Agios Dionysios is the largest church in Zakynthos and celebrates on December 17, which is the Feast Day of Agios Dionysios, Patron Saint, and Protector of the island. This holy and miraculous church was slowly built from 1925 and was finally completed in 1948, only a few years before the devastating earthquake of 1953. It…

12.12.2020. Two numbers repeated. December 12, 2020. A landmark day for the Greek Orthodox Community in Scandinavia, with the completion of the renovation of the St. George Cathedral in Stockholm; 130 years after the construction of the church in the heart of the Swedish capital, in 1890. A day of praise and thanksgiving to the…

The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) has launched Always On Sunday On Demand, an online series presenting two Greek films on the first Sunday of every month and making them available on demand worldwide, on any device, 24/7 for the entire month. Showing now through January 2, 2021 are the romantic drama EYES OF NIGHT…

New York, NY – Archbishop Elpidophoros convened the new Archdiocesan Council that will last until the 2022 Clergy Laity Congress. Just prior to the meeting, the Archbishop addressed the newly established “Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism,” a special new organization that brings together clergy and laity from around the Archdiocese with tremendous expertise and institutional…

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On Monday, December 1/14, 2020, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem convened a meeting chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos. The Holy and Sacred Synod discussed various matters of the Patriarchate and decided the following: Approved Monk Markelos’ application to join the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, and be ordained…

A campaign to preserve the Modern Greek Studies Program of Latrobe University has paid off, as a relevant agreement signed on Wednesday. Among the institutions that lent their support was the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, which in addition to contributing financially to the program, encouraged students in its educational institutions to enroll in the program…

The online magazine Pemptousia will organize the first digital archontariki with the Metropolitan of Mesogea and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, on Sunday, Dec. 20, and between 7:30 – 9:30 in the evening, Athens time. After His Eminence’s address, focusing on the tribulations and challenges faced by Christians amid the ongoing pandemic, an online discussion will…

A four-day period of special services and celebrations began on Wednesday on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, ahead of Thursday’s feast day of Dionysius of Zakynthos, the island’s patron saint. In stark difference to previous years’ splendorous and reverent services and traditions, this year’s commemorations – including a litany of the saint’s Holy Relics –…