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The feast day of Stamatios, John, & Nicholas, the New Martyrs of Spetses, was commemorated on the eponymous Saronic Gulf island on Wednesday at the renovated Cathedral dedicated to the trio of Spetses New Martyrs. The Metropolitan of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina, His Eminence Ephraim officiated at an archieratical Vespers service on Tuesday evening, the…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia this week announced that it was planning to restore the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady and build a new seminary and museum. The Cathedral has been located in the suburb of Redfern since 1848. It was an Anglican church for its first century, before being re-consecrated to…

Well-known Greek shipping owner and philanthropist Iakovos Tsounis, a 97-year-old veteran of WWII, this week announced that he will donate his fortune to Greece’s armed forces, saying he wants to leave his earthly existence in the manner in which he began, namely, “barefoot”. As such, he declared that he will donate 23 million euros for…

The president of Turkey’s national assembly, Mustafa Sentop, begins an official visit to Albania this week at the head of a large Turkish delegation, with meetings planned with the country’s leadership. The visit by Turkey’s top lawmaker, nevertheless, is rife with religious overtones and overt symbolism, as the delegation will travel to the northern Albanian…

Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece convened via the teleconference format on Wednesday, in the first of a two-day session this week, with various items on the agenda, including state measures imposed on public assembly due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The Holy Synod later issued an encyclical clarifying the…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon, the God-Receiver, and the Holy Prophetess Anna.   Apolytikion of Symeon & Anna First Tone Hail Virgin Theotokos full of Grace, for Christ our God, the Sun of Righteousness, has dawned from you, granting light to those in darkness. And…

A new national information line for Church social assistance was launched by the Russian Church’s Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service yesterday. The hotline began its work on the 12th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill as the primate of the Russian Church. Hotline operators are taking calls 24-7, and…

His All-Holiness noted this in his homily at the Holy Church of the Birth of the Theotokos, at Belgrade Gate in Istanbul “The Church embraces all people with its affection and covers all with its maternal mantle, not just those of a high social standing,” said His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, after the Divine Liturgy, during…