Shooting for the film “Diakos” continues in the country. The film coincides with the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence and focuses on revolutionary hero and martyr Athanasios Diakos. The production is the work of the theatrical group of the cultural center Aghios Fotios, under the Holy Metropolis of Kitrous, Katerini…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Monday received members of the Greek Economic Association of Serbia at the Patriarchal residence in Belgrade. The latter briefed His Holiness of their desire to support scholarships for students at the Orthodox Theology School at the University of Belgrade who want to study the Greek language. Representatives…

The Church of Greece’s Metropolitan of Kesariani, Vyronas and Immitos, His Eminence Daniel, on Tuesday afternoon officiated at the Great Vesper at the celebrating St. Demetrius cathedral in the east Athens district of Vyronas, the same church where a Holy Icon of the Panaghia Parigoritria, or Virgin Mary of Consolation, has for the past year…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday continued his wide-ranging Apostolic visit to the United States. After being received on Tuesday at the White House Oval Office by US President Joe Biden, and at the State Department by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Primate of the Mother Church of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Nestor, the Martyr of Thessaloniki, a disciple of Great-Martyr Demetrius.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, was received on Monday for a warm and cordial meeting at the Oval Office in the White House by US President Joe Biden. According to reports citing Church sources, the meeting exceeded mere ceremonial contacts, as talks included enlarged delegations with the participation of senior…

The Church today venerates Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki. The occasion of the great feast day for our Church was celebrated in a splendorous manner today, Oct. 26, in the northern Greece metropolis of Thessaloniki, where Demetrius is the patron saint. The date entails an added significance for the ancient city, as…

Turnout for Monday’s online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim was resounding, again showing that the Internet can substantially assist in modern-day missionary work. The Elder Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, dedicated the first part of his address to last week’s Translation of the Relics of…

The Orthodox Archdiocese of Tirana this week issued a categorical denial of a news report in the weekend edition of the Athens daily “Estia”, which claimed that the Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, has allegedly contacted the Greek prime minister’s office regarding the assignment of teachers for Greek minority schools…