St. Photios National Shrine reported the results of the 2022 Essay Program during the St. Photios Foundation Annual Meeting. In the Senior Division, the judges chose the essay of Vasilia Boukis of LaGrange, KY as the winner whose essay met the criteria most fully as she compared her family immigration history with the immigration story…

NEW YORK – On February 4th, 2023 the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America will celebrate the Feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan. The celebration is organized by the Office of Greek Education. Our fathers among the…

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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…