A record number of Covid-19 infections in Greece, on an almost daily basis, and especially amid the now rapid spread of the Omicron variant, means that the great feast of the Theophany on Thursday, along with the accompanying blessing of the waters ceremonies around the country, will be held under the strict observance of public…

Wednesday marks the Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, also known as the Epiphany. Theophany in Greek means the “appearance of God”. Today is also the feast day of Theopemptos, Bishop of Nicomedea, and Theonas, the Martyrs.

It is announced that on Tuesday, January 4, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who underwent a diagnostic test for coronavirus, was diagnosed positive. His Eminence, who is fully vaccinated, showed mild symptoms of Covid-19 and was immediately placed in self-isolation to prevent the spread of the virus. On this occasion, the Archbishop reiterates his…

Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis: Watch Pemptousia TV Live HERE    

Τhe latest online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with viewers of the Romanian channel Trinitas TV, was live-streamed on Monday afternoon by Pemptousia television. The topic of the synaxis was “The Aura of Christmas,” with a parallel translation made available in English,…

The Metropolitan of Didymoticho, Orestiada and Soufli, His Eminence Damaskinos, this week received college scholarship recipients at the Archdiocese’s great events hall, in the extreme northeast city of Orestiada.

Τhe Metropolitan of Nea Krinis and Kalamaria, His Eminence Ioustinos, spoke of Asia Minor and the abominable Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922, which led to the eradication of millennia of Hellenism in the specific part of the Near East. Speaking to the Orthodoxia news agency, His Eminence reminded that both positive and negative events of…

The Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia, His Eminence Cleopas, this week referred to the missionary work of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia, while flatly dismissing recent criticism. Among others, His Eminence underlined that clerics of the Metropolis, at every opportunity, travel throughout Scandinavia, to large and small parishes, in order to…

The native-born population of Greece appears to have decreased by nearly 40,000 people within a year, according to estimates by the country’s statistics authority, which were published this week. Births in the country are now lower than annual deaths.