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Jewish and Orthodox church leaders meet in Greece

June 13, 2013 News

12/6/13 Leading Orthodox Christian and Jewish interfaith officials, scholars and clerics discussed the crucial importance of protecting the environment and religious values and condemned growing incidents of anti-Semitism and religious prejudice around the world during a three day conference to help improve relations between these two ancient faith communities. Co-sponsored by the Liaison Office of [...]

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Patriarch Kirill says pilgrimage development from Russia to help Greece to cope with crisis

June 10, 2013 News

Athens, June 4, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said he urged to develop religious tourism in the Russian-Greek relations. “Pilgrimage is not seasonal tourism, not people going to the seaside, so they can come at any time. If pilgrimage is successfully enhanced, then this will have spiritual meaning, will bring us [...]

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Ecumenical Patriarch expresses support to Cyprus

June 5, 2013 News

June 2013 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his unwavering support to Cyprus, wishing that the country will soon overcome the financial difficulties it is currently facing. According to an official press release, Bartholomew met with Cyprus Ambassador in Bratislava Marios Kountourides, during an official visit he paid to Slovakia. The meeting took place after an invitation [...]

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The Philanthropic Work of the Church of Greece in 2012

June 5, 2013 Featured News

By John Sanidopoulos – 6/5/13 On Tuesday, 4 June 2013, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece gathered in its second meeting for the month of June under the presidency of Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece. Among the reports discussed was the philanthropic work of the Church in 2012. The Synodal Commission [...]

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Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Greece and Russia celebrate Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Panteleimon in Athens

June 4, 2013 Featured News

On 2 June 2013, the fifth Sunday after Pascha, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Chu5ch of St. Panteleimon in Athens. Concelebrating were ordained members of the Moscow Patriarchate delegation, Metropolitan Prokopios of Philippe, Neapolis [...]

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Primates of the Orthodox Church of Greece and Russia meet in Athens

June 4, 2013 News

In the evening of 1 June 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece at the archbishop’s palace. His Beatitude Hieronymos told his guest about the historical building in which sessions of the Holy Synod take place. The Primate of the [...]

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Patriarch of Moscow Kirill Visits Athens

June 3, 2013 Featured News

Maria Korologou - 3/6/13 “We are always by your side, I think of Greek people every day,” said Kirill I of Moscow, who is paying an official visit to Greece. His visit is of significant religious and political importance. It is the first time after 21 years that the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion: No Women On Mt. Athos

June 3, 2013 Featured News

3/6/13 Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and  Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, revealed that Greece is under the pressure of international organizations to lift the prohibition on entry for women to Mount Athos, called avaton (Άβατον) in Greek. In a press release he issued on the occasion of [...]

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Visiting the ‘Holy Mountain’ Athos in Greece

June 1, 2013 Featured News

The Monastic Republic of Mount Athos 1/6/13 There’s an autonomous region in Greece that’s home to the “Holy Mountain.” It’s one of the holiest sites for Orthodox Christians. About 2,000 monks live there. But anyone can visit, as long as they’re male. Reporter Matthew Brunwasser spent four days in Mount Athos, among the monks and [...]

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His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece Receives Honorary Doctorate from Holy Cross School of Theology

May 21, 2013 Featured News

20/5/13 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology conferred today an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa, to His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece, during its 71st graduation ceremony. Archbishop Demetrios of America conferred the honorary title to the Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece following the [...]

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Church marriage may be given legal status in Georgia

May 1, 2013 News

1/5/13 Recent months have seen more and more calls for Church marriage to be given legal status in Georgia. “As a clergyman I would welcome it if Church marriage were given legal status in Georgia. There are regulations about the legal status of Church marriage in the legislation of many European countries, for example, in [...]

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A warm welcome awaits in northern Greece

April 30, 2013 Featured News

By Phil Tanis Holland Sentinel contributor 30/4/13 Holland — The Greek god of hospitality is alive and well. His name is Theodorus Siokas, and he runs an eponymously named hotel — Hotel Siokas — in Nei Pori, a quick hour and a half south of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. As any decent Greek god would do, [...]

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Greek Documentary Mana Seeks Crowdfunding

April 27, 2013 News

Stella Tsolakidou - 26/4/13 Awarded Greek-American director and founder of Exile Films, Valerie Kontakos, has turned to crowdfunding to complete her new documentary of a Greek orphanage different from others. To complete the last months’ shootings and be able to promote the documentary abroad, there is a campaign running till May 4 on Kickstarter, the world’s [...]

