The medal of the Order of the Christ-loving, as a minimal recognition of his long-standing and invaluable contribution to the Greek Orthodox Church of the fifth continent, was awarded to Archimandrite Fr. Miltiades Chryssavgis by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. This honorary distinction was conferred upon Fr. Miltiades on the occasion of his 65…

With the blessing and support of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, the Metropolis of New Jersey Camping program, Camp Good Shepherd, held three camping sessions from June 20th until July 23rd, welcoming more than 250 campers and volunteers from all over the Metropolis. The first session was held in Maryland, from June 20th-24th, followed by the…

Istanbul—His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch issued the following statement today regarding the devastating fire at the the Nursing Home building, which is part of the Baloukli Charitable Foundation: Our Omogeneia was dealt a terrible blow today. One of its most important charitable institutions, where our aged brothers find care and comfort, was considerably damaged…

A fire on Thursday ravaged a well-known elderly home and hospital operated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople for the ancient metropolis’ remaining ethnic Greek community. Footage showed flames burning much of the top storey and roof of the Valukli district building. In a solemn statement issued afterwards, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness…

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The latest online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and Romanian faithful, will take place tomorrow, Friday, beginning at 8 p.m. Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. Interpretation will be available in Romanian, English, French, Georgian. Arabic and Russian. The online synaxis will be…

The Metropolitan of Hios, His Eminence Markos, this week approved of the transfer of two Church properties to the regional government administration on the eastern Aegean Island, fulfilling a long-standing request by the local community. Regional authorities announced that the resident Metropolitan had approved the transfer of the two properties in order for the latter…

Beginning on July 24, the Pemptousia online platform has introduced a software application called ‘Vimatarissa’, named after the patronal icon of the Mother of God at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. With the Vimatarissa app, users can access the Internet and read the ‘Words of Life’ by the Fathers and…

Faithful in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Wednesday afternoon had the opportunity to venerate the Holy Relics of Fr. John James the Chozebite, one of the most recent saints canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Holy Relics were displayed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest as well as at the chapel of the…