His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta celebrated his first Divine Liturgy as the Shepherd of the Metropolis on Sunday, 26 January 2025, at the Annunciation Cathedral in Atlanta. The Metropolis has more than 70 parishes in the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana. The Cathedral, beautifully adorned with…

On Monday, 27 January 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed the Plenary Session of the Council of Europe, responding to an official invitation from the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council, Mr. Theodore Roussopoulos. The Patriarch was accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon and His Eminence Metropolitan Dimitrios of…

Following a short hiatus following the changes wrought as a result of Covid-19, the teachers of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Day Schools in Sydney had the great blessing to begin the new academic year with a special in-service at “the Heart of Orthodoxy in Australia” – the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our…

On the departure to the Lord of the blessed Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and all Albania, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem sent the following condolence message to the Church of Albania: “With deep sorrow, yet nonetheless with the sorrow of the Lord, who rose from the dead, we have been informed of the…

An influential catalyst in the Orthodox world and a giant in the ecumenical sphere, Archbishop Anastasios died after a short illness. An honorary member of the Academy of Athens and a former World Council of Churches (WCC) president, with more than six decades in the ecumenical movement, Anastasios was known as a herald of peace…

Exclamations of “Axios!” were cried as His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta was enthroned on Saturday, 25 January 2025 at the Annunciation Cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and in the presence of hundreds of faithful. Metropolitan Sevastianos, has served as a beloved hierarch in the Metropolis of Atlanta since…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the personality and work of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Albania on Saturday, 25 January 2025, in his address during his visit to the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Bischwiller, France, where he performed a trisagion memorial service for the repose of the soul…

This morning, Trisagion memorial services and prayers for the repose of the soul of the late Archbishop Anastasios were held in all the churches of Albania. In Tirana, at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Ioannis of Korçë, Locum Tenens of the Archdiocesan Throne, along with Metropolitans…

Coming from Austria, where he spent a few days of rest and reflection, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by Patriarchal Deacon Anatolios Doxastakis, arrived in Strasbourg by plane on Saturday, 25 January 2025. The visit is taking place at the official invitation of the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,…