The online platform Pemptousia 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, tomorrow, at 20.00 Athens time.
The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, met on Wednesday in London with visiting Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis. The latter, who holds the expatriate Greek and ecclesiastical diplomacy portfolio, was warmly received by the Greek Orthodox Archbishop, with talks focusing on the significant Church, education and social work conducted by…
The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Elder Metropolitan of Chalcedon, His Eminence Emmanuel, on Thursday officiated at a trisagion memorial service at the Patriarchal chapel of St. Andrew for the repose of the soul of Elder Metropolitan Pavlos, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 87. The former Metropolitan Paul of Amaseia had resided in the…
The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week officiated at the ordination of Bishop Nikodimos of Neiloupolis. The solemn service was held in the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in Alexandria.
The second part of a television series recounting the life and works of St. Paisios, will be aired today by the Athens-based Mega channel. The Greek-language series, entitled “St. Paisios – From Farasa to the Heavens”, was shot on location on Mount Athos and the northwest town of Konitsa, where the 20th century was raised…
Greece’s foreign ministry on Thursday delivered a demarche to Turkey, and specifically to Turkey’s chargé d’ affaires, strongly protesting against what Athens calls the illegal and unfounded claims and assertions made over the recent period by increasingly belligerent Turkish officials. The foreign ministry in Athens underlined its strong dissatisfaction to the Turkish side, as well…
The Church today venerates the memory of Theodore of Tyre the Great Martyr. Today is also the feast day of Mariamne, Sister of the Apostle Philip, and Equal to the Apostles.
The new Archbishop elect of the Orthodox Church of Uganda, Leronymos Muzeeyi, has paid a courtesy call to the Kyabazinga of Busoga His Majesty William Gabula Nadiope IV. During the visit at Igenge Palace in Jinja City, the Kyabazinga congratulated Muzeeyi upon his appointment and lauded the Orthodox Church for uniting Basoga and Ugandans at…
By decision of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, weddings may be served during the first half of the Nativity Fast at the end of the year. The Synod met for the first time this year on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Archbishop Chrysostomos. According to the Synodal communiqué, the hierarchs decided…