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….

The head of the Romanian Government’s Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova (DRRM), State Secretary Adrian Dupu, met with His Eminence Metropolitan Petru in Chisinau last week. The two discussed the situation of the Metropolis of Bessarabia and its needs. Adrian Dupu conveyed his department’s support for the mission of the Romanian Orthodox…

Last week, Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău blessed the start of the rehabilitation and extension works of a hospital in Roman, Neamț County, that will be placed under the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. On Monday, January 23, fifty members of the work team and officials of the affiliated enterprises attended the blessing…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received His Excellency Mr José Antonio Hernández Pérez – Solórzano, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Romania, on a presentation visit at the patriarchal residence on Thursday, January 26, 2023. The Spanish Ambassador thanked for the opportunity to meet the Patriarch of Romania and highlighted that Romania is a…