Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time Dear brothers and sisters You are invited to participate in the “4th e-Synaxis from Holy Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and the faithful of Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania “, which will take place Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM…

  The work of Orthodox clerics and missionaries continues unabated in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the often difficult conditions in some regions. One of the hierarchs persisting in spreading the Gospel is the Bishop of Nyeri and Mt. Kenya, His Grace Neophytos Kongai, who travels extensively through his Diocese to speak with local residents, to officiate…

The online platform Pemptousia and the Orthodoxia news agency, beginning today, will post documentaries, features and news footage from the archives of the St. Maximus the Greek Institute, with a new item posted every day at 9 p.m. Athens time. Videos include a procession of the Holy Cincture of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, to…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, was treated to traditional Christmas carols over the weekend, as two youth groups from the Association of Romanian Orthodox Students visited His Beatitude at the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest. The Romanian Patriarch congratulated the university students for their efforts and good works, underling that “…we are jubilant…

A Christmas celebration for children was organized in Damascus by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital and the Russian center for science and culture. Most of the children in attendance were displaced residents from the town of Al-Zabadani, on the mountainous border with Lebanon, which was at one time was…

Public debate regarding Greece’s digital transformation between 2020 and 2025 was concluded this month, with the initiative describing the strategy and actions to be taken, which include a portion dedicated to the country’s Orthodox Christian heritage. Specifically, the digitization of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s cultural legacy, as well as of the very significant…

The Metropolitan of Symi, an island in the eastern Aegean, His Eminence Chrysostomos, over the weekend received the visiting chief of the Hellenic Army general staff, Lt.-Gen. Charalambos Lalousis. The Greek military leader arrived on the island to inspect national guard units and to wish servicemen and women a happy Christmas. He also visited the…

Cabinet ministers of the government of Cyprus will convene on Tuesday to decide on the manner in which places of worship in the free areas of the island republic will open during the upcoming Holy 12-day Christmas celebrations – including the number of worshippers allowed inside churches during services. The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Eminence…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has urged all to abide by precautionary measures imposed by competent authorities for as long as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, in a homily read out on Saturday, during an online Christmas event with members of the associations representing the Greek Orthodox faithful of Constantinople and…