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Uganda’s Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga Laid to Rest
Hundreds of faithful, members of the Greek Orthodox hierarchy and Uganda officials gathered on Monday for the funeral of Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga who died earlier in September.
A Greek flag was draped over the coffin of the spiritual leader of...
Africa
Greek Orthodox Church of Uganda Celebrates Easter With Splendor
The Greek Orthodox Church of Uganda celebrated the Holy week with splendor and devotion.
Greek news
Uganda’s Greek Orthodox Church Asks for Urgent Donations to Livestream Services
The Greek Orthodox Church of Uganda, which recently celebrated 100 years since its founding in the country, has appealed through social media for donations in order to livestream its services during Holy Week and beyond.
As most religious institutions internationally...
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...
Greek News
Greek Orthodox Church Calls Israeli Court Ruling Unfair
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem released a statement on Wednesday saying Israeli court decisions allowing the seizure of church property by Israeli settler groups are unfair.
The property in question is located in the Jaffa Gate area of the...
Culture
President Pavlopoulos Visits Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades have visited the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all-Africa in Egypt.
Patriarch Theodoros II welcomed the two presidents and presented them with the Grand Cross of the Order of St....
Greek news
South Korea’s Greek Orthodox Celebrate Easter With Unique Epitaphios Liturgy (video)
The small Greek community in Seoul, South Korea joined local Orthodox to celebrate the Easter with an Epitaphios liturgy.
Greek Reporter was live from the St. Nicholas Korean Orthodox Cathedral where the liturgy was recited in the Korean language and...
Politics
Palestinians Protest Visit of Greek Orthodox Patriarch Accused of Selling Land to Israel
Palestinian Christians protested violently against a visit by Greek Orthodox Church Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday, according to Ma'an news agency.
Theophilos III, along with several other religious and political figures,...
Greek News
Greek Orthodox Patriarch asks Jordan’s Help over Jerusalem Land Sales
Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III met with the King of Jordan, Abdullah on Wednesday and is to meet later with Pope Francis in Rome, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and UK church leaders in order to drum up...
Greek news
Palestinian Christians Demonstrate Against Greek Orthodox Patriarch
Palestinian Christians have protested against the Greek Orthodox patriarch of the Holy Land, demanding the resignation of Theophilos III for allegedly selling church land to Israelis.
Some 200 demonstrators rallied Saturday outside the Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Jerusalem's Old City....
Greek News
Greek Orthodox Church Aims to Block Jerusalem Property Sales in Court
The Greek Orthodox patriarch in the Holy Land announced Saturday that his church will appeal an Israeli court decision that approved the sale of prime church property to companies representing Jews seeking to expand their presence in Jerusalem’s Old...
Greek News
Greek Orthodox Church in Israel ‘Sells Ancient Roman Amphitheater’
The Roman Amphitheater and the hippodrome in the ancient Israeli coastal city of Caesarea have been sold off, in secret, to a mysterious overseas holding company by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Times of Israel reports.
According to the report,...
Africa
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria to Restore Female Deacons
The Synod of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, held at the Patriarchal Center of Alexandria of Egypt from 15 to 17 November under the chairmanship of Patriarch Theodoros II, has decided to restore the institute of...
Greek news
New Documentary Tells the Story of the Only Functioning Greek Orthodox Church in Cuba
The Cuban Revolution overthrew the Batista regime on January 1st 1959. During Fidel Castro's 49 year reign as Cuban Prime Minister and then President, there had not been any new churches in Cuba.
Except one.
“A Beacon in Havana” is a short documentary...
Greek News
St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery Needs Financial Help to Survive
The Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai city, Egypt, has been facing a financial crisis, as a result of lack of tourism at Sinai City. The monatsery was also shut down by Egyptian authorities in 2013 fearing...