A TRIBUTE FROM MODE OF LIFE Today worldwide, Greek Orthodox Christians mark the feast of the Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary. A feast which was moved from its original date to the 28th October due to the countless miracles that the Holy Theotokos wrought with God’s grace for the Greek people during one of their darkest and trying …

By Andreas C. Chrysafis The exodus of thousands of refugees continues with no end in sight. Those victims of human insanity hand over their life savings to smugglers to show them the way to the land of milk and honey. We see war refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants and opportunists crossing borders and running to escape authorities; we see mayhem …

Alexander the Great was and still is considered to be the greatest General ever lived. His battle strategy and remarkable war techniques are studies to this very day but what he is most admired for it’s his leadership; his troops were ready to give up their lives for him and one asks why? It is very simple: his people loved …

ALBANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST. ATHANASIUS DESTROYED. On August 26, 2015 at around 4 o’clock in the morning construction forces attacked and destroyed the church of St. Athanasius in Dhermi in Himara, which had recently been twice vandalized, reported the press office of the Albanian Orthodox Church. The destruction crew gave no notice and did not allow the parish faithful …

There are questions which we cannot avoid and from which we cannot hide in a fog of rhetorical questions and vague allusions. Basically, there is the question of whether single-sex cohabitation is a sin which separates people from the Church, or not. By Sergei Khudiev The article by Archpriest Robert Arrida ‘Response To Myself’ is of interest, but not so much …

Islamist group threatens to kill 200 more Assyrian men taken captive in February unless $100,000 ransom is paid for each   According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Islamic State militants appear to have killed three Christian captives in Syria. The men were captured in February when Isis overran a series of Assyrian settlements in north-east Syria. Kabur …

Ceremony held at the Greek Orthodox church of St Anna in Bundall Queensland Police Service honoured 140 fallen officers at a memorial held at the Greek Orthodox Church Of St Anna in Bundall, last week. Constable Brett Irwin was amongst the fallen, shot dead on his first night shift during a routine arrest. The 33-year-old police officer was executing a …