Today, May 19, marks the solemn annual Remembrance Day of the Genocide of the Pontian Greeks, a date unanimously enacted by the Greek Parliament in 1994 to honor and remember the victims of the campaign, by the Ottoman Turks and then Kemalist forces, to eradicate Hellenism from the ancient land of Pontus. The latter is…

Amid the joyous ringing of Church bells, a con-celebratory liturgy was co-officiated on Thursday by the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, and the Archbishop of Ohrid, His Beatitude Stefan, at the historic St. Sava Cathedral of Belgrade. Archbishop Stefan arrived in the Serbian capital on Wednesday at the head of a delegation of bishops…

Today is the 4th Thursday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter. The Church today venerates the memory of Patrick the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Proussa and his Companions.

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The following speech of Dr. Rıza Nur, who served as the Deputy of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Minister of National Education) between 4 May 1920 and 13 December 1920 and the Minister of Health between 24 December 1921 and 27 October 1923, with Topal Osman is the confession of the genocide: I said, “Agha,…

Boston, May 19, 2022 — On this solemn day of remembrance of the Pontic Genocide, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announces the third Centennial Pilgrimage to Pontos and Asia Minor from August 8 to August 19, 2022. This third Pilgrimage comes as part of a four-part Centennial Pilgrimage series organized by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of…

With the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Canberra His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis attended the Australian Hellenic Memorial in Canberra for a memorial service and wreath laying for those who fell in the Battle of Crete. Assisting His Grace was Very Reverend Petros Kipouros, Parish Priest of…

On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. EST, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Saint Photios National Shrine will present the Shrine’s Third Annual Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople. The video presentation, hosted by Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, the Hierarchal Proistamenos of the Shrine, is titled, “The Last Emperor of Byzantium –…

The online platform Pemptousia, in cooperation with the parish of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross, in Tbilisi, Georgia, will organize the latest online Archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Thursday, at 20.00 Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. The Elder Ephraim will…