On the morning of Wednesday, 23rd January / 5th February 2025, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos, visited the Holy Monastery of Abba Theodosios the Coenobiarch and held a memorial service at the tomb of the recently deceased Hegumen, the blessed Archimandrite Ierotheos, for the repose of his soul. The service was…

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay called for resuming dialogue that supports peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict has escalated following an incursion of Rwandan troops into Congolese sovereign territory on the Goma/Rubavu border. ”Dialogue is the only way to avoid further suffering in and around Goma,”…

On 4 and 5 February, a Panhellenic Conference was held in Athens, at the “Hellenic World” Cultural Centre, on the theme “The responsibility of humanity for the healing of society from human slavery. The ecclesiastical proposal, “From the slavery of sin to the redemption of the Resurrection”, is co-organised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, through the…

With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, His Grace Patriarchal Vicar Bishop Romanos (Al-Hannat) and His Grace Patriarchal Assistant Bishop Moussa (Al-Khoury) received a joint Lebanese-Syrian delegation headed by Mr. Marwan Haidar. The meeting took place within the framework of ongoing efforts with the new political administration in Syria, during which views were…

It was with much joy and excitement that the Oakleigh Grammar School Community gathered for the Annual Blessing of Waters at the commencement of the New Academic Year. The sanctification service was conducted by His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne. His Grace was supported by the School Chaplain, Fr Stavros Kakavas, together with Fr Kyrillos…

On Wednesday, 5 February 2025, the Great Vespers Service on the occasion of the feast of Our Father among the Saints, Photios the Great, Archbishop of Constantinople and Confessor, took place in the Chapel of the Theological School of Halki, and was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Krini, Patriarchal Exarch of Malta, while…

At the Holy Metropolitan Church of Saint Achillios in Larissa, His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos, officiated, where, before the Great Vespers in Alogos Square, he welcomed the sacred Skull of the Holy Father David the Elder from the Holy Monastery of Saint David in Evia. In his sermon, His Eminence, after recounting…

A delegation from the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organisations (UCCRO) met with the president of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, on 30 January 2025, at his residence in London. The meeting focused on CEC’s support for Ukraine through its Pathways to Peace initiative….

With due ecclesiastical splendour, devotion and the presence of thousands of faithful believers, the city of Kalamata celebrated the feast of its patroness, “Panagia Ypapanti”, at the city’s celebrating Metropolitan Church. The Matins and the Feast Day Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy were presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Ephraim of Hydra, who was joined in concelebration…