In statements heading into a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Greece’s envoy, minister of foreign affairs Nikos Dendias, referred to the tenuous situation in eastern Ukraine, while making a particularly reference to the importance that Athens attaches to the safety and security of the large ethnic Greek community in the Mariupol region, a…

The Ambassador of Greece to Australia, Mr George Papakostas came from Canberra for the very purpose of paying an official visit to the central offices of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in Sydney on Saturday, 19 February. Mr Papakostas was welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who guided him around the Cathedral of…

Stockholm — On Saturday, February 19th, 2020 His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden officiated the opening of the 11th Balkan New Film Festival in Stockholm, delivering a speech dedicated to Yelena Popovic’s film Man of God, which is a cinematographic tribute to the final thirty years of the earthly life and ministry of St. Nectarios…

Beloved Brother, Metropolitan Gerasimos, Your Grace Bishop Spyridon and Brother Bishops, Beloved Children in the Lord, What a joy for me to be back at the Annual Folk Dance and Choral Festival – the Forty-fifth presentation of this wonderful celebration of faith and culture! This is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, the very same…

On Friday, February 18, 2022 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, His Grace Bishop Ioannis of Phocaea, and His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos visited the sacred Monastery of St. Anthony in Florence, AZ. They were warmly greeted by the Abbot, the V. Rev. Archimandrite Paisios,…

Beloved Brother, Your Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, Your Graces, Dear Fathers, I am delighted to be with you again at the FDF, but my experience today visiting monasteries has brought into focus something I would like to share with you – my brothers in the Priesthood of Melchizedek. In our Archdiocese, in this Metropolis and every…

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The online platform Pemptousia today will host a theological and spiritual dialogue from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and students and friends of the St. Tyhonas seminary. The online assembly will begin at 20.00 Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. A parallel translation into…

The second part of the Greek-language series “St. Paisios – From Farasa to the Heavens”, aired on Thursday evening on the Athens-based broadcaster Mega channel. In its debut last week, the series, produced by the St. Maximos the Greek Institute, was the most watched evening program of the day, with viewers estimated as exceeding 1.5…