Back in Greece, but in a related development, the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece has issued an encyclical stipulating that a message will be read out in all parish cathedrals to worshippers during Church services on Sunday, March 20. The message, issued by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece,…
The 21st day of warfare continued throughout Ukraine on Wednesday, after Russian forces invaded the country on Feb. 24. Only a glimmer of hope emerged that the bloodshed and destruction will end, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters that his country and Ukraine are ‘close to agreeing’ on neutral status. A deal with…
The Church commemorates the Martyr Savinos the Martyr of Egypt, Julian and Romanos. Today is also the feast day of the Venerable Christodoulos, Wonderworker of Patmos.
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This year Sunday of Orthodox was celebrated in all the Parishes of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea with two major problems: the coronavirus pandemic and the anxiety about the outcome of the fratricidal war in Ukraine. In the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Metropolitan of Korea…
On Monday, March 14, 2022, at a Press Conference held at the NCCK headquarters on the war in Ukraine, Metropolitan Ambrose of Korea made the following statement before more than fifty journalists from various Korean media: We have been watching with great mental pain for 19 days the Russian government committing a major crime against…
On Saturday, March 12, 2022, Mrs. Ismini Chatzigianni, coordinator of the schools of the Archdiocese, made an educational visit to the Greek school of Saint Dimitrios in Edmonton, North London. With her was Mrs. Irini Veroni Coordinator of the Education Office of the Greek Embassy in London, who visited for the first time the school…
His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain with the Venerable Choir of Synodal Metropolitans of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. For a year, His Eminence will travel monthly to the Phanar to participate in the regular sessions of the Synod. thyateira.org.uk
The completely unjustified mentioning of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Resolution of the European Parliament on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, based solely on deep historical prejudices and tendentiously created stereotypes is not surprising, but is, indeed, deeply disappointing for us. Putting the Serbian Orthodox Church into…