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Nine choirs from three Metropolises in the wider region, along with Christian Orthodox societies, gathered in the Thessaloniki’s main Aristotelous square this week to sing traditional Christmas carols. Among the choirs performing were two from the Holy Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavropoulis, a children’s choir and an all-female choir.

The Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Aghios Vlassios, His Eminence Ierotheos, this week visited students of a Byzantine hagiography school operated by the Parish of St. Paraskevi, located in the coastal town of Nafpaktos.

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday was greeted with Christmas carols sung by a children’s choir from the parish of Inofyta, His Beatitude’s home town. Earlier, the Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece received Greece’s Digital Governance Minister, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, at the Archdiocese of Athens. Previous discussions…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived on Thursday morning in the southern Albania coastal town of Himare, a predominately ethnic Greek district in the Adriatic country. In statements to an enthusiastic crowd of local residents, Mitsotakis said it was a great honor to be the first Greek prime minister to visit the historic district. Olympic…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus will convene on Saturday, on the eve of the great feast day of Christmas, to elect a new Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus. Members of the Holy Synod will select a new Archbishop from among a trio of hierarchs that emerged from…

The Church today venerates the memory of Anastasia the Great Martyr. Thursday also marks the Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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.