Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Wednesday received a courtesy visit by the Albanian ambassador to Athens, Luela Hajdaraga. Both sides expressed a volition to further boost defense ties, while the Greek minister emphasized the significance that Athens attributes to implementing a bilateral agreement covering military cemeteries in southern Albania, where the Greek fallen from…

According to reports by the Orthodoxia news agency, a committee of three hierarchs appointed by the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece met today with an education ministry-affiliated committee for ecclesiastical education – with talks focusing directly on a draft bill affecting the four post-secondary Orthodox ecclesiastical academies operating in the country….

The Church today venerates the memory of Lucillian of Byzantium, the martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin.

The Archdiocesan Office of Greek Education kindly invites you to the online talk by Protopresbyter Joseph Paliouras, Priest in charge of the church of the Twelve Apostles in Hertfordshire, on Monday the 21st of June at 18:00. Fr Joseph’s talk will be titled ‘The Greek language and the Hymnology of the Church.’ Your online presence…

Patriarch Daniel sent on Monday consistent gifts for 280 children from the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Beneficiaries were the 40 children who receive social support at the eparchy’s “St Sophia” Day Care Center and the children of clerics who serve in rural parishes of the second and third category. The packages contained sports equipment, games, sweets…

The Orthodox photography website OrthPhoto.net has launched a new photo contest aimed to promote Orthodoxy through photography: OrthPhoto Awards. Participants, either amateur or professional, can submit their work until July 2. The contest has the following four categories: Places, Reportage, People, Details. There are also three special categories: From the Archives, Stories, Covid-19. Participants are…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…

Non-Profit Organization Has Raised $8.5M in the Past Two Months, Including Twenty-Five $100K Donations New York, NY – June 2, 2021 – Yesterday, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with The Friends of St. Nicholas, the non-profit organization formed to complete the construction of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. At the meeting,…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, was received on Tuesday at the State House by the Governor of Alexandria, Mohamed Al Serif. In a very cordial atmosphere, the Governor of Alexandria expressed his respect and appreciation to the Patriarch of Alexandria, referring to the long-term ministry…