A growing number of Britons support returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece, with nearly one in three saying all looted or disputed artefacts in British collections should be sent back, The Times reported, citing a new poll. The survey, carried out in late August by JL Partners for the Parthenon Project, found majority backing across…

On the 9th September 2025, when our Holy Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of Miletus, and Patriarchal Deacon Anatolios Doxastakis, proceeded to the Cemetery of Saint Ignatius…

From 18 – 22 August 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, serving in his capacity as President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), took part in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Week in Stockholm. The events marked the centenary of the 1925 Universal Christian Conference on Life and…

His Eminence Archbishop Damianos announced that he will submit his resignation as Abbot and Archbishop of Sinai on Friday, 12 September 2025, “in order to facilitate the functioning of the Holy Monastery until then,” according to his official statement. The Archbishop emphasised that his decision is guided by the unity of the Sinai Brotherhood and…

On the occasion of the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided on Monday, 8 September 2025, at the Divine Liturgy in the celebrating Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Palaio Banio, in the Diplokionion (Beşiktaş) district. In his address, the Ecumenical Patriarch noted that, particularly every…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew honoured with his presence the memorial event held on Saturday, 6 September 2025, in Neochori on the Bosphorus, within the framework of the “THEOTOKEIA 2025” celebrations and on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the pogrom against the Greeks of Constantinople (September 6, 1955 – September 6, 2025). The…

Greece and Egypt are “close to signing an agreement” that would resolve a deepening crisis at the historic Monastery of St Catherine in Sinai, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. Relations between Athens and Cairo have soured after an Egyptian court ruled last May that the 6th century site – the world’s oldest continuously…

“Whoever knows God, knows the purpose of his life.” (St. Maximus the Confessor) The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia, on the occasion of the beginning of the new ecclesiastical year, is pleased to announce the continuation of the adult catechism classes on the Orthodox Christian faith. The lessons will be delivered in English…

Dear parents, Sunday School teachers, and beloved children, On the occasion of the beginning of the new ecclesiastical and school year, we are pleased to announce that, starting on Sunday, September 14, 2025, our parishes’ Sunday School classes will commence. We kindly ask parents who accompany their children to occupy the front pews of our…