This year, Melbourne celebrates the 80th Battle of Crete anniversary early due to the pandemic. Australia’s Cretans don’t get to visit Greece in 2021, hence, this weekend the Pancretan Association of Australia and New Zealand, the Cretan Brotherhood of Melbourne and Battle of Crete Commemorative Council organised a series of events. The honorary guests for…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral Richmond, Virginia April 18, 2021 Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am so delighted to be with you, in this magnificent Cathedral in Richmond, as we prepare to soon enter into the most sacred…

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Fr. Bassam Nassif We stand on the threshold of Holy Week. The Lord Jesus Christ triumphally enters Jerusalem to raise us and save us through His Holy Crucifixion and Glorious Resurrection. The “hour” has come, and the Lord prays in the Garden of Gethsemane: “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from…

Preparations are underway for the beginning of works on the building of the Church Community On April 14, 2021, the first phase of works on the renovation of the Church of the Transfiguration in Zagreb began, which was severely damaged in last year’s earthquake (March 22). Emergency rehabilitation is performed according to the project of…

The Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos, His Eminence Amvrosios, this week extended his sincere condolences for the repose of hieromonk Chrysanthos Agiannanitis, of the Skete of St Anne on Mount Athos.

The Alexandria Patriarchate’s Archbishop of Nairobi and Exarch of All Kenya, His Eminence Makarios, this week visited the cathedral of St. Irene and its affiliated Sunday school, in order to inspect ongoing construction works. His Eminence prayed at the church, before blessing and speaking with the young pupils of the school. Makarios later visited the…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week continued to receive foreign envoys accredited to Serbia, as he met separately at the Patriarchate in Belgrade with the ambassadors of Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Slovenia. As expected, discussions focused on the situation in the western Balkans, where the Serbian Patriarch reiterated the Patriarchate’s position for…

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias wound up an official visit to Turkey on Thursday, after meeting with Turkish leadership, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, as well as with his counterpart. A day earlier, Dendias met with the Ecumenical Patriarch at Greece’s general consulate in Constantinople. During a closely watched press briefing by the…