Church of Greece

Patriarch Daniel welcomes new Greek Ambassador Evangelia Grammatika on presentation visit

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Her Excellency Evangelia Grammatika, the Ambassador of Greece to Bucharest, on a presentation visit at the patriarchal residence on Wednesday. The Department for Inter-Church and Inter-Religious Relations of the Romanian Patriarchate issued a press release stating that the Patriarch of Romania extended a cordial welcome and expressed gratitude for Her…

Feb 22, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Church of Greece: Voluntary abortion is a murder, we do not accept it

The Permanent Synod of the Orthodox Church in Greece ruled last week that it considers voluntary abortion to be a murder and cannot accept the practice. The Holy Synod met under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece on February 3-4, 2020. According to an announcement after the two-day…

Feb 10, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Materials submitted for canonization of contemporary Greek Elder

Materials for the canonization of a new Saint have been sent for consideration to the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Fthiotida presented the documents on Archimandrite Bessarion (Korkoliakos), abbot of the Agothonos Monastery in central Greece, to the Synod on January 10, according to the metropolis’ website. ”Never judge…

Jan 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Church of Greece to build park in Mati, help hospital find living relatives of WWII soldiers

The Church of Greece will create an outdoor park in Mati, where a sweeping wildfire in July killed 91 people in the greater area and destroyed homes, the Permanent Holy Synod announced Wednesday. The park will be built on a property belonging to the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Penteli after it…

Sep 6, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Greek President receives highest decoration of Greek Orthodox Church

At the end of the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy by His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens, the President of the Republic of Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was awarded the highest decoration of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Paul the Apostle. Athens…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu