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Culture
Agia Pelagia: The Vision Leading to the Panagia Celebration on Tinos
The Virgin Mary takes center stage in Tinos on August 15 annually, thanks to a humble nun who received a vision, whom we know as Agia Pelagia, or St. Pelagia, today, on the great feast of the Panagia, or...
Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Ruins of Monastery, Greek Inscriptions in Egypt
Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient Christian settlement dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD in Egypt's Western Desert.
Europe
Armenians in Tearful Goodbye to their Own ”Sumela” Monastery
Just like the Greeks who were forced to give up their precious cultural heritage of Pontus and Asia Minor to the Turks a century ago, Armenians did the same over the weekend as they bid farewell to Dadivank Monastery.
In...
Culture
Reopening of Chora Monastery as Mosque Postponed
In a surprising about-face, after its announcement yesterday that the Greek Orthodox monastery at Chora would be reopened and used for Muslim prayers on Friday, the Directorate of Religious Affairs in Turkey said that the reopening of the Monastery...
Greece
Mt. Athos Monastery Quarantined After Eight Monks Diagnosed with Covid
Greek health authorities ordered an Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos to be placed under quarantine on Monday after at least eight confirmed cases of coronavirus were recorded among the monks living there.
The monastery of Agios Pavlos (Saint Paul), founded...
Culture
Greek President: Conversion of Chora Museum to Mosque "An Act of Symbolic Violence"
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Friday called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent decision to convert the historic Chora former Christian monastery to a mosque "an act of symbolic violence dictated by political arrogance."
After the conversion of Istanbul's Hagia...
Greece
Coronavirus: Mount Athos Shuts Down to Visitors To Shield Health of Monks
The all-male monastic autonomous polity of Mount Athos announced on Thursday it will not be receiving any further visitors or pilgrims until March 30, 2020 as part of measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The Orthodox Christian monastic community comprises...
Greece
Saint Nicholas of Porto Lagos, Greece's Unique ''Floating Monastery"
The monastery of Saint Nicholas (Agios Nikolaos) in Porto Lagos, Xanthi in Thrace is a unique religious monument, not simply because of its location but also due to the serenity and beauty which surround it.
The small monastery, which is...
Australia
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to Build New Monastery in Flowerdale, Victoria
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia announced on Tuesday that it will build a new monastery for men on the newly-renamed ''Mount Mela'' in Flowerdale, Victoria.
The move was agreed upon during a meeting on Tuesday, December 10, between His Excellency...
Greece
Monks Show Greek Philoxenia by Assisting Homeless Victims of Albania Quake
Representatives of the Albanian authorities recently visited the Monastery of Saint Blaise (Agios Vlasios) in Albania to express their gratitude for the generous hospitality the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the country has shown to the victims of the recent...