At the conclusion of the annual Christmas carol concert organised by the Romanian Patriarchate, held on Tuesday evening at the Palace of the Patriarchate, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a message reflecting on the theological, cultural and historical significance of the Romanian Christmas carol tradition. Addressing clergy, performers and the faithful gathered…

Students from the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW Afternoon and Saturday Greek Schools from Clemton Park PS brought joy, colour, and Christmas spirit to the residents of the Greek Orthodox Community Home for the Aged in Earlwood. Children from Kindergarten to high school arrived dressed in festive outfits and performed four traditional Greek Christmas carols….

On the evening of Sunday, 1/14 December 2025, a musical event was held at the Church of Saint Nicholas in Beit Jala by the choir of the Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox Community of Beit Jala, in collaboration with the choir of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre under the direction of the chief cantor Deacon Efstathios….

On Saturday, 13 December 2025, the Greek Orthodox Parish of Milan held, for the second consecutive year, its Christmas Celebration, an initiative that was entirely organised by the Parish itself and warmly embraced once again this year by a large number of attendees. The event was opened with a greeting by the Parish Priest, Archimandrite…

Yesterday, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa visited Heraklion, and specifically Nea Alikarnassos, where he presided over a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in honor of Saint Eleftherios at the Holy Church located near the Nea Alikarnassos Prison. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated in an atmosphere of profound reverence, with the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in a letter addressed to His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, expresses the sympathy and solidarity of the Mother Church, as well as his own personally, in response to the deadly terrorist attack of 14 December 2025 in Sydney. His All-Holiness emphasises, among other things, that the Ecumenical Patriarchate “unceasingly…

Sauturday 3 January 2026 – 19:30 Greek time Elder Ephraim engages in a discussion with Bishop of Limassol Athanasios on the topic: ” The living experience of Divine Grace ” The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English, Romanian, Arabic, Georgian, Italian, French, Russian There will be time for questions and answers…

On Sunday, 7th December 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided during Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Ambrose and St Stylianos in Milton Keynes. Concelebrating with His Eminence were the Revd Oikonomos Gregory Wellington, Priest-in-Charge, and the Revd Presbyter Michail Norok from Thessaloniki. The Revd…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Vatopaidi Metochion of Saint Andrew in Galata on Saturday, 13 December, the day on which, according to the Julian calendar, the memory of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called is celebrated, and on which the Russian-speaking community of Constantinople holds its feast. At…