Letting in the Light is a documentary that follows Sister Thekla, an iconographer who travelled to Wellington from the Congo in Africa, to paint the Pantocrator on the dome of Wellington’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the Evangelismos church. Adding the Pantocrator iconography to the dome is a significant milestone in the history of this beautiful church. The film shares the story of how this remarkable work was created and celebrates the Greek Orthodox faith in New Zealand.
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Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks 1913 – 1923 is a historical documentary that for the first time charts Ottoman Empire’s and Turkish Nationalists Genocide of its 3,000-year-old ethnic Greek population, taking only 10 years to destroy over 3 millennia of history.
Sixteen years ago, young George Eid made an oath to his dying Greek grandfather in Beirut: to find the roots of his family who moved from Smyrna to Lebanon in 1922 and reconstruct the history of the Greeks in Lebanon. Fulfilling the promise took a bit of time but George, now a journalist for a large network, has done it. ‘Kalimera from Beirut’ is the first documentary about the Greek community in Lebanon.
On October 22, 1991, Patriarch Bartholomew was elected to the Ecumenical Throne. His All Holiness…
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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden’s call on Turkey…
Democratic Presidential Candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden, stated that the US (more…
During Sunday’s Orthodox Cafe, held weekly at the Greek Orthodox Parish of St. Stylianos in Gymea, Dr Philip Kariatlis opened an inspiring discussion about what the Holy Cross means for Orthodox Christians.
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President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni…
After Hagia Sophia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan turned another World Heritage Site, the ancient…
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“I am deeply grieved that the powerful of this world, at least the majority of…
The Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas congratulated Turkey for its decision to convert Hagia Sophia into…
The Vatican and Pope Francis have remained utterly silent about the conversion of Hagia Sophia…
Today is the Feast Day of Agios Paisios of Mount Athos, who was born on…
Toronto Public Health (TPH) has issued revised COVID-19 guidelines that ban the offering of Holy Communion to…