Dozens of anti-vaccination protesters demonstrated on Thursday outside the Holy Metropolis of Larissa, in Greece’s central mainland, ostensibly in reaction to the Metropolis’ decision to offer a cathedral’s courtyard as a vaccination center against the Covid-19 virus. Nevertheless, at the end of the protest, employees of the Metropolis handed out chocolate pastries to those assembled,…

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church convened on Thursday, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, at the Patriarchal Monastery of St. Daniel.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday warmly received the new Secretary-General of the permanent secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization, Amb. Lazar Comanescu, who visited the Patriarchate. The Ecumenical Patriarch congratulated Comanescu on assuming his new duties and wished him a productive tenure for the benefit of…

Con-celebratory services based on centuries-old Athonite rite are being held this week at the St. Nicholas Monastery in Porto Lagos,a in commemoration of the wonder-working icon of the Panaghia Pantanissa, whose feast day is today, Sept. 24. The monastery is a glebe of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos, and is…

A meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Archbishop of America, His Beatitude Elpidophoros, was re-scheduled for early Friday afternoon, local time, in New York City, and at the offices of the United Nations. Official Athens, among others, had expressed its displeasure this week after Archbishop Elpidophoros attended an event on Monday where…

The Church today commemorates the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissa. Today is also the feast day of Thekla the Protomartyr & Equal-to-the-Apostles, as well as Silouan of Athos.

While its mission remains to guide men to eternal life in Christ, the Church is also called to care for the material needs of all through acts of charity and social services. Romania Most recently, more than 33 tons of non-perishable food and a cloth that covered the relics of the great St. Paraskeva in…

Since hitting theaters in Greece and Cyprus in late August, Yelena Popovic’s Man of God film about the great 20th-century holy hierarch and wonderworker St. Nektarios of Aegina has stood firmly at the top of the Greek box office. More than 270,000 tickets have been sold, with the majority of cinemas having sold out screenings,…

“I sincerely regret the pain I inadvertently caused to my Cypriot and Greek-American brethren, especially to my beloved flock,” said Archbishop Elpidophoros in a written letter issued by the Archdiocese of America, following the reactions to his presence at the inauguration of the “House of Turkey”. Archbishop Elpidophoros also pointed out “I pray that a…