Mandatory Vaccination Does Not Benefit

by Metropolitan Photios of Demetrias Our Church, in its official texts from the beginning of the coronavirus, has pointed out that:  “…measures to limit the freedom of citizens should not exceed the appropriate duration, neither should they be characterized by...

The Feast of Theophany 1925

It had only been a few months since the New Calendar was implemented in Greece in March 1924 when new problems appeared. Those who with holy tenacity remained faithful to the Patristic Traditions, having managed to celebrate the first Feast of Christ’s Nativity –...

Thoughts on the Present Crisis

by Bishop Clement of Gardikion We are going through a great crisis for a year and a half because of the global epidemic of the Coronavirus. The problem, regardless of its origins, is real and humanity is being tested. We Orthodox Christians always face various crises,...

Encyclical May 13/26, 1950

Ἐγκύκλιος 1950 Ἀρ. Ἐγκυκλίου :13 Ἐν Ἀθήναις τῇ 13/26 Μαΐου 1950 ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΥΛΑΒΕΣΤΑΤΟΥΣ ΙΕΡΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘ’ ΗΜΑΣ ΑΓΙΩΤΑΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΩΝ Γ. Ο. Χ. ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Τέκνα ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀγαπητά, Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ Εἰρήνη παρὰ Θεοῦ παρ’ ἡμῶν δ’ εὐχὴ καὶ Εὐλογία. Ἡ Ἱερὰ Σύνοδος τῆς καθ’ ἠμᾶς...

Encyclical June 21, 1935

ΠΟΙΜΑΝΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΝ ΛΑΟΝ        Καταδικασθέντες ἀδίκως ὑπό Σχισματικῆς Συνόδου εἰς καθαίρεσιν καί πενταετῆ ἐγκάθειρξιν εἰς Μονάς καί ἀπαχθέντες βία ὑπό τῆς Κυβερνήσεως, καταστάσης ἐκτελεστικόν τμῆμα τῆς ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς, τεθείσης ὑπεράνω...