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A funeral service was held on Wednesday for hiero-monk Anastasios of the Holy Cell of Dionysius of Fourna. The service was officiated by the resident Metropolitan of Ierissos and Mount Athos, His Eminence Theoklitos. Several hierarchs and clerics and many of the reposed hiero-monk’s spiritual children from around Greece attended the service. Interment will be…

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday began a two-day visit to the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos, located on a peninsula in the country’s north. Dendias was first welcomed by representatives of the Holy Community at the Cathedral of the Protatos, where a Doxology service was held. He later participated in an extraordinary…

King Charles III on Tuesday made a high-profile reference to Greek Orthodoxy, during his Christmas message, which was watched by millions of television viewers in the United Kingdom. The British monarch spoke of his “life-long wish” to visit Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity, which he fulfilled in January 2020. As Charles spoke, images…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, speaking during an interview with Greek state television this week, referred to the reasons behind a suspension of the practice of commemorating the name of Russian Patriarch, His Holiness Kirill, in liturgies of Patriarchate-affiliated churches and services. His Beatitude referred directly to…

The Church today venerates the memory of 20,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia.

The splendid ecclesiastical calendar of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi for 2023 is now available. The 2023 Vatopedi calendar showcases the ecclesiastical frescoes found at the venerable Mount Athos monastery. 

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, to discuss the explosive situation in the Kosovo and Metohija province, the Tanjug news agency reported. The meeting reportedly took place on Monday evening at the Patriarchal residence, and in the wake of an insolent decision by Kosovo Albanian leadership to prevent…

Today marks the anniversary of the inauguration of the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople, the greatest of all basilicas of eastern Christendom. The Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, which means Holy Wisdom in Greek, was dedicated on Dec. 27, in the year 537 by the Emperor Justinian. The current magnificent place of worship is the third church…