Pemptousia will live-stream liturgical services from the Sacred Cathedral of the Holy Unmercenaries in the Plaka district of central Athens, beginning this evening, on the occasion of Saturday’s great feast day of Constantine & Helen, Equals-to-the-Apostles. The live-streaming will begin at 20.00 Athens time, or 18.00 GMT, with a vigil at the cathedral, a glebe…

Irini Mourelatou, a niece of 20th century St. Paisios, reposed in the lord this week at the age of 77. Mourelatou was the daughter St. Paisios’ sister, Zoe. An exodios funeral service was held this afternoon at the Holy Cathedral of the Apostles in Lixouri, on the Ionian Island of Cephallonia.  

The feast day of Lydia of Philippi was celebrated at the holy baptistery within a chapel at the archaeological site of Philippi, where the Saint became the first European woman to be baptized as a Christian. The Metropolitan of Fthiotida, His Eminence Symeon, officiated at a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy, co-officiated by the resident Metropolitan of…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, this week issued a message on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the historic Battle of Crete, where he noted, among others, that “…The events of the historic Battle of Crete have been etched in golden letters, not only in the annals of history but also in…

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The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Thursday afternoon attended a memorial and remembrance service in Belgrade on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Novi Sad massacre, in the southern Bačka region. Between 3,000 and 4,000 civilians were killed by the armed forces of Axis partner Hungary during the pogrom. His Holiness…

The 12th General Assembly of the Council of Churches of the Middle East was concluded this week in Cairo, the first time the assembly has taken place in Egypt since its establishment in 1968. The president of Egypt, Abdel al-Sisi, on Tuesday warmly welcomed the Prelates of the Middle East’s Christian Churches at the presidential…

Today is the 4th Friday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter. The Church today venerates the memory of Lydia of Philippi, Equal to the Apostles. Today is also the feast day of Thalleleus the Martyr and his Companions.

he tragic situation in which the monument symbol of Hellenism has fallen, Hagia Sophia, was recorded in an article in the newspaper Cumhuriyet. “Hagia Sophia will not make it to 2050” was the newspaper’s ominous prediction for the World Heritage Site, which sent its journalists there, who watched the situation, saw dozens of visitors flock…