The Castellorizian Association of NSW’s new home, ‘The Castellorizian’, was officially opened on Saturday with the cut of a blue ribbon from Archbishop Makarios and NSW Governor Margaret Beazley. Master of Services John Mangos, who is of Castellorizian heritage, welcomed all attending honourable dignitaries and Greek community leaders to the private grand opening, saying how…

Dear colleagues We are writing to inform you about the 1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi, Mount Athos and the Theology Teachers of the Open Educational Resources Platform “red-religie.ro” will take place Monday the 17th of May 2021 at 19:30 Greek time (12:30 EASTERN). The developers and users…

The 9th Meeting of Bishops and Archiepiscopal Vicars of Australia was held under the Presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia in Sydney on 13 and 14 May 2021. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios conveyed the Paschal greetings and blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the holy Hierarchs and Vicars that were in…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, this week underlined the contribution of the Church and the Orthodox Clergy during the titanic Greek struggle against Ottoman rule, as this year marks the bicentennial of the commence of the Greek War of Independence. The Archbishop delivered the address at an anniversary event organized on by the…

The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, on Thursday received representatives of the Greek Cypriot Association of the London Metropolitan Police to express His gratitude for their assistance throughout the recent Holy and Great Easter Week.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week arrived on the Marmara Sea island of Halki, accompanied by Grand Syncellus, of first secretary Iakovos and Patriarchal Deacon Barnabas. The Ecumenical Patriarch was received at the entrance of the Halki Seminary, which is located on the eponymous isle, by its Abbot, Bishop…

The Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia noted that “…the war in the Holy Land is a tribulation for the local residents and the entire region, but it also pains the hearts of millions, including those in Georgia, as our spiritual life is, and continues to be linked deeply with them.”

Greece’s president of the republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on Friday continued an official tour of the northeast Thrace region, visiting the city of Komotini for the commemorations of the 101st anniversary of the region’s liberation and inclusion into the modern Greek state.    

Thousands of Muslims took part in a group prayer on Thursday, led by Turkey’s supreme imam Ali Erbaş, at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople – the first time that a so-called Bayram festival was celebrated there after a shocking decision by Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reconvert the greatest of all basilicas of…