On the Sunday after the feast of Epiphany, 12 January 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, liturgised at the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, in the suburb of Kogarah, Sydney, and was joined in concelebration by Their Graces, Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis and Bishop Christodoulos of Magnesia, Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial…

In the context of the celebration of the Great Feast of Epiphany, on Sunday, 12 January 2025, the annual ceremony of the Blessing of the Waters and the Immersion of the Holy Cross at the coastal location of Carss Bush Park took place with particular splendour and with the widespread participation of the Sydney Greek…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message on the occasion of the enthronement of His Grace Bishop Nectarie Petre as the first Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Ireland and Iceland. The event took place at St. Columba’s Church of Dublin II Parish. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel reminded Bishop Nectarie that he has “the…

The National Cathedral in Bucharest will be consecrated on Sunday, October 26, 2025, by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Marking the Romanian Patriarchate’s Centennial The event coincides with the Centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate. In 2025, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates 140…

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, prays for the health of His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, who is hospitalised at the Evangelismos General Hospital in Athens, Greece. For six days, Archbishop Anastasios has been in critical condition and is currently under the close observation of a team…

FIRST LITURGY IN THE TEMPLE OF SAINTS MICHAEL AND GABRIEL ARCHANGELS AT THE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WORKS On Sunday the 12th January 2025, His Eminence Archbishop IOANNIS Metropolitan of Zambia and Mozambique presided over the first ever Liturgy in the Diocese Residence ground, concelebrated by the Reverend Fathers Spyridon, Arsenios and Prodromos. The Divine Liturgy was…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in an official Patriarchal Letter to the Carter Family, expressed the warm condolences of the Ecumenical Throne and himself personally for the passing of the late Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States. The Patriarchal Letter notes, among other things, that the Late Former President Carter was a great…

On Thursday, 27 December 2024 / 9 January 2025, on the feast of the Holy First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen, the following Christian Churches and Communities visited the Patriarchate for the celebration of Christmas: The Franciscan Brotherhood – Custody of the Holy Land, led by its Superior, Fr Francesco Paton. During this visit, mutual prayers…

“The health condition of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania has rapidly deteriorated, and he has been transferred to the ICU, where he is currently intubated,” stated an official announcement released on January 10, 2025, via the Archdiocese’s official social media accounts. The medical team is closely monitoring his condition, while the Church of Albania…