An annual feast day services and devotional events for St. George Karslidis were held without worshippers and pilgrims this year in the northern prefecture of Drama, in order to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 virus. A wake was held on the eve of the feast day based on Athonite rite. The Metropolitan of Drama,…

The spokesman of the permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, Metropolitan of Thessaliotidos, His Eminence Timotheos, in statements to public television on Friday, said the Church faces all issues without tension or misunderstandings, and always in a responsible manner. The statement comes a day after the Holy Synod issued a circular calling on…

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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, was expected to be released today from the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, two days after successfully undergoing a stent placement. In a statement, attending physicians said His All-Holiness’ post-operative course is satisfactory. The Ecumenical Patriarch this week thanked all of the medical and nursing…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hermas, Patrobos, Gaios, Linos and Philologos, Apostles of the 70.

When Fr. Claudiu Banu launched the Shoe a Poor Child campaign, he hoped to provide 1,000 children with winter boots. But there turned out to be so much support for this blessed work that they were able to provide 3,000 pairs of boots, reports the Basilica News Agency. Fr. Claudiu is experienced in such work….

A pan-Orthodox celebration was held yesterday for the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, bringing together hierarchs and clergy from seven Orthodox Churches. The main celebration of the feast is traditionally held at the Kazan Monastery, at the site of the appearance of the wonderworking icon in 1579. The feast on…

The Australian Hellenic Choir (AHC) held its first Soiree for 2021 on June 11 to a packed house at the Beta Bar. The event featured songs of the Rebetes and a medley tribute to Giannis Poulopoulous, which the choir sang in four-voice harmony adding colour to songs never heard before in Australia. The Choir operates…

November 7, 2021 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of…