Kim Kardashian, who revealed her deep connection with her Orthodox faith and her Armenian ancestry by baptising her three youngest children at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia, has been widely praised for remembering her religious and ancestral roots.
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The Feast of the Entrance into the Temple of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on November 21 each year. The Feast commemorates when as a young child, the Virgin Mary entered the Temple in Jerusalem.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s scheduled visit to Athens on November 20-25 will be carried out as…
Japanese-American actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, famous for his role as Shang Tsung in the movie Mortal…
A sermon by the Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, Pavlos, made an impression after making…
On Saturday, the Serbian army placed a Cross on the hill above the Mileševa Monastery…
With tears in my eyes, I read the public apology of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America,…
A hilarious video has emerged online of a baby who just could not hold his…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will arrive in Athens in November. On November 21, he will collaborate…
Around Australia, thousands of Greeks celebrate Father’s Day. Father’s Day truly honours fatherhood – fathers,…
The inauguration of the Church of Agios Paisios in Trikala took place on Sunday night…
What Father’s Day means in the Orthodox Church? In Greece and America father’s day (η…
“Especially after this year of the COVID pandemic, we wanted to reach out to families with the love of God in a concrete manner,” said Fr. Luke Veronis, pastor of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church as his parish makes a generous donation that frees a number of local families of their medical debt.
After two emotional, career-redefining semi-final victories – and two dramatic, action-packed weeks in Paris – it will be 18-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic taking on Greece’s first major finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas for the Coupe des Mousquetaires crown at the Roland Garros tournament.
Two of the most important Christian churches in the world, the church of St. Peter in Rome and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, are known to have some very impressive crypts and catacombs and so it is not surprising that a similar “underworld system” might exist under Hagia Sophia.
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-founder and co-chair of Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, and…
As the greatest feast of Orthodoxy, Easter is celebrated in a unique way in every corner of Greece, with century-old local traditions being revived every year all across the country.
Prime Minister of Australia ‘ScoMo’ attends Greek Orthodox Easter service saying, “Christ is Risen.” His Eminence Archbishop Makarios had his own special Easter message to the thousands of believers attending as he tells them, “Do not be afraid to state your Greek origin and your Orthodox faith.”
The game of cracking red eggs, or “tsougrisma” as the Greeks call it, symbolises the breaking open of the tomb and Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. The custom takes place after the resurrection on Easter Saturday at midnight or the following day during Paschal feasts.
After Holy Friday mass in Australia last night, Tsalikis speaks to the congregation in an emotional address saying, “I am happy because the Greek have not lost their faith in Mary, God and Jesus. When I return to Greece I will tell everyone of another miracle…of what I experienced here today with you. God bless you all. Kali Anastasi.”