Saint Augustine, FL- On Friday, June 26, 2020, the Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine will celebrate its annual “Greek Landing Day” with two special online events, in place of a previously planned event at the shrine that was unable to occur due to the global pandemic. First, at 6:30 PM (EDT), a video presentation…

  (Interview to Ms. Lena Argyri and ERT TV via Kathimerini) “Our Church must open up and speak to the average person, not only to the Greeks or the Orthodox. She must build a relationship with the society in which she lives, then she will be refreshed and revivified. We are not afraid of diversity,…

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“We have done everything we promised – BGN 6.5 million for the road that is being worked on now. And on Wednesday at the meeting of the Council of Ministers we approved what the Holy Monastery of Rila wished – BGN 1.62 million for a treatment plant”. This was stated by the Prime Minister Boyko…

The Church today venerates the memory of Agrippina the Martyr of Rome, as well as the Cypriot martyrs Aristocleus the Priest, Demetrius the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader. A feature is posted today on the pages of the diakonima.gr site on their testimony of faith and martyrdom.

  His Eminence Elpidophoros this week commemorated the first year since his enthronement as the Archbishop of America. In an interview with Greek public television, the Archbishop said the two most important milestones achieved over the past year were the restoration of the honor and dignity of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, which has come under…

  Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces on Monday. Putin was accompanied by Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. The cathedral was consecrated on June 14, and is dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ. The cathedral is located in…

  The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, was held by police authorities for six hours this week, ostensibly to answer for the peaceful rallies held in Podgorica and other cities on Sunday against the contentious law. The head of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, part of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate, was…

  Continued Turkish provocations on several levels – amid a slumping economy in that country, the continuing slide of its currency and repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic – as well as the standoff in Montenegro between the Orthodox Church there and the government, with the latter stepping up persecution in order to stamp out opposition…