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Avramopoulos on Hagia Sophia’s Renovation

March 23, 2013 News

Margarita Papantoniou - 23/3/13 “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring both the developments concerning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul and the reversal of the Turkish Government’s politics against Christian monuments in its dominion,” reported the Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos in a document forwarded to the Parliament. He pointed out that “Greece and the rest of the [...]

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Proposal to Exhibit Mount Athos Treasures

March 6, 2013 Featured News

  Christina Flora 5/3/13 The state of Victoria and Greece are going to discuss on the update of the memorandum signed in the early 90′s about teaching Greek in public schools. The proposal was made by the Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, Nikos Kotsiras, in a meeting with the Deputy Foreign Minister for Hellenism [...]

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Journey to Greece Through Dance

February 20, 2013 News

aphrodite - 20/2/13 A Two-Part Performance Featuring the Dances of the Ionian Islands & an Assortment of Dances from Throughout the Greek World! Holmdel, NJ – The nationally famous Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey (HDNJ) present Journey to Greece Through Dance, Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Holmdel High School Theater, 36 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, with [...]

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The Orthodox Saint Valentine

February 14, 2013 Featured News

14/2/13 The ancient martyrology of the Church of Rome marks February 14th as the remembrance of “the martyr Valentine, presbyter of Rome” (Valentinus means “vigorous” in Latin). Unfortunately the historical data for the Saint is incomplete. The Martyrdom of the Saint in Rome Saint Valentine lived in Rome in the third century and was a [...]

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America’s Archdiocese Donates $ 200,000 to Greece

February 11, 2013 News

11/2/13 The amount of $ 200,000 has been offered by the Archdiocese of America to the International Orthodox Christian Charity (IOCC) in order to use this money for the urgent delivery of heating oil to 30 charitable institutions located in Athens, Boeotia and in 14 other cities in Northern Greece. This financial amount comes from [...]

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Pilgrimage to Eastern Thrace

February 1, 2013 News

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, His All-Holiness visited Eastern Thrace, where he addressed and congratulated members of the group “Holy Trinity Association of Refugees Eastern Thrace” from the Municipality of Thermaikos-Thessaloniki (Greece) who visited the region in order to honor the memory of their ancestors that lived in Eastern Thrace. Source:

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Orthodox relic from Greece to be on display in Belarus 9-17 May

January 10, 2013 News
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MINSK, 9 January (BelTA) – Belarusian and Greek Orthodox Churches have agreed that the relic of the right hand of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous will be brought to Belarus and be on display on 9-17 May 2013, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian Exarchate. The relic which is to be brought from Corfu, Kerkyra will be [...]

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Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany

January 6, 2013 News

Associated Press – 6/1/2013 SOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of young men leapt into icy rivers and lakes across eastern Europe on Sunday to retrieve crucifixes cast by priests in ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ. By tradition, a wooden cross is cast into the water and it is believed that the person who retrieves [...]

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Hilandar Monastery in letter of support to president

January 3, 2013 News

  TANJUG 3/1/2012 BELGRADE — The head of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Hilandar in Mt. Athos, Greece, has sent a letter of support to President Tomislav Nikolić. In the letter, Archimandrite Metodije writes that the monastery supports the president’s efforts to protect the Serbian national interests, and especially for creating a platform for the [...]

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Patriarch Kirill to make a pilgrimage to Mount Athos and visit Estonia

December 30, 2012 Featured News

Moscow, December 29, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is to visit Greece, Mount Athos and the Baltic States next year. “Early in June the Patriarch plans to visit Greece. Visiting the Greek Orthodox Church he will return the Archbishop Ieronymos’ of Athens and All Greece visit to Russia in 2012. The [...]

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Greeks Seek Strength in the Powers of Revered Monk Elder Paisios to Predict Events

December 11, 2012 Featured News

GORDON FAIRCLOUGH 11/12/12 SOUROTI, Greece—Legend has it that nearly three decades ago, a bearded Orthodox Christian mystic visiting here made an unsettling prediction: Greece in the future would experience a “great disruption and confusion,” followed by hunger and political turmoil. Believers say this grim vision of Elder Paisios, an ascetic monk who died in 1994, [...]

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Bishop John Kallos, 84: First U.S.-born Greek Orthodox bishop

December 8, 2012 Featured News

Michelle E. Shaw -8/12/12 Bishop John Kallos dedicated his life to the Greek Orthodox Church. During his nearly 60 years of service to the church, including more than 40 as a bishop, Kallos assisted in the church’s growth in Atlanta and beyond. “Bishop John was instrumental in bringing the diocese’s headquarters to Atlanta,” said the [...]

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