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The online platform Pemptousia and the parish of the university chapel of St. Nicholas and John the Apostle in Cluj, Romania, are organizing an online synaxis, or assembly, with the Church of Cyprus’ Metropolitan of Limassol, His Eminence Athanasios. The synaxis is scheduled for today, at 20.30 Athens time, or 18.30 GMT. A parallel translation…

The latest screening of the award-winning film “Man of God”, which recounts the life and works of St. Nektarios of Aegina, took place on Wednesday at the cultural center of the southwest Serbian city of Priboj. Among the audience members, which filled the cultural center, was the Bishop of Mileseva, His Grace Athanasios, clerics of…

Today, Feb. 4, marks the anniversary of the death of Theodoros Kolokotronis, the Greek general and pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis died in Athens in 1843 at the age of 73, having lived to see the independence of southern and central Greece, many islands, and the establishment…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week issued an encyclical for the upcoming Feast of Saint Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople. Among others, the Archbishop noted that “…This year — the centennial year of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America — we pause to remember those who came before us, and honor the legacy…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week offered his blessing to Serbia’s new ambassadors to Belarus, Belgium, Australia and Egypt, shortly before their departure to assume their new diplomatic post. His All Holiness reminded that the Serbian Orthodox Church, from the time of its founder, St. Sava, has cultivated a tradition of open…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday received the mayor of the western Greece city of Messolonghi, Costas Lyras. The office-holder presented the Archbishop with an invitation to attend commemorative events organized by the municipality this year on the occasion of the 200-anniversary of Messolonghi joining the Greek War of…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday concluded a nearly week-long pastoral visit to the northeast Aegean Island of Imvros, his native land. On Sunday, His All Holiness will arrive on the Marmara Sea Isle of Halki to officiate at a Divine Liturgy at the Halki Theological Seminary to commemorate…

The Church today venerates Isidore of Pelusium.