A relevant alternate Greek health minister on Thursday said Easter this year will be celebrated with all previously applied Covid-19 restrictions in place, as most restrictions set to be lifted as of May 1. Turning to a related development, a group of healthcare professionals in Greece, who continue a hunger strike to protest their suspension…
Moscow on Thursday ominously warned that it will be forced to strengthen defenses in the Baltic if Finland and Sweden join the NATO alliance, as the war in Ukraine dragged into a seventh week. Finland and Sweden are deliberating whether to abandon decades of military non-alignment and join NATO, with the two Scandinavian countries’ leaders…
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The Church today venerates the memory of Aristarchos, Pudens and Trophimos, the Apostles of the 70.
On April 12, 2022, the Secretary-General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Chrysoulakis, met Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa, who is currently paying an official visit to Athens. Numerous issues related to Hellenism in Africa and Orthodoxy were discussed. Metropolitan Chrysoulakis was informed about…
The painting team of Romania’s National Cathedral has completed 6,300 square meters of mosaic interior painting and is currently working on the South Apse interior wall. Applying the icon fragments on the walls and the subsequent finishings are made manually, stone by stone, has announced the communication team of the National Cathedral on Facebook. “These…
Romania’s National Agency Against Human Trafficking and the Romanian Orthodox Church are currently implementing a national campaign entitled “United, we offer freedom! Exploitation oppresses souls and destroys destinies.” The main message of the campaign is a warning about the phenomenon of human trafficking, addressed both to the believers in the parishes of the Romanian Orthodox…
His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, attended the annual assembly of the Serbian Cultural Society “Prosvjeta” in Zagreb, on 5 March 2022. Speaking about the special significance of that institution for the identity of the Serbian people in Croatia and beyond, Patriarch Porfirije pointed out: – The Church not only supports “Prosvjeta,” but its role…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America recently visited the Los Angeles where he had the opportunity to meet with the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at a dinner held on Monday, March 28, 2022 at Mastro’s Beverly Hills. The attendees included several Archons from the southwest District 18, under the leadership of newly appointed Regional…