His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyayeira and Great Britain participated at the Athens Democracy Forum entitled, “The New Abnormal: Reimagining Democracy”, September 30 – October 2. The Forum is the second of its kind organized by the Democracy and Culture Foundation, in association with The New York Times and under the Patronage of H.E. the…

Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis: 

The very important missionary work of the Holy Metropolis of Zimbabwe and Angola continues, under the blessing of the Metropolitan, His Eminence Seraphim. Despite the often dire conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, the Metropolis continues to offer assistance and care amid the pandemic and the crushing poverty in the region. His Eminence, in fact, said group…

Members of the Episcopal council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro met on Thursday with legal experts in order to discuss and examine all of the latest developments in the small Adriatic country, especially in the wake of last month’s general elections and the emergence of a new government. According to a subsequent press…

Public debate has began over a draft bill that includes a provision changing the status of churches and chapels within municipal cemeteries, whereby their authority is transferred from the townships to the Orthodox Church’s metropolises who have ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the specific locations. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan of Ilion, Aharnon and Petroupoli, His Eminence Athinagoras, met…

Turkish authorities this week are holding a symposium focusing on the iconic Hagia Sophia, the greatest of all basilicas of eastern Christendom, and nearly three months after an insolent decision by the Turkish president himself to convert the UNESCO World Heritage site into a mosque — the latest and most prominent insult to Christianity, and…

The White House in Washington announced that both US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, with the former later taking to social media to announce that “…We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” The news comes a month…

Athens on Friday appeared satisfied with results from the previous day’s EU Council Summit in Brussels, which focused on EU-Turkey relations and what the Greek and Cypriot governments have charged are systematic and increasing provocations and belligerence in the eastern Mediterranean. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his government’s satisfaction with the conclusions of the…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina.