On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, the newly appointed Consul-General of Greece in Victoria Mr Emmanuel Kakavelakis visited the Archdiocesan offices for the District of Northcote. During his visit he met with the Archiepiscopal Vicar, Fr Evmenios who then gave him a tour of the Holy Monastery of Axion Esti and in particular the book centre….

The Patriarchate of Moscow’s deputy chairman for Church Relations with Society and Mass Media, Aleksandr Schipkov, this week referred to the use of social media by clerics. Schipkov noted that if a cleric chooses to enter and engage in a social media format, he must do so only with one purpose, namely, to bring a…

The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America convened at the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, for a regularly scheduled teleconference. Among others, hierarchs of the Holy Eparchial Synod unanimously approved the appointment of the Very Rev. Athenagoras Ziliaskopoulos, an Archimandrite of the Ecumenical throne, to the post of the Synod’s…

A law affecting ecclesiastical archives, the archives of Monasteries of Mount Athos and other religious communities was finally published today in the government gazette. The new law essentially amends and replaces a 2019 law that was sharply opposed by the Church of Greece. The previous legislation provided the relevant minister of education and religious affairs…

Turkey’s culture and tourism minister this week announced that it will declare 2021 as the year of ancient Patara, regardless of the fact that the same ministry had dedicated 2020, the previous year, to the same site. In continuing a campaign o exploit Orthodoxy and Hellenic culture in order to attract tourists, all amid the…

The head of Greece’s experts committee established to combat the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, on Thursday’s called for a strict observance of measures and restrictions until at least March, in order to prevent the spread of the virus. Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras, a noted epidemiologist, made the statement during a briefing of members of parliamentary committee. Tsiodras…

The Church today venerates the memory of Isidore of Pelusium. This Saint was from Alexandria, and was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom. He struggled in asceticism in a monastery at Mount Pelusium, and later became abbot there. Isidore wrote thousands of epistles filled with divine grace and wisdom. He reposed on Feb. 4, 440.

Balamand, Lebanon, January 29, 2021. For the occasion of its Golden Jubilee of higher education, St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand was deeply honored to host His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk for a keynote lecture. Metropolitan Hilarion is a member of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian…

On the 30th of January 2021, the yearly Archdiocesan event, dedicated to the Three Hierarchs, successfully took place online, due to the circumstances of the Covid 19 pandemic. The main speaker was the Very Revd. Archimandrite Theonas Bakalis, Priest-in-charge of the Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom in London. Fr Theonas spoke on the topic of…