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Greek News
Greek Metropolitan Fined for Blessing the Waters on Epiphany
Greek Metropolitan Ieronymos from Peloponnesian peninsula was fined 1,500 euros for conducting the blessing of the waters.
Greece
Greek Metropolitan Investigated for Vaccine Comments
A Greek metropolitan for the diocese of Kythera made comments last Sunday in church that have spurred an investigation by the local prosecutor in Piraeus. Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythera had spoken out to his congregation last week on the...
Crime
Greek Priest Fined for Celebrating Liturgy After Government Ban
An ugly scene broke out in the northern Greek town in Chalkidiki this past weekend, after a priest celebrated the Liturgy in defiance of the new government lockdown to help contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The priest ended up...
Africa
The Greek Orthodox Church Celebrates a Century of Vital Work in Uganda
"We are Greeks because we got educated in Greece," says Jonah (Lwanga), the Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda, the spiritual leader of more than 100.000 Ugandans who are Greek Orthodox Christians.
Speaking to the Greek Reporter's Anastasios Papapostolou, he proudly...
Business
Greek Medical Health Tourism Workshop in Moscow
On October 30, the 2nd Greek Medical & Health Tourism Workshop will be held in Moscow. Eleven businesses, among which, private hospitals, rehabilitation centers and hotels with spa facilities have applied to participate, aiming at the development of medical...
Europe
Metropolitan Damaskinos of Adrianople Passes Away
The 75-years-old Metropolitan Damaskinos of Adrianople passed away on Saturday after facing serious medical issues.
His Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos of Andrianople (in the world Papandreou) completed his studies at the Halki Institute of Theology (Turkey), then at the University of Marburg...