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Holy Statues Survive L.A. Wildfires Unscathed: A Sign of Hope and Resilience

Amid the recent Los Angeles wildfires, untouched holy statues, including a Virgin Mary figure and a cross, were discovered standing…

12 January 2025

Greece Presents Iconic Virgin Mary Painting to Notre Dame at Reopening Ceremony

Greece has gifted a painting of the Virgin Mary, titled *Queen of the Bees*, to Notre Dame Cathedral during its…

10 December 2024

The Weeping Icon: Miracle of the Theotokos Captivates Karditsa on Entrances Feast Day

On November 21, 1973, a miraculous event in Karditsa captured the hearts of Orthodox Christians when witnesses reported seeing an…

21 November 2024

Icon of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows: Miracles and History

The striking icon of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, depicting the Virgin Mary with her heart pierced by seven swords,…

14 November 2024

Chaos at Book Launch: Petros Tatsopoulos Throws Religious Icon During Heated Clash

Tensions boiled over at the launch of Petros Tatsopoulos' book The Devil's Child when religious TikToker Andreas Karagiannis interrupted the…

12 November 2024

Rare Virgin Mary Fresco Found on Naxos

A rare fresco of the Virgin Mary, discovered on the island of Naxos, offers a glimpse into the history of…

18 August 2024

"Miracle" Backfires as Viper Bites Men Collecting Snakes for Religious Ritual in Kefalonia

Three men in Kefalonia, Greece, were bitten by a viper while collecting snakes for a religious ritual at the Church…

18 August 2024

Archbishop Ieronymos: "Respect Nature as God's Good Creation"

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens emphasized the importance of respecting nature as God's creation during a Divine Liturgy at the Holy…

16 August 2024

Dekapentavgoustos, Dormition of the Theotokos

August 15, or Dekapentavgoustos, is one of the most important dates in the Greek Orthodox Calendar, as the Feast of…

15 August 2024

Panagia Hozoviotissa on Amorgos, one of the Aegean's oldest monasteries

Panagia Hozoviotissa on Amorgos island is one of the oldest and most important monasteries of the Aegean, built in 1027…

11 August 2024

Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos

On March 25, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she should…

25 March 2024

Dekapentavgoustos, Dormition of the Theotokos

August 15, or Dekapentavgoustos, is one of the most important dates in the Greek Orthodox Calendar, as the Feast of…

15 August 2023

Celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with Special Programming on ERT World

ERT World honours the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on August 15th with a special lineup of programming that captures…

14 August 2023

Holy Monastery of Panagia Prousiotissa in Evritania

Many refer to it as "The House of Virgin Mary" due to the belief that the Monastery of Prousos in…

3 August 2023

Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos

On March 25, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Annunciation by Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she should…

25 March 2023

Nikos Oikonomopoulos- The Miracle Witnessed Whilst Filming His Documentary "Faith"

Nikos Oikonomopoulos witnessed a miracle and the cameras were there to capture the phenomenon. Ant1+ recently aired their exclusive behind-the-scenes…

18 January 2023

Thessaloniki: An icon of the Virgin Mary found burned

Shortly before midnight on Friday, the Immediate Action Police operations centre in Thessaloniki received a call about young people who…

10 September 2022

1,000-year-old paintings excavated in Sudan inside Church walls which have Greek inscriptions

A team of researchers from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw have documented 1,000-year-old paintings in the remains of a…

1 September 2022

Greek world celebrates the Dormition of the Virgin Mary

Greeks worldwide celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary today, next to Easter, which is the most sacred and most…

15 August 2022

Sacred Panagia Soumela of Mount Vermion

The original Soumela monastery in Trabzon on the Black Sea was an Orthodox symbol for 16 centuries. Following its destruction,…

2 August 2022

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