On Tuesday, 23rd April / 6th May 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Saint George the Great Martyr and Trophy-Bearer. This feast and this Saint are among the most popular in the Holy Land, due to his maternal origin from the city of Lydda, where his tomb is located, the many miracles he performed,…

“Come, let us reason together” New Digital Fellowship Series with Elder Ephraim At the first e-meeting of the new series, Elder Ephraim engages in a discussion with an international Georgian-speaking audience Thursday May 8 at 19:30 EET Greek Time   Pemptousia and the the Elevation of the Cross Parish in Tbilisi, Georgia would like to…

NEW YORK, May 7 – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos, Geron of Derkon, to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Headquarters. The two Hierarchs, who share a longstanding personal and ecclesiastical association through their service at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, held a meeting and exchanged gifts. Among them was a…

The 2025 Clergy-Laity Assembly for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco convened on May 5 at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA. The theme of the Assembly focused on “Our Faith Can Move Mountains”. The Assembly began with an opening prayer service led by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, who…

Archbishop Atanasie of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be enthroned on Saturday at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Great Martyr George the Trophy-bearer in London, United Kingdom. The Divine Liturgy and enthronement ceremony will begin at 09:00 AM and will be celebrated by an assembly of hierarchs from both Romania and abroad, led by His…

On the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, 4 May 2025, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place at the Church of the Holy Twelve Apostles, of the Feriköy Community, in Constantinople. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, Patriarchal Supervisor of the Tataoula District, and who also preached…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the official opening Ceremony and Blessing of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia National Schools Event took place on Tuesday 6 May 2025 at the Church of Saint Nektarios in Dianella, WA. In attendance at the opening ceremony was the Consul for Greece in Perth…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, will be proclaimed Honorary Doctor of the Department of Theology and the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies of the School of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). The awarding ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 6:30 p.m. (Greece Time),…

On Tuesday, 6 May 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, welcomed to Athens, Their Graces, Bishop Elpidios of Perth, Bishop Silouan of Adelaide and Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne, as well as a group of laypeople from Australia, who are participating in the 14-day Pilgrimage organised by the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, with destinations in…