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Turkish media: Archbishop Ieronymos is provocative and bold
Turkish media have described Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens as "provocative and bold" after his statement on Hagia Sophia, according to...
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Contract was signed for promotion and protection of Holy Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon
A contract for a study regarding the protection of the Holy Monastery of Agia Triada Tsangarolon in Chania, Crete, was...
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Greek Minister of Culture: Turkey seems to be ignoring its obligation to UNESCO
"Hagia Sophia is an extremely important monument, which, when it was built at the time of Justinian's reign, managed, thanks...
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The Archdiocese of America Department of Greek Education announces the launch of the online learning tool StaEllinika
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Department of Education has announced the launch of StaEllinika, a Greek Language learning platform,...
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Objects from Strofades Monastery in exhibition at Benaki Museum
The exhibition "The Last Monk of the Strofades" by Robert A. McCabe and Katerina Lymperopoulou, which opened online on May...
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Churches to reopen in Egypt
It has been one hundred days since the 19th of March when Egypt implemented strict precautionary measures to curb the...
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Missing ecclesiastical objects of Kyiv have been found in Moscow museum
By Kostas Onisenko Dozens of ecclesiastical objects of great religious value, which were considered lost from the late 1930s, were...
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Publication for the four years since the Holy and Great Council in Crete
On June 25, 2016, the work of the Holy and Great Council in Crete was completed and the next day...
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US-State Department: We call on the Turkish government to maintain Hagia Sophia as a World Heritage Site
The American Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, has called on the Turkish government to maintain Hagia...
Read moreGreek Minister of Culture to UNESCO Member States: Hagia Sophia should not be converted into a mosque
Greek Minister of Culture has been sending letters to UNESCO member states on Turkish aspirations for Hagia Sophia. "It should...
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Metropolitan of Belgium: They should respect the great importance of Hagia Sophia for Christians, Orthodox and even more so for Greeks
The Metropolitan of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Athenagoras, expressed regret over the decision of Turkish...
Archbishop of Cyprus: Turks are uncivilized and coarse – Europeans are indifferent
In his statement today for the Hagia Sophia, Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus said that the Turks "remained uncivilized, coarse,...
Pope Francis is “saddened” over Hagia Sophia
With a brief and absolutely neutral reference to the issue of Hagia Sophia, Pope Francis commented on what was...
Church of Crete: Hagia Sophia is not deleted or written off
The Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete refers in very strong terms to the decision to convert Hagia...
Feast of St. Paisios was celebrated in Sydney
On Sunday, July 12, the day that our Church celebrates the memory of St. Paisios of Mount Athos, Archbishop...
Archbishop of Athens: Insult and affront to all civilized humakind
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece made a statement for the Athens News Agency (ANA) regarding the decision...