Tag: Greece
The Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Procession within the Romanian Patriarchate from 24 – 31 October 2011
19/10/2011 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: Monday, 24 October 2011, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Dimitrios the New, ... Read More
Yanukovych meets with Ecumenical Patriarch on Mount Athos, says source
08.10.2011 Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during his state visit to Greece made a private visit to Mount Athos, where he met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ... Read More
Children of Greek nationals could solve Istanbul Greek school problem
3/10/2011 It is already more than a month since the Turkish government made the historic decision to restore property taken from minority foundations through a ... Read More
Greek minority schools await approval of books
Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 3/10/2011 Students in Turkey’s Greek minority schools use photocopies instead of regular books since the books sent from Greece ... Read More
Orthodox church appears to be exempt from Austerity Measures
Alain Salles Guardian Weekly 4/10/2011 Property tax levied across Greece will not apply to the church, whose financial status is coming under closer scrutiny as ... Read More
Russian monastery in Greece Revives
30/9/2011 Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev intends to form a board of trustees and a fund to support the St. Pantaleon Monastery at Mount Athos, Greece. ... Read More
Church fortune to remain Sacrosanct
Alain Salles 26/9/2011 As the country struggles with the crisis and its consequences, the assets of the Orthodox Church have yet to be affected by ... Read More
A Visit to a Monastery on Mt. Athos
By Dr. Nikos M. Spanakos Special to Brooklyn Daily Eagle (contributors@brooklyneagle.net), published online 09-27-2011 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Time to return to the birthplace of my ... Read More
The Holy Head of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Procession within the Romanian Patriarchate from 24 – 31 October 2011
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: Monday, 24 October 2011, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Dimitrios the New, Protector ... Read More
His All-Holiness in Grevena
09/23/11 On Friday, September 24, 2011, on the occasion of his formal visit to the Metropolis of Grevena in Northern Greece, His All-Holiness was welcomed ... Read More
Greek Church Warns Of ‘Tsunami Of Poverty’
26/8/2011 Greece will face a desperate situation this autumn, with a wave of poverty stemming from its crippled economy, a spokesman for the Orthodox Church ... Read More
UMD Calls For Greek Metropolitan’s Excommunication – OpEd
By: Eurasia Review 20/8/2011 By The United Macedonian Diaspora The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) expressed its outrage at Sunday’s sermon by Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki ... Read More
Alexander the Great: Impressions Of The Community And 2011 Zoullas Lecture – Next Edition!
By Catherine Tsounis 17/8/2011 “There is and will be only one Alexander the Great in history,” said my late father, George, a WWII decorated POW. ... Read More
Priests move to protect Churches
Greek Orthodox Church 17/8/2011 Hundreds of churches have been burgled this year and faced with a rapid rise in the number of break-ins over the ... Read More
Greek foreign minister visits Imvros, meets Patriarch
13/8/2011 Stavros Lambrinidis reiterates Greek support for Turkey's EU membership Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis on Friday vowed that Greece will support the ethnic Greek community ... Read More
European politician calls new generation to defend Christianity
By David Kerr and Alan Holdren 7/8/2011 Rome, Italy, Aug 4, 2011 / 05:29 am (CNA).- One of Europe’s foremost Catholic political thinkers has called ... Read More
Athens debt crisis taxes cosy ties between state and Greek Orthodox Church
15/7/2011 The Greek Orthodox Church owns more land than anyone except the state, employs thousands on the public payroll, has a stake in the nation’s ... Read More
Orthodox Church in talks to help Greece through Crisis
By Agence France-Presse 6/7/2011 Greece's Orthodox Church is in talks with the government about releasing some of its wealth to help the country through its ... Read More
President Of The Hellenic Republic On A Visit To The Romanian Patriarchate
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 28 June 2011, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church received at the ... Read More
Greeks have overcome worse
06/27/2011 ΑΝΑ-ΜPA/Visiting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Monday expressed his conviction that Greece will overcome the current crisis, noting that the nation has been through worse ... Read More
Demetrios Dukas, Greek Orthodox church artist, dies at 83
By Lauren Wiseman 24/6/2011 Demetrios Dukas, 83, an artist who created Byzantine-style mosaics and paintings in churches including St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, ... Read More