President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed her grief on the passing of monk Epephanios Milopotaminos, a widely known chef at Greece’s monastic community of Mt. Athos, in a post on social media on Friday. On Twitter, she wrote: “The life of the beloved monk Epephanios Milopotaminos was both ascetic and creative, and lucky are those of us…

The memory and deeds of St. Spyridon, one of the great wonderworkers of the IV century, is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on December 12. Born on the island of Cyprus to a poor family, he became a shepherd at an early age. He was humble and kind. According to the custom, when he reached the…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia affirms that its social ethos is founded in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Within the Gospel of our Lord, nothing is emphasised more than His abiding concern for the isolated, the disenfranchised, the marginalised, the neglected and the vulnerable. Christ’s condemnation of the privileged’s indifference to the plight of…

In May, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria, and assigned former ambassador to Damascus and Moscow, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy for Syria. Although the Foreign Ministry claims that the suspension of diplomatic relations “was dictated by the security conditions”, it is commonly accepted that it was…

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The online magazine Pemptousia, in meeting a standing request by English-speaking Orthodox faithful from around the world, co-organized the first online Synaxis – or assembly – from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Friday evening. The online assembly was also co-organized by the…

The Romanian Orthodox Church, the Romanian interior ministry, the municipality of Bucharest and the National Service Against People Trafficking on Thursday signed a protocol of cooperation to prevent and combat this vile criminal activity. The protocol’s signing coincided with the commemoration of the UN’s Human Rights Day.    

The new justice minister in Montenegro, Vladimir Leposavic is scheduling meetings with representatives of religious institutions in the small Adriatic country, including with the leadership of the Patriarchate of Serbia’s Metropolitinate of Montenegro and the Littoral, which represents the oldest and, by far, the largest religious denomination in the country. The Orthodox Church in Montenegro,…

The Greek government on Friday announced that places of worship in the predominately Orthodox Christian nation will be open to worshippers only on Christmas Day and on January 6, the latter the occasion of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a major religious celebration also known as the Feast of the Epiphany….