Numerous faithful and congregants attended the archieratical Vesper at the celebrating Cathedral of St. Demetrios, at the same-name and dedicated municipality in the central Athens, on the eve of the feast day of Demetrios the Myrrh-streamer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki. The service was officiated by the Archdiocese of Athens’ Bishop of Roges, His Grace…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia this week announced an initiative by the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, to preserve audiovisual documents as sources of the living memory of the ethnic Greek community of Australia. The initiative, with the blessing and guidance of the Archbishop of Australia, aims to create a digital museum, storing personal…

A very timely scientific conference, entitled “Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics”, commenced today at the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), on the large Mediterranean island. The conference is held under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; and is organized by the Academy’s institute of theology and ecology. A video message by the Ecumenical…

The Church today venerates Nestor, the Martyr of Thessaloniki.

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will hold an online assembly on Saturday, Oct. 29, with psychologists, psychiatrists, educators and neurologists based in Romania. The session will begin at 19:30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT. A parallel translation will be available in Romanian, English, Russian, Georgian, French…

The Greek Studies Program at La Trobe University in Melbourne, which two years ago was in danger of suspending its operation, now not only continues its mission, but also shows an increase in student enrollments that exceeds 20%. The Holy Archdiocese of Australia took the lead in the mobilisation of the community caused in 2020…

With ecclesiastical splendor and emotion the memory of Saint Dimitrios the Myrrhf-flower and Great Martyr was celebrated in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote of Victoria, with the focus of the celebrations held at the Holy Church of Saint Dimitrios in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, representing His Eminence…

On October 26, the Church venerates the memory of Dimitrios the Myrrh-streamer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki. The great feast day was celebrated throughout the Orthodox world in a festive and splendorous manner, with the northern Greece metropolis of Thessaloniki again being the epicenter. Every 26 October, Thessaloniki celebrates its patron saint and protector, as…

On Tuesday, October 25, the community of Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Jamaica, New York, celebrated the Great Vespers of its patron saint: Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-Streamer. Hailing from Thessaloniki, the Great Martyr is known as an example of the “highest fidelity to God,” and though he was a high-ranking general in the army…