This year marks fifty years of God-pleasing and sacrificial ministry offered by the priestly couple, Fr Steven and Presvytera Patricia Scoutas, to the Parish of Saint Spyridon in the suburb of Kingsford, Sydney. The most fitting occasion to express gratitude for their service arose during the Parish’s Feast Day celebrations, which culminated on Friday, 12…

With due ecclesiastical splendour and majesty, the Great Festal Hierarchical Vespers in honour of Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous, the Wonderworker, was celebrated on the evening of Thursday, 11 December, at the celebrating Church of St Spyridon in the suburb of Kingsford, Sydney. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia presided at the Service, concelebrating with…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was the keynote speaker at the 12th International Academic Meeting of Orthodoxy and Judaism, entitled “The Sacredness of Place, the Sacredness of Space,” which took place in Geneva, Switzerland. In his address, the Ecumenical Patriarch emphasised that sacred spaces and human dignity are inseparably connected. He called upon communities to…

A new Orthodox church is being built in Albania, dedicated to Saint Lazarus in the village of Stermén in the Elbasan region. The new structure is rising on the site of a small, dilapidated building, marking a significant step in strengthening local religious life. The parish has appealed to the faithful for support, and parishioners…

With great enthusiasm and in a wonderfully festive Christmas atmosphere, another beautiful tradition of the historic Community of Mega Revma in Constantinople was celebrated again this year. On the afternoon of 6 December 2025, the Great Vespers of Saturday were celebrated in the Church of the Archangels, presided over by the Hierarchical Overseer, His Eminence…

On Wednesday, 10th December 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain took part in a special service at Westminster Abbey entitled A Service to Celebrate Christian Witness in Advent. The service brought together representatives of Christian communities from around the world, honouring those who witness to Christ faithfully, whether in peace, hardship,…

In an interview with Formula AS magazine, Father Daniel Corîu spoke about the joys, difficulties and unexpected collaborations that accompany his pastoral mission in Japan. Father Corîu has served in Japan for 12 years, ministering to around 200 families, most of them Romanian–Japanese. He is the only Romanian Orthodox priest in the country, after the…

A mass Baptism was celebrated in Cuba on Saturday, December 6, the new calendar feast of St. Nicholas. The Sacrament was celebrated at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Havana by the visiting Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Six adults and two children were united…

His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece,, had the opportunity to venerate the grace-filled holy relic of Saint Sophia of Kleisoura at the Synodal Chapel of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. The relic of the Saint was brought by His Eminence Metropolitan Kallinikos of Kastoria, on the occasion of its…