The Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will reportedly receive Greek health minister Vassilis Kikilias and top epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras next Tuesday, in order for the two to brief members of the permanent Holy Synod on the issue of Covid-19 vaccinations as well as the Church’s possible contribution towards persuading the faithful,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Prokopios the Great Martyr, & his mother, Theodosia the Martyr.

“Let Us Commend Ourselves to Christ our God” (4/7/2021) The most frequently heard exhortation of the Church which the faithful who attend daily Services hear is, “Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.” The Celebrant says this multiple times (as many as ten during Matins and the…

Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia, with a population of around 27,000 people. It is strategically located almost exactly half-way between Melbourne and Adelaide and is the site of the famous Blue Lake as well as many natural limestone features such as caves and sinkholes. It is a major hub for…

Sunday 4th of July was the official opening of the second outlet of the Central Philoptochos bookstore, at the Greek Welfare Centre of SA. With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope and at his initiative, the Central Philoptochos of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia – District of Adelaide operates an Orthodox…

On Wednesday, 24 June/ 7 July 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist. On this feast, the Church commemorates the event testified by Saint Luke the Evangelist (ch. 1), that Saint John the Forerunner is the fruit of Elizabeth’s womb, who was barren until then, and…

When Central Cemetery in the Czech city of Brno underwent reconstruction in 1979-1980, the two Orthodox crosses honoring the memory of soldiers who laid down their lives during the liberation of the city in WW2 were removed and never put back. Until last month. Finally, after 40 years the honorary burial ground at Central Cemetery…

Hilandar Monastery has pledged to financially support two women whose families were brutally murdered in Kosovo and Metohija in 1999. The abbot of the Serbian Athonite monastery Archimandrite Metodije delivered financial aid to Petra Kostić and Slobodanka Kostić from Suva Reka in central-southern Kosovo during a reception at the Hilandar Endowment in Belgrade earlier this…

The foundation walls of a 1,000-year-old church built by Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great were recently discovered under a cornfield in Germany. The archaeological site can be found at the rediscovered Royal Palace of Helfta near Eiselben in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, reports zenger.news. The church was discovered in early May, and its…