Tag: Greece

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

OCP- December 11, 2012

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 ... Read More

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

OCP- December 8, 2012

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, ... Read More

Patronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- December 4, 2012

On Friday, November 30, 2012, His All-Holiness presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of St. George for the celebration of the Patronal ... Read More

Church, SYRIZA seek understanding

OCP- November 24, 2012

24/11/2012  Signs that crisis has led to improved relations between two sides previously at odds. Tectonic shifts in the political landscape caused by Greece’s economic ... Read More

Ancient Art Comes To Syracuse

OCP- November 23, 2012

Stacey Page - 22/11/2012 When local artist Brian Whirledge reached a plateau in his craft, he sought a teacher who could instruct him further. Unfortunately, teachers ... Read More

Metropolitan Augustine Blasts Racism in Greece

OCP- October 29, 2012

Nicky Mariam Onti 28/10/2012 Orthodox Metropolitan Augustine of Germany’s Ecumenical Patriarchate has condemned what he called “xenophobia and racism, wherever they’re coming from,” noting an ... Read More

Praying with the Monks of Patmos, Greece

OCP- October 24, 2012

DAVE SEMINARA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE 24/10/2012 PATMOS, Greece — It’s 3:45 a.m. on a Saturday and I am outside the Holy Monastery of St. ... Read More

Greeks Seek Solace in Mt. Athos Monasteries

OCP- October 15, 2012

Mount Athos, a self-governed peninsula in northeastern Greece, has been attracting pilgrims to its Orthodox monasteries for centuries. But the debt crisis has led to ... Read More

Armenian, Greek churches to cooperate in peace preservation

OCP- October 13, 2012

12/10/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - Director for Inter-Church Relations at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Bishop Hovakim Manukyan and Locum Tenens of Armenian Apostolic Church of the ... Read More

Stolen St. Nicolaos Icon Found in German Gallery

OCP- October 12, 2012

Christina Flora 12/10/2012 An icon of St. Nicolaos, stolen eight years ago from the Goudovasdas Monastery in St. Paraskevi, in Kalomira, and the Kalambaka area ... Read More

Local Priest disappears in Greece

OCP- October 6, 2012

6/10/2012 INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A Beech Grove priest is missing in another country, officials with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis said Thursday. Rev. Christiaan Kappes is ... Read More

Andrew Neather: For a lesson in real hardship look at Greece

OCP- October 4, 2012

Andrew Neather 3/10/2012 The grape-pickers gathered around a makeshift altar in the winery as a chubby Greek Orthodox priest intoned prayers over a bowl of ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion concludes his working visit to Greece

OCP- September 28, 2012

    On September 24, 2012, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, together with His Beatitude Hieronymus, ... Read More

Greek Police Smite Facebook Man for Taunting Orthodox Monk

OCP- September 26, 2012

Elder Paisios 25/9/2012 Athens. Police in Greece have arrested a 27-year-old man for hosting a Facebook page taunting a late Orthodox monk with a cult ... Read More

Greek politicians eye Orthodox Church’s income, expenses as target for budget cuts

OCP- August 12, 2012

12/8/2012 Listen Mp3 In Greece, the Orthodox Church is tied financially to the state. The state pays some priests and exempts the church and its ... Read More

Reaching peak perfection on a holiday with monks on Greece’s man-only Mount Athos

OCP- August 10, 2012

By Eddie Wrenn 10/8/2012 As I arrive on sunny Mount Athos and step onto dry land from our boat, it feels like a blow for ... Read More

Archbishop Demetrios of America: “The Greek-American Community Will Continue to Help Greece”

OCP- July 27, 2012

Stella Tsolakidou 26/7/2012 “The Greek-American community will continue to help Greece and its people,” underscored Archbishop Demetrios of America during his meeting with a delegation ... Read More

Archbishop of Athens on issues of taxation of the Orthodox Church

OCP- July 21, 2012

19/7/2012 Letter on behalf of the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ieronimos, regarding the issues of taxation of the Orthodox Church of Greece and ... Read More

Filat, Shevchuk to Mount Athos to pray at old monasteries

OCP- July 19, 2012

Chisinau, July 16, Interfax - Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat and Transdniestrian President Yevgeny Shevchuk flew on a private jet to Greece to visit Mount ... Read More

Greek orthodox head defends Church over tax scandals

OCP- July 16, 2012

By Nikolaj Nielsen 14/7/2012 BRUSSELS - Taxes in Greece continue to slip through state scrutiny as some corporations, wealthy Greek-ship owning families, and the Greek ... Read More

Patriarch Seeks Sponsor to Restore Istanbul Building, Aksam Says

OCP- July 6, 2012

By Benjamin Harve 4/7/2012 The Istanbul-based patriarch of the Greek Orthodox church is seeking a sponsor to fund restoration of an abandoned orphanage after Greece’s ... Read More