On Thursday afternoon, October 7, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece Mr. Themestoklis Dimiris, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Where he was accompanied by personal staff members from the ministry, the Ambassador of Greece in Israel Mr. Kyriakos Loukakis and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr. Evangelos Vlioras.

The Romanian Orthodox Church’s St. Alexandra the Empress Counseling Center for Parents and Children opened on October 1, 2017. Since then, the center has supported more than 750 pregnant women and mothers with several children, reports the Basilica News Agency. The center offers free psychological counseling, therapy, support groups, breastfeeding classes, emergency material help, items…

A fire that broke out on Tuesday left a beautiful Orthodox church in southern Kazakhstan without a central dome, central altar area, an iconostasis, or interior decoration. Thankfully, the altar table of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Alma-Ata survived, reports the Russian Church’s Metropolitan District in Kazakhstan. Services will now be…

18th-century Christ the Pantocrator and Panaghia Portaitissa (Iveron) icons were delivered to the Greek Consul General in Düsseldorf on Tuesday. The icons are among nearly 40 that were stolen from Holy Dormition Monastery in Makrion, Zagori, Greece, in 2007. Last year, the icons were discovered in the catalogue of a private art gallery in Europe,…

Memorial Service in Cardiff (South Wales) at the tomb of the late Archim. Gennadios Themelis, from Kalymnos With the inspirational guidance of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, as well as the coordinated efforts of Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis, who is the Bishop in charge of the historic Greek Orthodox Community of…

On Tuesday the 5th of October 2021, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea was the keynote speaker at a Marriage Seminar held in the Seminar Room of the Archdiocesan District of Perth offices in Dianella, WA. His Grace opened the seminar by conveying to all the couples the love and best wishes of His Eminence…

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The award-winning film “Man of God”, based on the life and works of St. Nektarios of Aegina, will debut in Russia on Oct. 10, and with a Russian language voiceover. The international production, written and directed by Yelena Popovic, will premiere in the country at the Karo Ok-ty-abr movie theater in Moscow, before opening in…

Yet another water well was opened this month in the eastern part of the African country of Uganda, and specifically in the Kanapa region, funded by friends of the local Orthodox mission from Thessaloniki and the Brotherhood of Overseas Missions. The well will provide drinking water to residents in the region.