The International Children’s Day was adopted by dozen of states as a celebration of children and childhood in 1925 and it was later established by the United Nations as the Global Day of Parents. In 2016, the Parliament of Children managed to obtain from the Parliament of Romania the approval for making Children’s Day a…

The Department of Stewardship, Outreach, and Evangelism Releases the First Program in the Parish Leadership Series at Hellenic College/Holy Cross Providing for Ongoing Training for Parish Leaders In order to provide ongoing training for parish leadership, the Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism has released the first session of the Parish Leadership Series at Hellenic…

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This Saint, who was from Neapolis of Palestine, was a follower of Plato the philosopher. Born in 103, he 111came to the Faith of Christ when he was already a mature man, seeking to find God through philosophy and human reasoning. A venerable elder appeared to him and spoke to him about the Prophets who…

On Sunday, 17/30 May 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman at the shrine of Jacob’s well in Nablus of Samaria. On this feast, the whole Church and especially the Church of Jerusalem commemorates the meeting and the conversation of the Samaritan Woman from town Sychar with our Lord…

Athens-born Queen Sofía of Spain, accompanied by her sister, Princess Irene, arrived on the Dodecanese Island of Leros on Sunday afternoon. The Spanish royals were accompanied by the Spanish consul in Greece and were welcomed by the mayor of Leros and other local officials. The Queen of Spain was received at the airport by the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday visited the northeastern Aegean Island of Imbros, as part of his annual late spring visit to his birthplace. His All Holiness was welcomed by Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos, local clergy, as well as pupils of the ethnic Greek school on the…

Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, Sergey Lavrov, this week praised the contribution of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department of External Church Relations in promoting and advancing inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogue around the world – on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian Orthodox Church’s specific department. Still in the vast country,…

The Metropolitan of Philippi, His Eminence Stefanos, has addressed a public letter to Culture Minister Lina Mendoni regarding two ministry projects, entitled “In the Footsteps of the Apostle Paul”, and, “The Cultural Egnatia Way”. The Hierarch expresses the concern and disappointment of residents of the port city of Kavala, over the fact that the area…