Today, September 27th, marks the 191st anniversary of the assassination of the first governor of the modern state of Greece, Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, one of the pre-eminent European statesmen of the era. Kapodistrias was fatally shot by two assassins, members of the powerful Mavromichalis clan of Mani, at dawn on Sept. 27, 1831 as he…

Greece’s sovereignty over its Aegean islands is not in dispute, the US State Department reminded on Monday, in response to the latest new threats and war-mongering rhetoric launched by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Greece. A spokesperson for the US State Department noted the United States continues to encourage its NATO allies to work…

The Church today venerates the memory of Kallistratos the Martyr & his 49 Companions.

On the last sunday of September, The Holy Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala honours the Holy and glorious Hieromartyr Seraphim, Archbishop of Phanarios and Neochorio, in Fanari of Karditsa (the place of the martyrdom of the Saint). This Feast was instituted in 1936 by the blessed Metropolitan Ezekiel of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala. On Saturday evening,…

During the two days of October 18 and 19, 2022, at the initiative of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the first Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis will be held in Sydney with the theme: “Priesthood: From Secularization to Ecclesiastical Attitude”. Speakers from Constantinople, Greece and Australia have been invited to the Synaxis, and will attend to…

His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain was received at Buckingham Palace by His Majesty King Charles III. King Charles III invited the UK’s Religious Leaders to the Palace on Friday, September 16, 2022. Archbishop Nikitas expressed his thanks on behalf of the pious people of the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great…

On Tuesday 20 September 2022, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis performed the Blessing for the New Academic Year of our Byzantine Music School. His Excellency Mr. Odysseas Odysseos General Consul of the Republic of Cyprus, Dr. Eirini Veroni Head of Education Office at the Embassy of Greece and Mr. Peter Demetriou, President of the…

Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Community Center Seattle, Washington Your Eminence, my beloved Brother in Christ and Concelebrant in the Holy Spirit, Metropolitan Gerasimos, Your Grace Bishop John and Reverend Clergy, Esteemed Parish Council, Philoptochos, and Parish Organization Heads, Dear Centennial Celebration Sponsors and All who have worked to bring about this brilliant weekend, Beloved…

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