In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit one God, Amen! This Sunday, which is the first Sunday of Great Lent, is the Sunday of Orthodoxy—the Sunday of right belief or correct faith. This Sunday emphasizes the necessity of right belief, which our Lord grants through clarity of mind and…

In recent days, Syria has witnessed a dangerous escalation of violence, brutality, and killings, resulting in attacks on innocent civilians, including women and children. Homes have been violated, their sanctity disregarded, and properties looted—scenes that starkly reflect the immense suffering endured by the Syrian people. The Christian Churches while strongly condemning any act that threatens…

On the first Sunday of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Parish of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene in Bentleigh, commemorating the sacred Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Joining His Grace was the Parish Priest, Father Chris Dimolianis, along with the Father Efstathios Ladas,…

On Saturday of the first week of Lent, 23 February / 8 March 2025, the Patriarchate commemorated the boiled wheat miracle of Saint Theodore the Tyron at his Holy Monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem. The miracle in question was performed by Saint Theodore the Tyron (from the Latin “tiro-nis,” meaning “newly enlisted soldier”),…

In the evening of Friday, the first week of Great Lent, 22nd February / 7th March 2025, at the Catholicon of the Sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre and within the framework of the service of the Small Compline, the canon of the Theotokos was chanted, with the First Stasis of the Akathist Hymn to…

The First Sunday of Lent, known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy, was celebrated on Sunday, 9 March 2025, with great solemnity and deep reverence at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, with a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy. His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece presided over the Divine Liturgy, and was joined by Their Eminences,…

With all due solemnity and in accordance with the centuries-old tradition, the Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated on Sunday, 9 March 2025, at the Holy See of the First-Throne Church of Constantinople. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy, and was joined in concelebration by His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphaniy…

On Sunday, 9 March 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia officiated at the 2nd Lenten Vespers of Holy and Great Lent which took place at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, at the Phanar. Find below the video from the 2nd Lenten Vespers: vema.com.au

he Holy Synod of Jerusalem convened at the Patriarchate in Jerusalem on Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Gregorian calendar), corresponding to February 21 (Julian calendar). The session was presided over by His Beatitude Kyrios Kyrios Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, with the participation of the members of the Holy Synod. His Beatitude, together with the…