Newly elected Parliament deputies from the July 7 general election in Greece were sworn-in on Wednesday morning. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, officiated at the first ceremony, along with members of the Holy Synod, where most deputies provided a religious oath. The primate of the Church of Greece wished Parliament MPs…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Wednesday afternoon received new Greek Education and Religious Affairs Minister Niki Kerameos at the Archdiocese, with the former first referring to a need for continued cooperation between the two sides. He also welcomed the new minister by referring to his meeting on Tuesday with Greek…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Marina, as July 17 marks the Feast Day of the saint. Features are posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency referring to the life and miracles of the patron saint of ill children, as well as photographs from commemorations at Orthodox cathedrals around Greece.

The holy Royal Martyrs are among the most beloved of Russian saints today, and the annual Royal Days celebrations in their honor always draw a large number of pilgrims from throughout Russia and abroad. This year, 60,000 Orthodox faithful gathered for the nighttime Liturgy at Church on the Blood in Ekaterinburg, built on the site…

60,000 Orthodox faithful participated in the nighttime Liturgy and cross procession in honor of the holy Royal Martyrs in Ekaterinburg last night, and the Liturgy for their feast was celebrated in parishes throughout the Russian Orthodox Church. And one monastery in Cyprus is helping to spread the veneration of the Royal Martyrs in the Greek-speaking…

A 1,700-year-old letter was recently unveiled by researches from the Unversity of Basil, detailing the lives of early Christian believers and their lifestyles. The letter, written from one Christian to another, is the oldest Christian letter outside of New Testament copies. The letter, written by a man named “Arrianus,” to his brother “Paulus,” is 40…

His Grace Bishop Irinej served the Divine Liturgy on Monday, the feast day of the Deposition of the robe of the Most Holy Theotokos. As His Grace noted at the conclusion of the liturgy, both Constantinople and Belgrade are cities dedicated to the Mother of God and therefore this feast day is uniquely shared by…

MP Daniel Gheorghe has submitted a draft law to parliament that declares August 16 an official Remembrance Day of the Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs and a National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians. If the draft law will be approved by the Parliament, the following buildings will be illuminated in red on August 16, between…

The Honourable Head and the right hand of Saint Nephon II the Patriarch of Constantinople, which are kept at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Craiova, were moved to a new silver reliquary last Sunday. The new reliquary was blessed by His Eminence Metropolitan Irineu of Craiova on July 14 following the Divine Liturgy. St Nephon’s holy…