers face shortages of emergency vehicles, fuel and time. According to news reports from the quake-stricken areas of Turkey and Syria, the victims now exceed 11,000. Crews have rescued more than 8,000 people in…

The Church today commemorates the memory of Zechariah the Prophet. Today is also the feast day of Theodore the Commander & Great Martyr.