On Wednesday, 16th / 29th January 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Veneration of the Holy Chain of the Apostle Peter at the Holy Monastery of Saint Nicodemus, the nocturnal disciple of Christ, also known as “of Phaki,” where meals of lentils (phaki) were distributed in times of famine during the Byzantine era….

On Thursday, 30 January 2025, His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi, Patriarchal Commissioner, presided over the feast day of the Three Hierarchs at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George the Great Martyr and Trophy-bearer at the Phanar.     vema.com.au

A memorial service was held on Wednesday evening, 29 January 2025, before the body of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Albania by Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria, Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and Archbishop George of Cyprus. Senior hierarchs and clergy from around the world continued to arrive at the Holy Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ…

As per his final wish, Archbishop Anastasios of Albania was laid to rest in a special crypt beneath the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Tirana. The revered hierarch passed away last Saturday at the age of 95. The Funeral Service took place yesterday, 30 January 2025, in an atmosphere of deep emotion, presided over by…

On Wednesday evening, 29 January 2025, the memory of the Three Holy Hierarchs, patron saints of Education, was celebrated at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Great Vespers of the feast day was celebrated at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George at the Phanar, and was officiated by His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of…

On Tuesday, 28 January 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, received at the headquarters of the Holy Metropolis a group of Orthodox military priests and their collaborators led by Archbishop Georgios of Wrocław and Szczecin, Bishop of the Polish Orthodox Service of Military Priests. These clergymen who…

With the blessing and support of His Eminence Metropolitan Polycarpos of Italy, the Eco-School reopened its doors for its second session, organised by the Orthodox Parish of Saints Menas the Great Martyr and Ephraim the New Martyr—the Miracle Workers—in Sedegliano, Italy. On 25 January 2025, parents and children gathered enthusiastically to participate in a unique…

A 300-kilometer route, the one that the Apostle Paul took on his second tour of Greece, from Samothrace and Kavala to Corinth, is now available to visitors to the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, within a few square meters. This is the temporary exhibition “In the Steps of the Apostle Paul” that was inaugurated on Wednesday…

On Sunday 26 January 2025, the Deputy Minister of National Defence Giannis Kefalogiannis, representing the Hellenic Government, attended the memorial service of the Hero Vice Admiral Panagiotis Vlahakos HN, who fell for the country at Imia on 31 January 1996. The ceremony took place at Konstantinos Karamanlis Square in Piraeus, where his Statue stands. After…