Tag: Mount Athos

You are heroes and we are proud of you!

OCP- August 18, 2012

17/8/2012 Serbian Church Serbian Prime Minister Mr. Ivica Dacic and His Grace Bishop Andrej of Remesiana, vicar of Serbian Patriarch, thanked yesterday the firemen from ... Read More

Fire extinguished – rain fell after the procession and the moleben

OCP- August 16, 2012

LATEST NEWS: Sunday, August 12, 2012 (8 a.m.) - THE FIRE ON MOUNT ATHOS PUT OUT. THE HILANDAR MONASTERY SAVED. Last night at 10.48 p.m. ... 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

Forest fire near Greek Orthodox monastery spreads

OCP- August 10, 2012

FOCUS News Agency 9/8/2012 Thessaloniki. Authorities ordered the evacuation Thursday of young families and the elderly as a wildfire near Greece's monastic community of Mount ... 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

For men only: A pilgrimage to Mount Athos in Greece

OCP- May 26, 2012

26/5/2012 WILLIAM COOK On a secluded peninsula in north-east Greece lies an enclave that's way off the tourist map, especially for women. William Cook gains ... Read More

5.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mount Athos

OCP- March 11, 2012

Fani Toli 4/3/2012 An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale occurred on Mount Athos in Chalkidiki at 05.30 on Sunday morning, 30 ​​km ... Read More

My Trek to Mount Athos

OCP- February 2, 2012

Rev. Malcolm BoydWriter-in-residence, Episcopal diocese of LA 2/2/2012 When TV's "60 Minutes" visited the legendary Greek monastic island Mount Athos the other night I watched ... Read More

ST. SAVA

OCP- January 28, 2012

27/1/2012 On January 27, the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates the Day of St. Sava, the first Serbian Archbishop. Wherever they live, the Serbs spend this ... Read More

Greek church protests pre-trial detention of Abbot Efraim

OCP- January 13, 2012

ATHENS,(RIA Novosti) 12/1/2012 The autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece has called for the release of Abbot Efraim, the head of the Vatopedi Monastery in Mount ... Read More

Εcumenical Patriarchate Denounces Russian Interference in the Ephraim Case

OCP- January 11, 2012

By Stella Tsolakidou 11/1/2012 Τhe Ecumenical Patriarchate denounced the interference of the Russian Orthodox Church in the case of Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi, after the ... Read More

The Belt of the Mother of God arrives in Moscow

OCP- November 19, 2011

© PhotoПравославие и мир Milena Faustova 18/11/2011 One of the most-revered Christian shrines, the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God, is arriving in ... Read More

State Historical Museum of Moscow Hosts Mount Athos Photo Exhibit

OCP- November 11, 2011

Stella Tsolakidou 10/11/2011 The new exhibition hall of the State Historical Museum in Moscow hosts an exhibition of 240 photographs from Mount Athos taken from ... Read More

Yanukovych meets with Ecumenical Patriarch on Mount Athos, says source

OCP- October 8, 2011

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

Orthodox church appears to be exempt from Austerity Measures

OCP- October 4, 2011

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

Medvedev congratulates Athos clergy on St Panteleimon day

OCP- August 10, 2011

9/8/2011 President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated Archimandrite Jeremiah and other clergy of the Saint Panteleimon`s Monastery on Mount Athos in northeastern Greece on ... Read More

PRINCE OF WALES CONTRIBUTING TO THE RESTORATION OF HILANDAR MONASTERY

OCP- August 7, 2011

6/8/2011 The Friends of Mount Athos is a charitable and educational society founded in England and dedicated to supporting the well-being of the monasteries of ... Read More

Precious Orthodox relic from Mount Athos to come to Russia in Autumn

OCP- July 27, 2011

Kaliningrad, July 25, Interfax - One of the most precious Orthodox treasures, the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God, will be brought to ... Read More

World public forum ‘Dialogue of Civilizations’ holds international conference on ‘Mount Athos’s Contribution to Europe’s Religious and Intellectual Tradition’ in Salzburg

OCP- July 15, 2011

13.07.2011 A conference on ‘The Contribution of Mount Athos to Europe’s Religious and Intellectual Tradition’ was held on July 8-9, 2011, in Salzburg, Austria. It ... Read More

Should Women be Allowed on Holy Mount Athos?

OCP- July 13, 2011

Sasa Milosevic 7/12/11 Tradition holds Mount Athos, a spiritual oasis on the Grecian peninsula of Halkidiki, was a gift of God to the Virgin Mary. ... Read More