The “1st Theological and Spiritual Dialogue with Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi, Mount Athos and the Seminarians of the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement of the United States (OISM)“, will take place Friday NOV 13, 2020 07:30 PM Athens time (12:30pm EST). English, Romanian and Rusian interpretation available if you have installed the ZOOM app. If you are…

  By Evelyn Karatzas. On Sunday, November 8, a special commemoration paniyiri for the liberation of Lesvos was held by the Mytilenian Association of the Canberra District at St Nicholas Church in Kingston, Canberra. The name day of the Greek National Army and the Archangels Michael and Gabriel were also commemorated on the day. With…

St Nectarios Burwood today commemorated 100 years since the repose of their patron saint with a special church service officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and priests from across Sydney. Due to coronavirus restrictions, only 50 people were able to attend the service, but parishioners continued to flock to the church throughout the…

On this day in 1866, one of the bloodiest events in modern Greek history took place at the historic Monastery of Arkadi in central Crete. To mark this important liberation event, we take a look back at its history. Before the holocaust: Under Ottoman occupation, many Cretans felt they were being mismanaged and as result,…

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020 Sundays of Advent: Planting the Seeds for the New Covenant Fr. Michael Massouh ​Published in the 2020 November/December edition of The Word Unlike Great Lent, the Advent Season stands without additional weekday services or Sunday remembrances that would help us keep the fast for the forty days and help prepare us…

On the occasion of the great jubilee – 950 years of the monastery of the Venerable Prohor of Pcinja in the Diocese of Vranje – an international monastic symposium entitled “950 years of the Venerable Prohor Pčinjski” was held on October 30 and 31, 2020. Several metropolitans, bishops, abbots and abbesses from ten countries (Russia,…

Individuals and business are encouraged to donate food items Greek Australian households in financial need will receive a Christmas Hamper in a joint effort between the Greek Orthodox Parishes and the Greek Welfare Centre. For the past twenty three years the Greek Welfare Centre has taken the leading role in organising and coordinating an Easter…

Police on Sunday said they were looking for information on the theft of a copper plaque from the tombstone of former President Tassos Papadopoulos. The plaque, depicting Papadopoulos, was reported stolen on Sunday morning, along with two copper crosses from other graves from the old cemetery of Deftera village, in the Nicosia district. The plaque’s…

On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, the feast day of St Hilarion, Schema-monk of Kievo-Pechersk, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, celebrated Divine Liturgy at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady “of the Sign” in New York. He was joined by His…