Thessaloniki

Relics of Saint Gregory Palamas carried in procession through the streets of Thessaloniki

The relics of Gregory Palamas were carried in procession through the streets of Thessaloniki on the second Sunday of Great Lent, which in the Orthodox Church is dedicated to the saint who defended hesychast spirituality. The religious procession took place on Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the historic Greek city, where the relics of…

Mar 11, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Parascheva is a shining example of taking up the Cross and following Christ, Thessaloniki Metropolitan says in Iași

“Saint Parascheva, celebrated today, is a radiant example of what it means to take up one’s Cross and follow Christ,” said Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki during the local celebrations on Tuesday in Iași. His Eminence reflected on the Gospel passage read during the Divine Liturgy, in which the Saviour calls His disciples to self-denial and…

Oct 15, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Inauguration of the exhibition on Saint Luke the Physician by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited on Friday afternoon the Papageorgiou General Hospital in Thessaloniki. The administration invited the Ecumenical Patriarch to give a speech during the event organised for the 20th anniversary of the opening of the hospital. In his speech, the Ecumenical Patriarch spoke of the pain and illness, which “the descendants of Adam experience”,…

Oct 23, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens receives Honorary Doctorate from Thessaloniki’s School of Pastoral and Social Theology

The School of Pastoral and Social Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki decided Wednesday, 18 May 2016, to award an Honorary Degree to His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Romfea.gr reports. We quote the decision of the School of Theology: The Primate of the Autocephalous Church of Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos,…

May 24, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu