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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Greek 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 ...
Archaeologists search for St Vlas’ tomb in Sivas, Turkey
Archaeologists dig for St Vlas’ tomb in Turkey. He was the Bishop of Sebasta in the IVth century and a ...
Holy sites in Israel open to international tourists from August
Overseas pilgrims will be free to visit Israel's holy sites from August, following an announcement from the country's tourist board. ...
National Cathedral workers start removal of scaffolding to reveal altar impressive mosaic icons in Bucharest
Romania’s most significant mosaic icon of the Mother of God emerged in the National Cathedral in Bucharest as workers have ...
Byzanfest Orthodox Film Festival 2020 is open for submissions
Christian Orthodox filmmakers from all over the world can submit their short and feature-length films to the fifth edition of Byzanfest Orthodox ...
Greek President invites visitors from abroad to learn about Greece’s cultural heritage
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou paid a visit to the National Archaeological Museum on Tuesday. She was given ...
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The Consul General of France in Constantinople to the Ecumenical Patriarch
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the Consul General of France in Constantinople, Bertrand Buchwalter, today in the Phanar. The French...
36 years of the episcopal ministry of Bishop Lukijan
On July 1st, 2020 it was 36 years of the episcopal ministry of Bishop Lukijan of Budim and Temisoara....
On July 18, the enthronement of the new Metropolitan of Imvros and Tenedos by the Ecumenical Patriarch
On Saturday, July 18, 2020, at 12 noon, in the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Dormition of the Virgin,...
Putin until 2036, Russia’s successor to the USSR and… faith in God in the revised Russian Constitution
By Kostas Onisenko The country's Central Election Commission called the constitutional referendum process complete today. According to the results...
Archbishop Ieronymos and the American Ambassador to the Hobby Center of the “Apostoli” NGO
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece and American Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt visited this morning the "Dimitrios" Hobby Center...
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...