The official premiere in Russia of the film “Man of God” was held at a downtown Moscow movie theater this week. The Greek coach of the basketball team CSKA Moscow, Dimitris Itoudis, was on hand for the screening of the international production, based on the life, works and testament of St. Nektarios of Aegina. The…

With the blessing of the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy on Sunday commemorated the 50-year anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral of St. Demetrius in Sofia.    

Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete this week announced the holding of a fund-raising campaign to cover urgent needs of quake-stricken residents in the Arkalochori region of the large island.

The Metropolis of Arta, in northwest Greece, this week commemorated the 24th anniversary of the recovery in Russia of the Holy Relics of St. Maximus the Greek. A con-celebratory vesper was held on Monday at a cathedral dedicated to the 16th century saint in the city of Arta, officiated by the Metropolitan of Sisanion and…

An exact replica of the Holy Icon of the Panaghia Portaitissa, was conveyed on Monday in a splendorous procession from Mt. Athos to the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Demetrius in Thessaloniki. St. Demetrius is the patron saint of the ancient city. A doxology service followed, officiated by the First Secretary of the Holy Metropolis of…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, arrived on Monday at the Entebbe airport in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The Primate of the Church of Alexandria arrived in Kampala to begin a wide-ranging missionary tour of Uganda and neighboring Tanzania. The Patriarch was received with special…

Tuesday marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Athens from Nazi occupation in WWII. Church bells rang out joyously on that day, calling Athenians to the streets to celebrate an end to the three-and-a-half-year occupation of the Greek mainland by Axis forces — a period that witnessed determined resistance against the occupiers in the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Provos, Andronicus, & Tarachos, Martyrs of Tarsus. Today is also the feast day of saints Theosebius of Arsinoe and Epiktitos.

This morning His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria has started his pastoral visits in Uganda. He started from St. Nicholas Cathedral where he was warmly welcomed by Archbishop Makarios, Bishop Silvester and all the faithful. His Beatitude extended condolence to the Church in Uganda for the loss of Metropolitan Jonah whom he referred to…