On Sunday 7th of February 2021, the St Stephen’s Central Youth Committee of the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide organised a day retreat at the parish of St Nicholas, Wallaroo. The day got off to a beautiful start, with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy presided by His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope. Concelebrating with him were the…

Recognizing there is a great need to develop relevant resources, programs and activities to keep youth and young adults engaged in the church, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco has expanded the youth ministry office by establishing the position of Pastor of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. As of February 1, 2021, Rev. Father…

On February 12, 2021, at 12:00 Moscow time, the conference «The Church and the Pandemic» will be held online, marking the fifth anniversary of the meeting of Pope Francis and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in Havana. During the event, presentations will be made by the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s…

It’s official! Marrickville Rd has been officially renamed as Sydney’s Little Greece. “Council has just voted to rename the Marrickville Rd Precinct as “Little Greece” 🇬🇷 This is about respecting our migrant heritage and continuing to build our multicultural future. To all the Greek Australians who have built Marrickville into one of the best places…

The Archdiocese of Cluj spent 3.3 million Euros on philanthropy last year, offering aid or other forms of support to approximately 16,000 beneficiaries. The announcement was made at the Eparchial Assembly gathered on Saturday in central Romania’s Cluj-Napoca city. The meeting began with a Te Deum service, after which His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj…

Archimandrites Nichifor Horia and Ioan Harpa were nominated by the Metropolitan Synod of Moldavia and Bucovina for the position of Auxiliary Bishop of Iași. The proposals were approved on February 2 and were forwarded to the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Archimandrite Nichifor Horia is the Abbot of the “Holy Three Hierarchs” in…

In celebration of International Greek Language Day, The Embassy of Greece and the University of Chicago, Division of the Humanities, Center for Hellenic Studies present, “The Greek Language: A living Bridge Through History,” a lecture by Dr. Anastasia Giannakidou Professor of Linguistics, University of Chicago. When: Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm EST Register…

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Bishop Gerasim and President of Srpska visited the area affected by the earthquake. On February 10, 2021, His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac met with the President of the Republic of Srpska, Mrs. Zeljka Cvijanovic in Petrinja, a city that was destroyed in a devastating earthquake in December 2020. The meeting was attended by…