Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D. “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses”. Proverbs 10:12 Every day I wake up and stare at the new illegal Israeli settlement right in front of my kitchen window. It has been a very different life as a Greek-American living in a Palestinian Christian village that my husband loves so much.  This morning after listening …

INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS Not too recently, the Neos Kosmos English Edition published a rather tedious article about Valentine’s Day by a certain Nelly Skoufatoglou. The article in question, interviewed various members of Melbourne’s Greek community about how they viewed or celebrated “Valentine’s Day”. And of course one got an appreciation of differing views, most of which expressed the thought that Valentine’s Day …

MPS VOTE AGAINST EXPLICIT BAN ON SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTIONS By Simon Caldwell – Monday, 23 February 2015 Fiona Bruce’s amendment to the Serious Crime Bill has been voted down by the Commons An attempt to make the sex-selective abortions of baby girls an explicitly criminal offence has been thrown out by the House of Commons. An amendment to the Serious Crime Bill, tabled by Fiona …

Armenia has arguably produced more martyrs than anywhere else, given that the victims of the genocide were killed in hatred of the Faith By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith – Wednesday, 4 February 2015   Early February is a good time, liturgically speaking. On Monday we celebrated the lovely feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, when candles were blessed, marking the …

MODE OF LIFE INTRODUCTION Dearly beloved readers, we post this selection of articles from the British Roman Catholic online site “The Catholic Herald”, as it raises a very serious issue regarding the current discussion and legalisation of Three-way IVF within the United Kingdom. I suspect, that this issue of three-parent babies will become another one of these bio-ethical issues that …

Introductory Remarks What can be said? Simply it is a pity that those political leaders within the West and the Arab Gulf countries who are responsible for supporting Jihadist scum like ISIS are not its victims…..But if history is anything to go by, such criminal acts do not go unpunished or remain isolated and confined to their particular scene. And if …

Let us not then despair of our safety, but let us pray; let us make invocation; let us supplicate; let us go on embassy to the King that is above with many tears! We have this fast, too, as an ally, and as an assistant in this good intercession. Therefore, as when the winter is over and the summer is …

Author: Fr George Dimopoulos Source: Orthodox Sermons for all the Sundays of the Year – Volume I Publisher: Christian Orthodox Editions “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting” – (Matthew 17:21). Gospel Lesson: Matthew 6:14-21. Many of the laws and regulations of our Orthodox Church have been greatly misunderstood by our people. Even the educated and …

“The Greeks of Epirus are in desperate straits. They are persecuted, tortured, robbed, beaten and conspired against. Greeks are murdered daily in the street…“   DEAN KALIMNIOU Neos Kosmos Newspaper – 22 Feb 2013 When Giorgos Hatzis wrote this letter of protest to the head of the Ottoman Reform Commission in Epirus, in 1912, the whole of Epirus was still part …

  By REUTERS 19/02/2015 The EU currently imposes sanctions on officials, businessmen, institutions and trade, and bans the import of Syrian oil or petroleum products. Beirut/Paris: Some European Union countries which withdrew their ambassadors from Syria are saying privately it is time for more communication with Damascus even though Britain and France oppose it, diplomats said. Those states have become …