Biography of His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II

His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Athens and First-Hierarch of the Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece was born on 8 October 1920 in Erythrai (Kriekouki) of Megara, where he grew up as a young boy. Later he lived with his parents in the town of Lavrion in the...

Οἱ τελευταίες ἐπί γῆς ἡμέρες τοῦ Μακαριστοῦ Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀθηνῶν κυροῦ Χρυσοστόμου Β’

Δέκα ἡμέρες πρίν την κοίμησή του, ὁ Μακαριστός Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος εἶχε ζητήσει ἀπό τόν συγγενῆ του Δημήτριο Γραμματικό νά τόν μεταφέρει μέ τό αὐτοκίνητο γιά νά δεῖ τό χωριό του (Ἐρυθρές Μεγαρῖδος) ὅπως χαρακτηριστικά εἶπε «για τελευταία φορά». Πῆγε, καί περιηγήθηκε στούς...

Second Encyclical Regarding the Ongoing Covid-19 Crisis

Download a PDF of the Encyclical Letter in English May 5/18, 2020 Great Martyr Irene Trust ye not in princes, in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return unto his earth. In that day all his thoughts shall perish....

Communiqué of the Holy Synod Concerning the Present Situation

Athens, March 11/24, 2020 Beloved Fathers and Brethren; Beloved Children in the Lord: In the middle of the Great Fast, with the Precious and Life-giving Cross, the very symbol of sacrifice, love, and victory, exalted first and foremost in our hearts, we convey our...