Anti-violence discourse abounds in public talk about Orthodoxy – and faith in general, for…
RELIGION
Greek Orthodox Religion
On March 25, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she should become the mother of Jesus Christ the Son of God, as today is exactly nine months before Christmas.
Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece received an honourable welcome in the Syrian…
Orthodoxy in Lithuania dates back to the 13th century, Bartholomew said when it fell under…
The concept of ‘unity’, in a secular or religious context, has been pursued by…
The human being as an entity has three divisions of which comprises its existence. by…
It would sound like a truism to say that in the Orthodox Church the ultimate…
The Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated on March 5 by the Christian Orthodox population of…
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, John X, stated to the congregation last Sunday during…
Although the Seventh-day Adventist Church has had at least one church group in Nicosia operating…
These holy Martyrs, who came from various lands, were all soldiers under the same general.…
A ceremony to make the oil sacred took place in The Church of the Holy…
There is talk lately about the fundamentalists in Orthodoxy, but the real problem is…
Today is Sunday of Orthodoxy, which is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant…
Islamists in Turkey are citing a hadith – a dubious source of Mohammed’s sayings written…
The Project’s uncertain future after a guest made a lewd joke about Jesus. The left-leaning…
Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving leading up to Easter.…
Hundreds of people in Piraeus, of all ages, flooded Freatida Beach on Clean Monday, and…
Although celebrated throughout Greece, nobody celebrates ‘Clean Monday’ quite like the residents of Galaxidi who hold an annual ‘flour war’ or alevromoutzouromata (flour smudging), whereby all and sundry flock to the streets armed with sacks of ‘ammunition’ such as colourfully dyed flour, soot and confetti.
The Municipality of Athens invited people to celebrate Clean Monday and the beginning of Lent…