Tag: greece

Greek Minister Avramopoulos on Hagia Sophia’s Renovation –

  By Maragarita Papantoniou, March 21, 2013 “The [Greek] Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring both the developments concerning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul and the reversal of the Turkish Government’s politics…

Spiritual Guidance on Mount Athos

8-10 March 2013 a conference of the Friends of Mount Athos at Madingley Hall, Cambridge Metropolitan Kallistos – “Spiritual Guidance  in the 18th Century, St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain, St Paissy…

Death of Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria – Memory Eternal

  Fr John Salter, chairman, writes in Chrysostom, Advent-St Nicholas 2012: The death occurred in Sophia, Bulgaria, on 6th November 2012 of His Holiness Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria. He was the longest serving head…

Lecture: Aspects of the Politics of Church and State in Modern Greece

Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College 13 November 2012, 4.00-6.30 pm Lecture by Professor Gerasimos Makris, Panteion University, Athens, Greece Marie Eugenie Room, Heythrop College, University of London, Kensington Square, London W8…

The Eastern Catholic Church in Contemporary Europe: Conference

Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College – 18-19 January 2012   18 January from 10 am in the the Marie Eugenie Room Introduction Anthony O’Mahony and Lucian Leustean The Slovak Greek Church Simon Marincak…

Pope Benedict receives Orthodox University Honour

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 5, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org At the end of today’s general audience, Benedict XVI received the Gold Medal of the Apostle Jason of Thessalonica from a delegation of the…

Pope Benedict’s Letter to Catholic-Orthodox Symposium

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, SEPT. 2, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of the Aug. 6 letter Benedict XVI sent to the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity,…