Old Calendarists, also known as Old Feasters, Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians, are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Christians that separated from mainstream Eastern O
Apparition of the Holy Cross over the Greek Old Calendarist Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Hymettus, in 1925. Artist's rendition in a newspaper at the time.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
The Church of Greece, is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox church and one of the churches within the communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Its canonical territory is confined to the borders of Greec
Old Calendarists
…the Russian Orthodox Church and some other Eastern Orthodox churches have continued to use the Julian calendar liturgically to this day. In 1924, the Church of Greece adopted the Revised Julian calendar, also called 'New calendar'. "At first, resistance to the New Calendar was muted". The Old Calendarists in Greece…
Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens
Saint Paul delivering the Areopagus Sermon in Athens, by Raphael, 1515.
Damaskinos of Athens, persecuted by the Metaxas dictatorship for his democratic convictions. Later, as Archbishop, he carried out significant humanitarian work for Jews and Christians during the Occupation.
Hagia Triada Cathedral, Piraeus