The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece have called for the “peaceful and constructive coexistence of Christians and Muslims” in Syria to be maintained, saying that any “uprooting Orthodox Christianity from Syria” would be “sacrilegious in the eyes of history.” In a statement issued after a meeting of the Church of Greece’s Synod in…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone conversation on Monday with His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, in light of recent developments in Syria that led to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. During the call, the prime minister was briefed on the current situation in…

His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, will depart tomorrow for Australia, with his first stop being Sydney and his second destination being Melbourne, bringing fragments of the holy relics of the Four Holy New Martyrs of Rethymno, Manuel, Angelos, George and Nicholas. The relevant press release of the Holy Metropolis states: “Following the…

On Monday, 9 December 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated from the throne during the Divine Liturgy which took place on the feast day of Saint Alypius, according to the Julian Calendar, at the celebrating Church of Saint Alypius of the Holy Metropolis of Pisidia, where this year the Church celebrates the 180th anniversary…

In an atmosphere of spiritual joy, exultation and reverence, the first “Christmas Carols by Candlelight” event of the Holy Diocese of Brisbane took place on Sunday evening, 8 December 2024, at the Church of Saint George, Brisbane. The event, which also marked the end of the proceedings of the Youth Conference for the State of…

Your Excellency Archbishop Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Gayle Benson, Laureate of the Faith & Culture Award, Gala Committee Chair, Amanda Bowman, Dear Friends, Before I close this wondrous evening with prayer, please allow me a few words of encouragement before those of blessing. This Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Pontifical…

The feast of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine the All-wise was celebrated in the Patriarchate on Sunday, November 25 / December 8, 2024. On this feast, the Church remembers that Saint Catherine came from the city of Alexandria, she was highly educated in philosophy, but also in Christ-like life and education, as the Church sings…

On Saturday, November 24 / December 7, 2024, His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theofilos, visited the Holy Monastery of the Cross, accompanied by the Elder Chief-Secretary His Eminence Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr Dimitrios Angelosopoulos, the professor Mr Phaedon Kydoniatis and Archimandrite Bartholomew. They were…

On Friday, 6 December 2024, the Holy Theological School of Halki welcomed a delegation of 30 members from the Thomas Morus Academy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne, led by Dr. Matthias Kopp, Secretary of the German Bishops’ Conference. The delegation was received by the Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos in the Great…