“It is a great honour for someone to serve the Metropolis of Paphos,” said the newly elected Metropolitan of Paphos, Gregorios, in his first public statements. Archimandrite Gregorios Ioannidis, Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Trimythous and Dean of the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus, was elected on Tuesday by the Holy Synod as…

The Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos issued an announcement welcoming the election of the newly elected Bishop of Tamassos, His Grace Bishop-elect Panaretos, who served for many years as one of its clergy. As stated in the announcement: “His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, together with the holy clergy and the faithful…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Holy Diocese of Adelaide celebrated the Feast of Saints Constantine and Helen at the regional city of Whyalla on 21st of May 2026 for the parish’s patronal feast. It was the first leg of a four-day trip visiting the communities of South Australia’s West…

On Tuesday, 26 May, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and proceeded with the election of auxiliary bishops: Bishop Epiphanios of Hexamilion, formerly of Olbia and canonically released from the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine, and Bishop Panaretos (Psaraftis) of Tamissos, until now…

Day 1 – 21 May 2026 His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in Lusaka on 21 May 2026 for an official pastoral and missionary visit to Zambia. The Patriarch was warmly welcomed at Lusaka International Airport by Theodore II of Alexandria, Ioannis of Zambia and Mozambique, government officials,…

The first official presentation of the volume “Mount Athos and the Orthodox Ecumene: The Influence of the Monastic State during the Years of Ottoman Rule (1423/24–1912)”, a publishing initiative of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy in collaboration with the Society for Macedonian Studies and the Athonite Centre, took place in the hall of the Society…

A Hierarchical Divine Liturgy concelebrated by two Hierarchs was celebrated on Sunday, 24 May, at the Metropolitan Church of Saint Achillios in Larissa, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Crete and the unveiling of the monument dedicated to the 5th Division of Cretans, the majority of whose members met their end…

On 25 May 2026, during his visit to Albania and his meetings with senior Albanian government representatives, the Greek Minister of National Defence, Mr. Nikos Dendias, visited the Orthodox Cathedral of the “Resurrection of Christ”, where he was received by His Beatitude Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, with whom he held a…

On the Sunday of the 318 Holy and God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, 24 May 2026, His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene officiated at Matins and presided over the Divine Liturgy at the celebrating holy church of the same name in the town of Shrewsbury in central England. About the holy altar, concelebrating…