The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, delivered the eulogy for Greek-American George Zapantis, who died last week after being tasered twice by New York City police in the Queens borough, and after a neighbor misreported that he was carrying a gun inside his own home. The funeral was held at the Holy Cross Greek…

Voting is underway in Russia over a referendum to amend the vast country’s constitution. Among the revisions proposed is for a reference to be made in the constitution’s preamble to God, the definition of a family and of marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman.

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Monday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, where he told the faithful that good health is a gift from God, one that we have a duty to maintain. The Patriarch again called on worshipers to maintain social distancing and to follow…

The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou, the Elder Archimandrite Christodoulos, on Monday announced that he would step down as the abbot of the venerable Mount Athos monastery. The Elder Christodoulos made the announcement before a synaxis, or assembly, of the monastery’s brotherhood.

The first part of the Archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with an assembly of faithful gathered at a university chapel in the city of Cluj, Romania, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. 

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios has called for public worship to be halted in seven Greek Orthodox churches in Melbourne due to the rise in coronavirus cases. Here is the complete statement in English: The unpleasant developments of the last few days regarding the increase of coronavirus cases in Melbourne, made it necessary to take strict…

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited the remote Greek islands of Agathonissi and Lipsi. Her visit to the National Post on Agathonissi and meeting with the mayor, school of nine pupils and other local stakeholders drew the attention of the Turkish media which claim that the island is Turkish despite the Greek established community there. The…

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios said if Turkey turns the ancient revered Orthodox Cathedral of Aghia Sophia in Constantinople into a mosque it could pit Christians against Muslims again, 567 years after the city that is now called Istanbul fell to Ottoman invaders. The Orthodoxia news agency said the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church was…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received on 29 June 2020 in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade His Excellency Gilles Beschoor Plug, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to the Republic of Serbia spc.rs