Authorities in the region of Karditsa, central Greece, raised what they claim to be the largest Greek flag in history, at the valley beneath the Agrafa mountain range near Lake Plastira, over the weekend. The flag, measuring 1,500 square meters, was raised by a balloon to commemorate 200 years since the revolutionary flag of the…

On Saint Thomas Sunday, 9 May 2021, the Patron Saint-day of Saint George the Greatmartyr and Victory-Bearer was celebrated in Budapest. His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Buda and Administrator of Timisoara celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of protonamesnik Radovan Djordjevic (priest of the Diocese of Zica), priest Ljuba Milisavic and Zoran Zivic,…

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The 10th Archontariki from Mt. Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will be held on Monday, May 24 and from 19.30 – 21.30 Athens time. The virtual assembly is organized by the online platform Pemptousia. Archontariki in Greek is the guest house of a monastery.

The Metropolitan of Kitrous, His Eminence Georgios, has sent a letter to the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, to ask for his support in maintaining the current framework governing higher ecclesiastical academies in the country. His Eminence, who is also the president of the Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki, stressed that…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, issued a homily for the Sunday of Thomas, and from the celebrating St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Among others, the Archbishop noted “…Thomas is the mystic of the Eighth Day – for the day on which he encountered the Risen Lord was eight…

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, during his sermon on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Tirana called on the faithful to not allow themselves to be isolated from the Church due to the pandemic. “We can again fill the Churches,” he noted.

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, gave a wide-ranging interview to a Croatian mass media outlet this week. Among others, His Holiness referred to his election to the throne of St. Savva, his ministry as the Orthodox Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana and the bonds he developed with the Croatian people. Moreover, he made…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Sunday conveyed a message to the Russian president on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. His Holiness made particular reference to the heroism and sacrifice of the fallen for the defense of the homeland. Patriarch…