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The Church today commemorates the great feast day of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Theophany is also known as the Epiphany. According to the Gospels, about the beginning of our Lord’s 30th year, John the Forerunner, who had lived in the wilderness since childhood, received a command from God and…

The online platform Pemptousia on Thursday, will live-stream the Orthros, the Service of the Great Compline as well as the festal Divine Liturgy of the Theophany from the Holy Cathedral of St. George, in the Papagos district of east Athens, beginning at 7 a.m. or 05.00 GMT. The Greek Byzantine Choir, under the direction of…

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week marked his 89th birthday. Among the well-wishers was the country’s prime minister, Irakli Garibash-VI-li, who visited the Catholicos-Patriarch and wished good health and a long life.

The board of directors of the clerics’ association of the Holy Archdiocese of Hios, Psara and Oinousses, this week bemoaned what it called the central government’s continued disregard for the will of local island residents, who remain opposed to the creation of another, even larger reception center on Hios for asylum seekers that are ferried…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week spoke by phone with ethnic Greek residents of the small northeast Aegean Island of Tenedos, and specifically during the annual New Year’s cake-cutting ceremony. The ceremony was also attended by local authorities.

Reactions continued this week over a blasphemous quip made late last month, amid the great feast of Christmas, by LSE professor Elias Mossialos. The impudent Tweet by the Greek academic generated a firestorm of criticism, given that he also serves as the Greek government’s representative to international organizations dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Following condemnations…

A record number of Covid-19 infections in Greece, on an almost daily basis, and especially amid the now rapid spread of the Omicron variant, means that the great feast of the Theophany on Thursday, along with the accompanying blessing of the waters ceremonies around the country, will be held under the strict observance of public…

Wednesday marks the Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, also known as the Epiphany. Theophany in Greek means the “appearance of God”. Today is also the feast day of Theopemptos, Bishop of Nicomedea, and Theonas, the Martyrs.