Letting in the Light is a documentary that follows Sister Thekla, an iconographer who travelled to Wellington from the Congo in Africa, to paint the Pantocrator on the dome of Wellington’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the Evangelismos church. Adding the Pantocrator iconography to the dome is a significant milestone in the history of this beautiful church. The film shares the story of how this remarkable work was created and celebrates the Greek Orthodox faith in New Zealand.
The voice of Orthodoxy is heard loudly in Kastellorizo. A priest has been living on the island for 73 years and resists Turkish provocation. He shows Sputnik Hellas the great hagiography on…
Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks 1913 – 1923 is a historical documentary that for the first time charts Ottoman Empire’s and Turkish Nationalists Genocide of its 3,000-year-old ethnic Greek population, taking only 10 years to destroy over 3 millennia of history.
Sixteen years ago, young George Eid made an oath to his dying Greek grandfather in Beirut: to find the roots of his family who moved from Smyrna to Lebanon in 1922 and reconstruct the history of the Greeks in Lebanon. Fulfilling the promise took a bit of time but George, now a journalist for a large network, has done it. ‘Kalimera from Beirut’ is the first documentary about the Greek community in Lebanon.
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew took part in an Interfaith Meeting on “No one is saved alone – Brotherhood and Peace”, organised by Sant’Egidio Community in Rome. He is accompanied by the…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, issued a message on the Sunday of the Feast of St. Luke, which you can read here- Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been…
A huge cross 20 meters high and 12 meters wide was erected in northern Kosovo on Thursday, October 1st, 2020, on a hill at an altitude of 905 meters. The Holy Cross…
A huge, bright Holy Cross, which was erected in a prominent position in the surrounding area of the Holy Monastery of Agia Skepi – Agia Paraskevi of Nea Vyssa on the Greek-Turkish…
A historical church in Turkey’s Tralleis (Τραλλεῖς, Turkish: Aydın) province was the site of controversy after the entrance to the religious site was blocked with a newly constructed wall at the entrance.…
The founding ceremony of the symbolic Hagia Sophia, which will be a miniature and replica of the historic church in Constantinople that was turned into a mosque earlier this year, took place…
Around Australia, thousands of Greeks celebrate Father’s Day. Father’s Day truly honours fatherhood – fathers, pappou’s (grandfathers) and those who are a father figure in our lives. We also celebrate the influence…
At the center of an unexplained attack by unknown vandals was a small church located next to the inactive factory of SEVATH in Xanthi in northeast Greece near the Turkish border. It…
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and other leaders condemned the decision by Turkish authorities to convert the ancient Church of Chora (“Church…
After Hagia Sophia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan turned another World Heritage Site, the ancient Church of Chora (“Church of the Holy Savior in Chora”) in Constantinople (Turkish: İstanbul), into a mosque.…
The Moni Panagias Soumela (Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά) Monastery has conducted its seventh annual ritual since the Turkish regime allowed it to occur after 88 years of absent Christian life. The monastery is…
A Greek Orthodox prayer for Beirut has been released on YouTube by Father Kabarnos. Father Nikodimos Kabarnos is one of the most famous voices in Byzantine music and his YouTube Channel has…
The Turks “have remained uncivilized, they are rude, and they will remain [this way],” said the Primate of the Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos, regarding Ankara’s decision to turn Hagia Sophia into…
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announced that they have distributed more than US$250,000 from the ‘COVID-19 Relief Program’ to those affected by the pandemic. Created under the direction of His Eminence…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Wednesday, joined peaceful protests in Brooklyn “to stand in solidarity with my fellow sisters and brothers whose rights have been sorely abused.” The demonstrations began…
“VR Pilgrim” is the first aрр in the world that enables smartphone users to virtually travel to the most mysterious and inaccessible places of Christian heritage, from the comfort of their homes.…