On December 27 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Stefanos. Saint Stephen was the first of the seven deacons whom the Apostles ordained to serve the Church in Jerusalem. Being filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, he worked miracles and wonders among the people. Today is also the name day of Stefanos, Stefania, Mavrikos and Mavrikia. Xronia Polla!
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Turkish authorities have reportedly moved to sell two ancient, Greek and Assyrian churches according to…
On December 1, as on the first day of every month, people flocked in droves to the wish-granting Greek Orthodox church ‘Ayin Biri Kilisesi’ in Constantinople to make wishes, in the hope that they will come true.
“My goal was to create a church that creates the illusion of motion. It feels like the Holy Spirit moves around its axis, God himself moves around its axis, as the church has no obvious front and back,” Greek architect Costas Papatheodorou said about his creation – the Orthodox church of Agia Fotini of Mantinea – which has become known as the second most mysterious church in the world.
On the 1st of November, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios…
On October 3rd, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Dionysios Areopagitis,…
At the village of Plataniotissa, 30km northwest of Kalavryta, at a beautiful green location, is…
After much ambivalence and hesitation the Church of Greece will give its formal blessing for…
On July 8, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios Procopius. Procopius…
On July 7 the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agia Kyriaki the…
On the 30th of June, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Synaxis (a celebratory gathering)…
On December 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the 20,000 Martyrs who were burned alive…
On December 27 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Stefanos. Saint Stephen was the first of the seven deacons whom the Apostles ordained to serve the Church in Jerusalem. Being filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, he worked miracles and wonders among the people. Today is also the name day of Stefanos, Stefania, Mavrikos and Mavrikia. Xronia Polla!
“My goal was to create a church that creates the illusion of motion. It feels like the Holy Spirit moves around its axis, God himself moves around its axis, as the church has no obvious front and back,” Greek architect Costas Papatheodorou said about his creation – the Orthodox church of Agia Fotini of Mantinea – which has become known as the second most mysterious church in the world.
The Hagia Sophia Church in Pontus on Turkey’s eastern Black Sea coast was first turned…
On December 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the 20, 000 Martyrs who were burned…
On December 27 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Stefanos. Saint…
On the Feast Day of Agios Nikolaos, the Port Adelaide Greek Orthodox Parish, The Nativity…
By Uzay Bulut The Turkish Council of State recently approved a decision on the “Kariye Museum.” Originally a Byzantine Greek…
On the 1st of November, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Agios…