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Live streaming from the Holy Sepulchre on www.tv4e.gr. It is still early in the afternoon, so there are a few hours of waiting until the evening.

I'm going to make y'all jealous ^_^

My wife and I are currently on holiday in Greece, having met up with our eldest daughter and her husband who are visiting from the U.S. We were incredibly blessed to discover a relatively new church here in Thessaloniki, a 30 minute walk from where we are staying, dedicated to the Dormition of...

As I progress in gaining experience baking my own bread, one of the issues Ive had is the silicon bread forms I use, while wonderful to tip the bread out of after taking it out of the oven, it unfortunately does not hold its shape, resulting in a loaf of bread which does not fit the toaster when...

At his regular health check, Harry confided with his doctor that he was concerned that his wife was going deaf. "She often doesn't respond when I say something to her, and I don't think she is being deliberately rude". His doctor gave him a simple test to confirm his suspicions. "When you get...

There are massive bushfires burning all over Greece, and the village of Prokopi in Euboea, north of Athens was in the path of a large fire. They were preparing to evacuate the village due to the fast approaching bushfires, but on request stopped everything they were doing to perform a Litany...

I am ashamed to say that this year I blinked and missed it. Just one more reason I would be happier if the Greek Orthodox went back to the Old Calendar.

My Mum had a fall this afternoon and was rushed to hospital where she underwent a 3 hour operation to remove a subdural haematoma. She is now heavily sedated with a machine doing her breathing for her (because of the sedation). She is currently stable but will be kept unconcious for at least a...

I would love to hear the back story :oldthumbsup: French actor Gerard Depardieu converted to Orthodoxy

Just learned about this today. The article is from 2011. Interfax-Religion Kiev, April 20, Interfax - During 25 years from the date of Chernobyl accident the radiation level in the area of St. Elijah Church, the only church operating in the exclusion zone, was well below the level across the...

Elder Ephraim passes away peacefully in Arizona - Greek City Times I apologise for the paucity of information. My wife was informed by a friend, close to the monastery, and this was one of the first reports I was able to find on the web. Memory eternal.

His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, has slept in the Lord today, 25 March 2019, at 6pm. It is a great blessing that he has passed on the feast day of the Annunciation of Mary, as the cathedral for the archdiocese is dedicated to the same...

My wife and I were watching a talk given by Ravi Zacharias and Dennis Prager and Mr Prager made a very profound comment on what Jews consider to be the worst sin, which he said is "to do evil in the name of God." He then went on to explain that number three of the ten commandments is very...

Since we get in early this side of the pond, Christ is risen! A blessed resurrection to all the wonderful members of TAW (and our beloved visitors).

Has anyone else noticed that there has been a marked increase in people being attacked by either their own family dog or someone else's? We've just had two attacks in the last few days, one where a woman was pushing her 12 month old daughter in a pram past another house when the dog in the yard...

Since no one from closer to this side of the international date line has chimed in (I'm talking about you New Zealand) it looks like I'm one of the first in TAW to dip his toe into the new year. God bless you all abundantly in 2018, and give you strength for the struggles we will all have to...

BREAKING NEWS: The Orthodox Church of Puerto Rico enters into communion with the Catholic Church. This news comes from Puerto Rico: June 10, 2017 the Pan Orthodox of St. Spyridon in Trujillo Alto, PR community were received into the Catholic Church as a Greco Catholic Byzantine community under...

Cardinal George Pell ‘to face charges’ CARDINAL George Pell will face serious child sex charges later today. The Australian is reporting a summons has been issued. It relates to the child sex investigation by Victoria Police, Taskforce Sano. Cardinal Pell, 76, is Australia’s most senior...

For those who are unaware, there is a blog called "shameless orthodoxy" which I suppose was created in response to another blog called "shameless popery", in which the author delves primarily into the Latin traditions, readily confessing a lack of sufficient knowledge of Greek to read primary...

Russian Orthodox priest and adventurer, Fedor Konyukhov, circumnavigates the earth in world record 11 days in a balloon. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-23/russian-adventurer-lands-hot-air-balloon-in-wa/7654812 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Konyukhov