Tag: Greece
UK Couple Face Legal Action From Greeks Over Shocking Wedding Photo
CC0 Sputniknews - 17/10/17 A British couple could face financial ruin as Greek businesses threaten to sue them over a wedding day photo of them ... Read More
IOCC and Apostoli Expand Aid Effort to Greek Families Facing Historic Crisis
The gift of the Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc., to IOCC will support ongoing work to address critical health and nutritional needs in Greece. (Image courtesy ... Read More
Greece Passes Transgender Rights Bill Amid Furious Church Protests
Sputniknews - 11/10/17 The Parliament of Greece has passed a bill that allows transgender people to legally change their gender without the need for medical tests ... Read More
Archbishop Ieronymos II: Kosovo and Metohija are Serbian Acropolis
http://greece.greekreporter.com Church of Serbia - 10/8/17 Minister of Defense of the Republic of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vulin, who is on a two-day visit to Greece, ... Read More
THE FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE SACRED CROSS AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE – 2017
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem - 2/10/17 On Wednesday, 14th/27th September 2017, the Feast of the universal Exaltation of the Sacred Cross was celebrated by the ... Read More
Great Celebration of St. Cosmas in his Monastery in Kolkondas
Albanian Orthodox Church - 12/9/17 Divine Liturgy Presided by Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios - “If we want to express ... Read More
CHINESE MAN TRAVELS THOUSANDS OF MILES TO BE BAPTIZED
Photo: facebook.com Pravoslavie.ru - 4/9/17 Veria, Greece - Another adult Baptism recently took place on the banks of the Haliacmon River, the longest river contained ... Read More
THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THEOTOKOS AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE (2017)
Patriarchate of Jerusalem - September 2017 On Monday, 15th/28th August 2017, the Patriarchate celebrated in great festivity the feast of the Dormition of Theotokos according ... Read More
“EVERY HUMAN LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD”. THE LONG JOURNEY OF A SWISS CATHOLIC TO ORTHODOXY
Pravoslavie.ru - 14/7/17 Pierre Haab, a Swiss ex-Catholic who was disappointed with his religion and was carried away by Buddhism, Hinduism and other screamingly “fashionable” Eastern teachings and ... Read More
US STATE DEPARTMENT CALLS ON TURKEY TO PRESERVE AGIA SOPHIA’S SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Pravoslavie.ru - 26/6/17 The US Department of State has called on Turkey to respect and preserve the special historical significance of the great Agia Sophia ... Read More
THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE (2017)
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem - 20/6/17 On Sunday, 29th May, day of the memory of the Martyr St. Theodosia the Virgin, according to the unmovable ... Read More
DESTRUCTION OF ORTHODOX HOLY SITES CONTINUES IN ALBANIA
Photo: Aktines.blogspot.ru Pravoslavie.ru - 16/6/17 The Orthodox heritage in Albania has suffered another blow with the decay of the Monastery of St. Athanasius in Kato ... Read More
THE FEAST OF SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE (2017)
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem - June 2017 Glorious God-crowned and equal to the Apostles, the King and Queen Saints Constantine and Helen, at their Holy ... Read More
ANNIVERSARY OF FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE GIVES OCCASION FOR GREEK HIERARCHS TO CALL FOR RESISTANCE TO GREECE’S “DECAPITATION FROM CHRIST”
Photo: i-m-patron.gr Pravoslavie.ru - June 2017 The city of Constantinople, the capital of the great Byzantine Empire, fell to the invading Ottoman Turks on May 29, ... Read More
ABBOT OF DOCHARIOU MONASTERY: THEY ARE PROGRESSIVELY DESTROYING ORTHODOXY
Photo: agionoros.ru Pravoslavie.ru - 31/5/17 Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis), abbot of the Athonite Dionysiou Monastery, has commented on the anti-Christian attitude and situation in Greece and ... Read More
THOUSANDS OF FAITHFUL HONOR MEMORY OF ST. JOHN THE RUSSIAN IN GREECE
Photo: Romfea.gr Photo: Romfea.gr Photo: vimaorthodoxias.gr Pravoslavie.ru - 30/5/17 On May 26 and 27, in the village of New Prokopion on the island of Evia, ... Read More
Catholicos of All Armenians Received Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis in Greece
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - 29/5/17 On May 28, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos ... Read More
THE FEAST OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN SUNDAY AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE (2017)
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem – May 2017 On Sunday, 1st/14th May 2017, the Samaritan woman Sunday, according to the book of Pentecostarion, the Jerusalem Patriarchate ... Read More
Poems on Christian Faith, Persecution and Mosul
Lygeros.org - Poems by N. Lygeros - 16/5/17 Christian faith Christian faith is under siege everywhere because barbarity wants to kill each follower of Christ, ... Read More
PILGRIMS’ BAPTISM IN THE RIVER JORDAN (2017)
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem - 15/4/17 On Holy and Great Tuesday morning, 29th March/11th April 2017, the pilgrims’ baptism took place as a seal of their ... Read More
GREEK ORTHODOX CHANCELLOR ASSISTS FISHERMEN IMPACTED BY REFUGEE CRISIS AND WINTER STORMS
John C. Ackerman - Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago - 24/3/17 Chicago, IL: The Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, together with an ... Read More