The Feast of the Annunciation was solemnly celebrated on Thursday at the celebrating Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation in Redfern, Sydney. The Metropolitan of Sebastia, His Eminence Seraphim, officiated at the Divine Liturgy which was con-celebrated by the Bishops Iakovos of Militopolis and Emilianos of Meloa. Afterwards, the Hierarchical Head of the cathedral, Archimandrite Fr….

A Great Vespers service was held at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Alexandria on Thursday, on the feast day of the Annunciation and the anniversary of the beginning of the Greek Revolution on March 25 1821. The service was attended by the Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria, Metropolitan of Naucratis, His Eminence…

Thursday marked the bicentennial of the date traditionally commemorated as the beginning of the milestone Greek Revolution, a monumental struggle against the Ottoman empire, which eventually led to the creation of the modern state of Greece. Greek revolutionaries, philhellenes, men, women, children and the elderly threw off four centuries of dour Ottoman yoke, igniting a…

A Doxology memorial service was held today, Thursday, at the historic Aghia (St.) Lavra Monastery in the northwest Peloponnese, along with a recreation of the oath-taking of the Greek revolutionaries in March 1821, considered as one of the milestones in commencing the Greek Revolution against Ottoman rule. The Orthodoxia Νews Αgency live streamed both the…

Today marks the great Feast Day of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. The day commemorates the event whereupon six months after John the Forerunner’s conception, the Archangel Gabriel was sent by God to Nazareth unto Mary the Virgin, who had come forth from the Temple a mature maiden. According to the tradition…

The Greek armed forces’ oldest military band – that of the Hellenic Army – under the direction of Lt. Col. Nikolaos Lafatas, was on duty on Thursday during the annual Greek Independence Day parade, accompanying the motorized and infantry units’ march – on the occasion of the bicentennial of the 1821 Revolution. The Orthodoxia News…

MARCH 2021 Reverend Fathers, Honourable Presidents and Esteemed Members of the Boards of Directors, Members of the Philoptochos Societies, Teachers, Students and Youth Members of the Communities, and to the Entire Plenitude of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada On the Dual Annunciations Archbishop Sotirios of Canada Paradise. Beautiful, illumined, peaceful, serene. A true family…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will preside over commemorations of the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821. The event will take place on March 25, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and will be live streamed on the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America social media channels and also broadcast on TV. The event…