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With splendor and religious magnificence, the Orthodox Christians celebrated the Resurrection of the Lord in the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Alexandria. His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria [...]
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Nov 12, 2022 · HOLY ARCHDIOCESE OF AKSUM. His Eminence Daniel, Metropolitan of Aksum, Most Honorable and Exarch of All Ethiopia and Eritrea, (born Dimitrios Biazis) was born in Zakynthos in 1977.
Feb 17, 2020 · His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios is returning hastily from Constantinople for the funeral of his grand-nephew, Dimitri Alexandris, grandson of his brother, Fr. Konstantinos, and therefore not possible for the Archbishop to attend the funeral of Bishop Christoforos.
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The city of thousands of churches — Thessaloniki — became the first large center of Christianity spreading. It is the place where in 49 a.d. the Apostle Paul arrived to tell the people of Greece about Jesus Christ. And right here in the III century Dimitris of Solun had been preaching Christianity and abolishing heathenry. Later he became one of th...
In the 4th century on the ruins of Roman baths, where Saint Dimitrios took his martyrdom in the dungeon, a small church was built. Believers from many various places walked and drove here to get recovery with the help of holy myrrh and to pray on the grave of great Martyr Dimitrios. And after one more century the Illyrian prefect Leontius who got a...
Survived through many centuries, despite the attacks and conflagrations, the temple of Saint Dimitrios impresses with its unique architecture and rich sculptural decoration. A number of unique mosaics and marble lining that dates back to V-IX centuries survived to these days as well as the columns which were built of Egyptian porphyry, precious mar...
Before the tragic conflagration of 1917 in the yard on the western side of the temple there were gates and some parts of ancient stadium which existed right near it long time ago. Nowadays you can see a big marble bowl for the blessing of water. Opposite the entrance there is a crypt where Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Panteleimon II is buried — due...
Dimitrios was the 269th ecumenical patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox church. After studying at the French lycée in the Galata district of Istanbul, Dimitrios Papadopoulos entered the Holy Trinity School of Theology on the island of Heybeli in the Sea of Marmara.
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Aug 31, 2017 · The holy, glorious and right-victorious Great-martyr (Greek: Μεγαλομάρτυς) Demetrius of Thessaloniki the Myrrh-streamer (Greek Μυροβλήτης) (also Demetrios) is one of the most popular saints in the Orthodox world.
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Oct 29, 2012 · The Serbian Orthodox Church reveres St. Demetrius as Mitar, having a feast of Mitrovdan on 8 November. He is known in Lebanon as Mar Dimitri or Mitri for short, which is a common name among Christian Lebanese. He is known in the Coptic Church as “St. Demetrius of Thessalonica”.
