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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday marked the 66th anniversary of a pogrom in Constantinople against Hellenism in the ancient Bosporus Metropolis. The pogrom witnessed organized mob attacks directed primarily at Constantinople’s Greek minority on September 6 and 7, 1955, with Dendias reminding of the “disastrous consequences” for the ethnic Greek community. In a…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, officiated at a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the St. George’s Reds cathedral in the Valley of Christians, in war-torn Syria.

The Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa on Sunday announced the repose in the Lord of the Metropolitan of Kampala, Jonah. The late Metropolitan reposed on Sunday at a central Athens hospital after a lengthy illness. In an announcement, the Patriarchate of Alexandria emphasized that Metropolitan Johan was a great Hierarch of the Alexandrian Throne,…

Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia over the weekend officiated at a Holy Hierarchical Liturgy with the con-celebration of the newly enthroned Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Joanikije, along with Bishop David of Krusevac, at the historic Cetinje Monastery. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro was inaugurated in the Montenegro nation’s…

The body of late composer Mikis Theodorakis will lay in state at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral for three days this week to allow citizens to pay their last respects to the renowned artist. On Wednesday, Theodorakis’ earthly remains will be transported to the large island of Crete, where interment will take place at the cemetery…

The Church today commemorates the Miracle of Archangel Michael at Colossae. The feast in honor of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. Henceforth, the name of that place changed from Colossae to Chonae, which means “funnels” in Greek.

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy with the concelebration of His Grace Joanikije, Bishop of Budva-Niksic and the elected Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, and His Grace Bishop David of Krusevac, a member of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in the Cetinje Monastery on September…

Hierarchs of the historically-connected Serbian and Czech-Slovak Orthodox Churches came together on Saturday to celebrate the feast of a great 20th-century hierarch who was martyred for Christ nearly eight decades ago. The feast of St. Gorazd of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia was celebrated at Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by His Eminence…