Ten Greek American and Cypriot American organizations have sent a letter to US President Joe Biden ahead of the dour anniversary of Turkey’s 1974 invasion of the Mediterranean island to express their concern over what they called the “…new and renewed existential threats” posed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The organizations pointed to Erdogan’s…

The Church today venerates the memory of Pancratios, Bishop of Sicily, as well as Methodios, Bishop of Crete.   Apolytikion of Hieromartyr Pancratius Fourth Tone As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent to divine…

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On Thursday, June 25th / July 8th, 2021, the distinguished and honoured American Senator French Hill, accompanied by his associates, visited the Patriarchate. Mr French Hill was received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers and representatives of the other Christian Churches of Jerusalem, Franciscans, Anglicans, and Copts, addressing him…

Indian Minister of External Affairs (MEA) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Georgia on July 9-10. The Minister will bring the remains of St. Queen Ketevan the Martyr to Tbilisi. According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, the high-ranking guest will hold meetings with President Salome Zourabichvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Foreign Minister David…

On July 8, 2021, a meeting of hierarchs whose dioceses are located on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina was held in the Bishop’s Palace of the Diocese of Banja Luka in Banja Luka. Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, and Their Graces Bishops Jefrem of Banja Luka, Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla, Sergije of Bihac-Petrovac and Dimitrije of…

Address by His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch to children from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia in the Church of St. Sava in Vracar on July 8, 2021. I am glad that you came to Serbia, that you came to the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, and especially that you…

The condition of the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim is improving on a daily basis, attending physicians said on Friday, as the Elder continues to be treated at the public Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens The beloved Elder faced very critical moments last month at the hospital’s ICU. His case was among the most difficult managed by…

The Philhellenism Museum in the northern suburb of Filothei held its opening ceremony on Wednesday, with an event including the presentation of the Lord Byron International Prize to descendants of philhellenes who helped in Greece during its 1821 War of Independence, reaching its bicentennial this year. Representatives of families arrived from France, the German states…