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Greek President to Pope: Use your influence to raise awareness for Hagia Sophia
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, contacted Pope Francis today regarding the decision of the Turkish authorities to...
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Greek Culture Min: In contrast to Turkey, Greece has invested over EUR 50 m in the past 20 years for preservation of Ottoman monuments
"The attitude of the Greek government towards the moves of the president of Turkey is clear and unambiguous and has...
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Aeschylus’ The Persians: For the first time a livestreaming show from Epidaurus for the international audience with English subtitles
The Athens and Epidaurus Festival, determined not to be missed by its audience, in the difficult summer of 2020, strictly...
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The distance education programs for clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Athens have been successfully completed
The free distance education programs for clergy and laity, which began to be implemented on May 17, 2020 by the...
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Television broadcasting of prayer in Hagia Sophia every Friday to be considered
Turkey's state-run religious television network considers television broadcasting of Congregational prayer in Hagia Sophia every Friday, which is a sacred...
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AUTH Pastoral Theology Department: Incomprehensible decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Following the decision by the Turkish government to convert Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque, the Department of...
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Academy of Athens: Conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque is a serious mistake
In a resolution, Greece's national academy, the Academy of Athens, denounces the "conversion of the glorious monument of Hagia Sophia...
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Imam of Milan against the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
The imam of Milan and president of the Italian Islamic Religious Community, Yahya Pallavicini, has explicitly taken a stance against...
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This is how the chants in Hagia Sophia sounded 15 centuries ago
After many years of researching, analysing, and studying acoustics, architecture, Byzantine history, the evolution of Byzantine music and testimonies, Stanford...
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Glykatzi-Ahrweiler on Hagia Sophia: I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the mosaics are in tears
Speaking on ERT TV, Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler was shocked by the decision of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Hagia Sophia....
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Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira celebrated Divine Liturgy and Memorial for Roma Genocide
The Divine Liturgy was celebrated in English and Memorial for the Roma Genocide at the Archdiocesan Chapel which was...
Metropolitan of Kyiv: Let us pray for our brethren in Lebanon who are in pain
Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine sent a message of support to the people of Lebanon. "I am...
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: Condolences to Patriarch John of Antioch
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia sent condolences to Patriarch John of Antioch: Your Beatitude, dear Us in Christ brother and...
Memory of Saint Kallinikos, Metropolitan of Edessa
The Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church helps us, through modern hagiology, to confirm that the Saints lived the miraculous...
Feast of Dormition to be celebrated without procession this year – What does Holy Synod of Church of Greece clarify
Following the guidelines issued by the Church of Greece earlier this week, the Holy and Sacred Synod provided details...
Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem: We stand with people of Beirut and Lebanon as they mourn
Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem issued a statement regarding the devastating explosion in Beirut. According to the...