The most important sketes in Greece are located at the Mt. Athos Peninsula. The monastery of the Great Lavra belongs a skete, the Skete of Saint Anne, the oldest and largest Skete on Mount Athos. The term "skete" means a small monastery, either a cenobium or of relative isolation, just like all the other Athonite monasteries, an organized community composed of many monastic huts. In the middle of each skete...

The church of Saint. Catherine found in Plaka, on the remains of an older early Christian church, which was based on the ruins of an ancient sanctuary of Goddess Artemis, like so many churches in Athens and across the country, seems humble and approachable and carries the history of centuries. The church which we see today located at the junction of Herefontos, Lysikratous, Galanou and Goura streets, in one of the...

In the capital, a Byzantine and post-Byzantine Monastery, the Monastery of Kaisariani, is a true jewel and a monument of our cultural heritage. The first buildings of the Monastery of Kaisariani, which lies at the foot of Mt. Hymettus, east of the city of Athens, were built in the 6th and the 10th century and according to excavations were basilicas. The monastery which exists to our days was built in the...

The Galilee Palliative Care Unit, under the auspices of the Holy Diocese of Mesogaias and Lavreotiki offers palliative care services to people with cancer, with the help of a specialized team of health professionals - doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physiotherapists and with the valuable support of priests. The "Galilee" project began in March 2010 with the "Home Care” service. Skilled health experts, in collaboration with a group of volunteers which...

Forty years ago, monk Paisios along with the Abbot at that time of the monastery of Stavronikita, Archimandrite VassiliosGontikakis, visited Australia accepting the invitation of the Archbishop of Australia Stylianos, to bless together the Greek Australian diaspora. At the end of October 2018, the Church of Australia laid the foundation stone of the church in the name of Saint Paisios in a ceremony held amidst an atmosphere of deep emotion. In...

Etymologically the word angel is the one who carries news. Angels can be found in every religion. In the Christian religion, we read about Angels in the Bible. Angels are the creations of God long before he created man and also before the existence of the physical world. Angels are incorruptible and immaterial spirits, thus superior to humans, they are not confined to time and space, are measured in the...

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) awarded the honorary medal “Golden Aristotle" to the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres,and All Albania Anastasios, for his missionary, charitable and social work, which, as mentioned by the Rector Prof. Pericles Mitkas during the award ceremony, is indeed titanic. The Archbishop, with persistence, vision and inexhaustible love, succeeded in implementing an inspirational work for combating poverty and destitution in extremely poor areas of the world and...

For the 7th consecutive year, the Orthodox Christian book and Monastic Products exhibition will be held at the Divani Caravel Hotel from November 2 to November 5. The objective of the exhibition is to present and promote the Christian books that spread the Orthodox Christian word and way of life and to inform the public about the monastic products. The exhibition is organized by EnPlo publications, with the approval and blessing...