Emporio, Santorini, Greece, February 11, 2025 Photo: orthodoxianewsagency.gr As earthquakes continue in Santorini and Amorgos, the Orthodox faithful held a procession with holy icons and relics yesterday, calling on the Lord for relief. A state of emergency has been declared on Santorini as the Greek volcanic island experiences an intense “earthquake swarm,” with over…
Photo: solba.ru Holy Hieromartyr Ioann (Ivan Mikhailovich Granitov) was born in 1875. He was ordained a priest, later elevated to the rank of archpriest, and appointed rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in the stanitsa2 of Talgar, Vernensky Uyezd, Semirechensk province. Holy Hieromartyr Konstantin (Konstantin Ivanovich Zverev) was born in 1881. He graduated…
Archpriest Peter Guryanov is the rector of the Church of the Queen of All Icon of the Mother of God in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Province, Russia. He also serves as head of the Information and Publishing Department of the Melekess Diocese, Chairman of the Diocesan Commission on Family, Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, and member of…
Prešov, Slovakia, February 11, 2025 Photo: orthodox.sk The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia met in Prešov on January 28, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Rastislav. Among other matters, the hierarchs addressed the turmoil in Syria. The hierarchs took note of the Patriarch John and Syrian…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has expressed confidence that the mass emigration of healthcare professionals, popularly known as the “japa syndrome,” will soon subside. Speaking during a working visit to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) on Monday, Salako credited this optimism to the focused reforms and policies introduced…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Abia State Command has arrested 3 suspects for vandalism of oil pipeline, oil theft and illegal dealings in petroleum products at Umuowaga Umuelechi Obuzo Asa in Ukwa West LGA in Abia State. Spokesperson of the command, ASC II Doreen Udugwu, who disclosed this in a…
The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that 800 former Boko Haram fighters who surrendered to the military are currently undergoing deradicalisation for onward re-integration into the society. Chief of Defence Training and Operations, Emeka Onumajuru, who disclosed on Channels TV Morning Brief on Monday, February 10, 2025, said one year is sufficient enough to re-orient…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the dismissed Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, to defend himself in court rather than through a news conference. The Chief Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the statement in Abuja on Monday, February 10, advising Yunusa-Ari to take advantage of…
The Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS) says the high rate of immigration of health workers is impacting on the number of oncologists attending to cancer patients in the country. President of the society, Prof. Abidemi Emmanuel Omonisi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the society’s commemoration of the World Cancer Day. Oncologists are doctors…
A 32-year-old foreign national has been tracked down and arrested by Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) 17 hours after she dumped her newborn baby near the manhole of a stormwater drain. A Reaction Officer on Bike Patrol on Wick Street in the Verulam – CBD found the girl hanging on the edge of…
