On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

The church of Saint Sophia in London was constructed in Victorian London in the late 19th century. Credit: Edwardx, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 The Greek Orthodox Church and its followers have ...

3 March-19 April, Sarakosti Sarakosti is considered one of the most important annual feasts in Greece, commencing the 40 days of Great Lent for the Greek Orthodox Church. Sarakosti is actually not 40 ...

To date, a large part of the clergy abroad have no regular salary, insurance or pension, but are supported by the Church of Greece and the Patriarchates or local Greek Orthodox communities purely ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

The Communists also expropriated the property of the established Islamic, Orthodox, Catholic and other religions. Anastasios led the church after he re-established it in 1991. Albania's leaders and ...

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Greek Orthodox Church leaders, and the World Council of Churches also expressed their condolences. Respected for his ...

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In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990 ... “His Grace's legacy will remain alive in the hearts ...

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