The fifth Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will be held on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Athens time, or 08.00 to 10.30 GMT. Participation by online viewers from around the world for the previous four such sessions…

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Vlassis, who also holds the religious diplomacy portfolio, spoke with the Orthodoxia News Agency this week, immediately after his visit to Mount Athos last weekend, in his capacity as the Greek government’s representative in a ceremony to appoint a new four-member executive organ of the Holy Community, which is the…

The trial of the Bishop of Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, and another eight Orthodox priests was reset on Friday for July 16. The nine clergymen were arrested and held for three days early last month by Montenegro authorities on flimsy charges of violating coronavirus-related restrictions against public assembly. The closely watched trial was rescheduled after…

The worrying phenomenon of a low birth rate in Greece again made headlines this week, with the European Commission saying the eastern Mediterranean nation of roughly 11 million is among the EU member-states with a declining population — as it falls below the EU average. According to Commission figures for 2018, the European average is…

Public Statement of Support for our Dean In relation to all the media frenzy surrounding the recent purchase of a Sydney property by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust, St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College unequivocally expresses its undivided support for His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia during this difficult and trying time…

Căldărușani and Sitaru Monasteries, together with the Deanery of Ilfov Nord outside of Bucharest, are organizing a procession on Saturday with the relics of St. Gregory The Teacher, Metropolitan of Wallachia, and St. Artemius, and with the Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God from Căldărușani Monastery. The “Traveling with the Saints to Christ” pilgrimage…

Filmmakers are like poets, but instead of words, they reveal beauty through images, and, if you’re an Orthodox Christian filmmaker, then the spiritual dimension adds even more richness to your work. However, where can such artists showcase their films? That’s where Byzanfest offers a unique opportunity. Now in its fifth year, Byzanfest is an online…

Narrated by Saint Païsios, edited by Stelios Koukos A young man came to see me who’d had lots of problems, bodily and spiritual, for more than four years. He led a sinful life and had shut himself up at home. He didn’t want to see anyone. Two friends of his used to come regularly to…

‘The Romanian Patriarchate received with joy the intensely awaited and fully justified decision of the authorities to allow the celebration of religious services inside the churches, with the participation of the faithful, in compliance with clear and still necessary regulations,” the Patriarchate’s spokesman Vasile Bănescu told Basilica.ro Tuesday. The decision to allow religious services to…