Tag: Greece
Greeks Seek Strength in the Powers of Revered Monk Elder Paisios to Predict Events
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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