The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Tuesday evening attended the premier of the motion picture “Smyrna, My Beloved”, held at the Athens Concert Hall. The film, by director Grigoris Karantinakis and written by noted Greek actress Mimi Denisi and Martin Sherman, features an all-star cast of Greek and Turkish actors….

The Church today venerates the memory of Eleutherios the Holy Martyr, Bishop of Illyria, and his mother Anthia.

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One Orthodox community in Moldova is experiencing the joy of finally having their own church. And the Church of Sts. Seraphim of Sarov, Catherine, and John (Maximovitch) in the Chișinău suburb of Floreni was built in just 40 days. His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Chișinău and Bessarabia of the Romanian Church in Moldova blessed the…

Roman Karpov, an eyewitness to yesterday’s bombing at the Orthodox school at the Entrance of the Theotokos Monastery in Serpukhov, believes a miracle prevented greater casualties from the explosion. According to Karpov, the bomber, who it seems intended to kill himself as well, though he is still alive in the hospital, wasn’t able to get…

On Sunday, December 12, 2021, over a hundred and fifty Young Adults gathered, from various places of the United Kingdom, at the Hellenic Centre in London for the Enlightened Evenings Christmas Wonderland. The extremely festive evening included live Christmas Jazz, dancing, hourly free raffles, door prizes, a rich buffet of Mediterranean foods, flowing mulled wine,…

The parishioners of All Saints, in Belmore, Sydney, aspired to offer smiles and comfort to large families, and especially to their youngest members, the children, through the initiative they organised in which to collect toys for the Christmas season. The response of the people of the Parish – Community was remarkably moving and so a…

On Sunday the 12th of December 2021, in a spirit of great festal joy, the Church of St Nicholas in Bunbury WA celebrated its patron saint. With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea, Fr Terry Gerovasilis concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with the Parish Priest of St Nicholas, Fr John Sullivan. Also in…

The St. Nicholas—Tele-Santa Program is a project designed to reach families with children ages 2-12 years old. It will include many Greek Orthodox parishes and “Tele-Santa’s” who have volunteered for this inaugural pilot program. Father Kosmas Karavellas and Tele-Santa Peter J. Poulos are the co-chairs of this effort to connect children with Santa Claus. Many…