On the occasion of the feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by Saint Anna, according to the Julian Calendar, His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Selyvria presided over the feast day service at the Iviron Cell of Saint Anna in Karyes, Mount Athos The elder of Holy Cell is Hieromonk Antipas, a great…

On the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, 22 December 2024, the feast day of Saint Anastasia the Great Martyr, the Deliverer from Poisons, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised at All Saints Church, in the Sydney Suburb of Belmore, and was joined by Father Chris Triantafyllou, who served for fifty years at the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily at the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday before the Nativity December 22, 2024 Saint John’s Greek Orthodox Church Blue Point, Connecticut Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I rejoice to be with you for the Divine Service today, which is the very special Sunday before Christmas. Saint John’s is a…

+ B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO ALL THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE FROM THE SAVIOR CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM Most honorable brother hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, With the grace from above,…

On Thursday, December 6/19, 2024, the feast of our Holy Father Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia the Wonderworker, was celebrated by the Patriarchate. On this feast day, the Church remembers that Saint Nicholas lived during the time of Emperor Constantine the Great, participated in the First Ecumenical Council in 325, defended the consubstantiality of…

On Wednesday, December 5/18, 2024, the feast of our venerable Father Sabas the Sanctified was celebrated at the Patriarchate. During this feast, the whole Church, especially that of Jerusalem, recalls that according to the Synaxarion and other sources, the venerable Sabas was born in Mutalasca, Cappadocia, and came to the Holy Land around 456 at…

Speech of His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East During the meeting of the Patriarchs and Heads of Christian Denominations with the UN Envoy to Syria Patriarchate, Damascus, December 18, 2024 Antioch Patriarchate بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق للروم الأرثوذكس

His Beatitude Patriarch John X met with the Board of Directors of the Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development, the charitable arm of the Patriarchate, with the participation of the coordinators of the Syrian regions and governorates in which the department operates, at the Patriarchate in Damascus. During the meeting, His Beatitude focused on the…

In Victoria, in anticipation of the feast day of Christmas, the packaging and distribution of packages of love, which include food and toys collected by the Greek Welfare Centre of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, is progressing at an great pace. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, and with the direction…