Two ornate 18th century doors, looted from a church in Cyprus in the 1970s, were finally repatriated from Japan to the east Mediterranean island republic this week. The pair of doors are dated 1778 and adorned the Church of St. Anastasios in Cyprus. The Church of St. Anastasios was looted in 1974 during the invasion…

The new academic year began in Alexandria’s Greek community schools this week with 47 pupils. A blessing ceremony was officiated by the Patriarchal Vicar of Alexandria, Metropolitan Narkissos, who conveyed the best wishes and blessing of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II. In another part of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Euphemia the Great Martyr. St. Euphemia was from Chalcedon and lived in virginity. According to accounts, she suffered martyrdom during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian in the early fourth century. Her sacred relics are preserved at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. A Divine Liturgy was held on…

Turkey should “respect the monuments that other robust spiritual civilisations erected in its territory,” such as Hagia Sophia and Chora Church, Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, has said. Speaking at the opening of an exhibition at Athens’ Byzantine and Christian Museum on Wednesday evening, he said all countries should be duty bound to respect Byzantine…

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helene, Perth, WA, with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy officiated by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea and in the presence of the Greek Consul in Perth, Mrs Georgia Karasiotou. The Feast commemorated the finding of the Precious…

It is with great pleasure that we announce to the faithful of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia that the ordinations of the new Bishops, who were elected at the last session of the Holy and Sacred Synod of our Ecumenical Patriarchate and taking into account the strict restrictions for dealing with the pandemic, will be…

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The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week met with director Lordan Zafranovic to express his support for a film recounting the unspeakable horrors of the WWII-era concentration camp of Jasenovac. The death camp, operated by the pro-Nazi and ultra-nationalist Ustasha regime in Croatia and parts of the former Yugoslavia, was an integral part…

The Church today venerates the memory of Nikitas the Goth, the Great Martyr. Today is also the feast day of Vissarion of Larissa.