More attacks against Christian Serbs were reported this week in the Kosovo & Metohija province. Specifically, a father and son were stabbed by two Albanian mem on Monday evening, resulting in their hospitalization. In an announcement, the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren condemned the attack and warned of more such incidents, which it charged aims…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, on Tuesday met with the Moscow Patriarchate’s chairman of the department for external Church relations, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony, on the sidelines of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The latter is being held in the Kazakhstan city of Nur-Sultan, and sessions began…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday received Rashad Hussain, the visiting US ambassador at large for international religious freedom, at Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Phanar See. Issues discussed related to the life and ministry of the Mother Church in of Constantinople, as well as the situation of remaining Christians in Turkey….

Today, September 14, marks the annual commemoration of the Day of National Remembrance of the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor by the Turkish State. The annual commemoration was established in a unanimous vote in Greece’s Parliament in September 1998. This year’s commemoration comes on the tragic centennial of the destruction of Smyrna by…

The Church today celebrates the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross. Pemptousia television, in cooperation with the Orthodox News Agency, has live-streamed the Orthros service and the Divine Liturgy today from the Cathedral of St. George, in the east Athens district of Papagos, on the occasion of the great feast day of the Elevation…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia attended a meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 13, at the Maximos Mansion (the official seat and residence of the Prime Minister of Greece). During the meeting, which was held in a warm and cordial atmosphere, issues of common…

Beloved brethren hierarchs and reverend clergy, Dear faculty and staff, students and families, Esteemed friends and supporters of this blessed community of Hellenic College and Holy Cross,   It gives me great joy to be here among you once again, at the beginning of your academic year, and the beginning of our ecclesiastical year. These…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros sent a congratulatory letter today to the newly elected first hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, His Eminence Metropolitan-Elect Nicholas. In his letter, Archbishop Elpidophoros writes, “With heartfelt joy for the high honour bestowed upon you by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of…

Your Eminence and Graces, Dear President Cantonis,Deans of Hellenic College and Holy Cross, Faculty and Students, Honorable Symeon Tegos, Consul General of Greece in Boston, Esteemed Members of the Mount Athos Foundation, Honorable Mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervos, Chairman and Esteemed Members of the Mount Athos Center joining us via livestream, as well as Director…