On Thursday, 16 January 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Ireland visited the headquarters of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in Sydney. The Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne was warmly welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who was joined by clergy of the Archdiocese. After his tour of the recently renovated Cathedral of…

On Tuesday, 1st / 14th January 2025, the memory of Saint Basil the Great, the Heavenly Manifestor, was celebrated at his Holy Monastery, located near the New Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, under the care, preparation, and hospitality of the Hegumen and Elder Kamarasis, Archimandrite Nektarios. The celebration included Vespers in the evening…

At midnight on the 1st/14th of January 2025, a festive Divine Liturgy – “Parrhesia” – took place at the Most Holy and Life-Giving Tomb on the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the commemoration of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, the Great Hierarch and Ecumenical Teacher. The Divine Liturgy…

On Sunday, 12 January 2025, at the Orthodox Church of Estonia, in the city of Pärnu and at the Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the ordination of His Grace Bishop Damaskinos of Haapsalu, who is Finnish by origin, and who belonged to the brotherhood of the Holy Xenophontos Monastery of Mount Athos,…

With the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Brisbane blessed and cut the traditional vasilopita for the Diocese of Brisbane on the occasion of the commencement of the new year. From the outset, on behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace thanked the clergy and…

On Tuesday the 14th of January 2025, the official blessing and cutting of the Vasilopita took place at the Diocese of Perth Function Centre in Dianella, presided over by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Perth. At the end of the blessing, His Grace read the Message of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia “on the…

Last week, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat marked his name day by sharing lunch with the beneficiaries of the Emergency Social Centre for Homeless People at Pădurea Verde in Timișoara, whom he called “brothers of Christ.” The metropolitan brought dozens of containers of warm food and dined alongside the shelter residents. “Do you see…

During the Epiphany season, Romanians in Zagreb gathered in prayer to usher in the New Year at the city’s Romanian church. The liturgical program began last Saturday evening with the Great Vespers service and continued on Sunday through Tuesday with the Divine Liturgy. Following Sunday’s Liturgy, Fr. Nicolae Ceruță, the parish priest of the Romanian…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received on Tuesday, 14 January 2025, the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Mr Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, along with his delegation. The Ecumenical Patriarch and the Minister had the opportunity to discuss current issues in a cordial atmosphere. Present at the meeting were the Grand Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Aetios, Director of the…