On Sunday, 10th/23rd February 2025, Sunday of the Meatfare, the feast of Saint Hieromartyr Haralambos was celebrated by the Patriarchate at his Holy Monastery, located at the final Station of the Via Dolorosa, near the Church of the Resurrection. Saint Haralambos was a Priest of the Christians in Magnesia, gentle, gracious, and full of Divine…

In the afternoon of Friday, 8th / 21st February 2025, in the Central Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, and as part of the Souls’ Saturday of the Triodion, after the Vespers Service, the Penitential Funeral Canon was chanted for the repose of the souls of the ever-memorable Patriarchs, blessed Archbishops, Priests, Deacons, and…

During His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II’s recently concluded visit to Kenya, the holy father noted, “The Door is Not Closed!” speaking to his beloved spiritual Children, that he still loves regardless. Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and all Africa message to our beloved brother clergy who unfortunately and drastically left the Patriarchate of…

Ιερώτατε Μητροπολίτα Ιωαννίνων κ. Μάξιμε, Θεοφιλέστατε Επίσκοπε Αλικαρνασσού κ. Αδριανέ, Εξοχότατοι Βουλευτές, Beloved Consul General of Ukraine, Your Excellencies, Reverend Fathers, Honourable members of the local Ukrainian community, Beloved spiritual children in the Lord, Three years have passed since the unjust and devastating invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. During this time, countless lives…

The Holy Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos, in light of 28 February 2025, being the sorrowful second anniversary of the horrific Tempe train accident, gave an order for memorial services to be conducted on Sunday, 23 February 2025, before the end of the Divine Liturgy in all its Holy Churches. Also, the Holy Metropolis of…

On Tuesday, His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada visited Assumption University, a Catholic institution in Windsor, Ontario, to discuss potential collaborations and partnerships in light of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. During his meeting with John Cappucci, President of Assumption University, the two discussed global Christianity and the challenges…

On Thursday, the Académie Française hosted a joint session with the Romanian Academy at its headquarters in Paris, commemorating 145 years of diplomatic relations between France and Romania. Among the attendees were: Metropolitan Iosif of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe, Clara Staicu, Romanian State Secretary for European Affairs, Ioana Bivolaru, Romania’s…

At the initiative and encouragement of the President of the Arsakeia Schools, Professor Georgios Babiniotis, the Schools of the Philekpadeftiki Etaireia (Φιλεκπαιδευτική Εταιρεία, Society for Promoting Education and Learning [SPEL]) have provided and continue to provide assistance to the schools of Imbros. As part of the Arsakeia School’s ongoing support to the Schools of Imbros,…

On Monday, 17 February 2025, at the Higher Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete, on the feast day of Saint Theodore the Tyro, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the adjacent Academy Church of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God. His Eminence Metropolitan Theodoros of Seleucia, Professor of Ecclesiastical History of the Academy, who…