Christmas message by Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem
27. December 2019 - 10:02
“Heaven and earth are made one today,
for Christ is born.
Today God comes upon the earth,
and man is gone up into the Heavens.
Today He Who by nature is invisible,
for man’s sake is seen in the flesh.”
(Sticheron Idiomelo 2 – Christmas Entreaty)
Christmas in Paris
27. December 2019 - 9:50
On Tuesday morning, the St. Stephen’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Paris was full of people who attended the Christmas Divine Liturgy. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France read the message of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and then he thanked the parishioners for their wishes on his name day.
Metropolitan Efthimios of Acheloos fell asleep in the Lord
26. December 2019 - 13:29
Metropolitan Efthimios of Acheloos passed away on Christmas Eve.He was born in Agrinio in 1929. He studied at the Theological School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1948-1952), by which he was awarded a Doctorate (1980).
Schismatics to be received by Baptism in Tulchin Diocese of canonical Ukrainian Church
25. December 2019 - 16:10
The order for the reception into the canonical Church of those who were baptized in the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” or the schismatics “Kiev Patriarchate” was approved a clergy meeting of the Tulchin Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on December 20, reports the diocesan press service.
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Meteora
22. December 2019 - 0:43
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited on Saturday the monastic community of Meteora and particularly the monasteries Meghalo Meteoro and Aghios Stefanos and expressed his admiration over the first monks that established the monastic life on these rocks.
