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The debut of the television series “St. Paisios”, which recounts the life and works of the 20th century saint of the Greek Orthodox Church, will come on Thursday, Feb. 10. The long-awaited series will be aired by the Athens-area broadcaster Mega, and was shot on location in places where St. Paisios lived, including the semi-autonomous…

The Romanian Orthodox Church’s Bishop of Sinaia, His Grace Ieronim, on Wednesday participated in a celebratory session at the country’s Parliament, among the numerous government leaders, national office-holders, representatives of other religious dogmas and invited foreign diplomats in attendance – the event was held on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Romania’s accession into…

The Moscow Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, was among the personalities in the vast country honored on Wednesday, during a ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace’s Hall of the Order of St. George. His Eminence was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his “great contributions”, as the awards statement read, towards the…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Wednesday presided over the ordination of the new Metropolitan of Kananga, His Eminence Haritonos. The ordination service was held at the Holy Cathedral of St. Nicholas, in Cairo’s old quarter. The new metropolitan was elected to the bishopric by…

Former Greek president of the republic Christos Sartzetakis passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 92, following a lengthy hospitalization at an Athens hospital. Sartzetakis was a distinguished prosecutor and jurist before being elected by a majority of deputies in Greece’s Parliament in the mid-1980s as the country’s head of state.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, officiated at a Divine Liturgy on Wednesday on the occasion of the great feast day of the Presentation of the Lord & Savior in the Temple, at a remote chapel dedicated to the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary – located at the Kokkina site on the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Symeon the God-Receiver, as well as Anna the Prophetess.  

On February 2, 2022, St.Catherine’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace hosted the ceremony of presenting highest state awards to the outstanding Russian scientists, medical doctors, workers of art, and people of other works of life in recognition of the labour. While welcoming the participants in the ceremony, the head of the state underscored: “Each…