His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the Annunciation Service at Annunciation Church in New York City on March 25, 2025. Fr. Soterios Michalatos and members of the community welcomed the Archbishop for a beautiful service which commemorating the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that our Lord and Savior Jesus…

At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 12th/25th March 2025, a Doxology was held at the Catholicon of the Holy Sepulchre as a thanksgiving to God for the liberation of our nation from the Ottoman yoke in 1821 and as a prayer for the repose of the souls of our fathers who fell in this struggle. The…

On Monday, March 24, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was welcomed by President Donald Trump to the White House for a celebration recognizing the 204th Anniversary of March 25 Greek Independence Day. This annual esteemed celebration at the White House began in 1987 and has become a tradition for every president. Addressing the…

Orthodoxy and Hellenism, like two wings of the same body, journey together, united and inseparable, through the skies of our Nation’s history. This unbreakable and continuous bond is emphatically reminded to us on this day, in which, as our great poet Kostis Palamas wrote, “two freedoms unite.” Indeed, today we celebrate both the freedom of…

On Monday, 24 March 2025, The Consulate-General of Greece in Sydney organised an anniversary event dedicated to the Greek regeneration, which was hosted in the New South Wales Parliament House. The event was honoured with the presence, following the kind invitation of the Consul General Mr. Ioannis Mallikourtis, of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia….

On Tuesday, 25 March, after the Feast Day Divine Liturgy which took place at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Sydney, His Eminence Arcbishop Makarios of Australia welcomed to the Office of the Archbishop the Members of Parliament from Greece, Messrs. Stavros Keletsis, Athanasios Papathanasis, Stephanos Parastatidis and Miltiadis Zamparas, who represented…

On Monday, 24 March 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated during the Great Vespers on the eve of the Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, at the celebrating Church of Panagia Evangelistria in the Tataoula District, Constantinople. The holy sermon was preached by Hieromonk Fr Ieronymos Sotirelis. At the end of the Vespers…

On Tuesday, 25 March 2025, the beautiful Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in Sydney, celebrated with due ecclesiastical splendour. On the great feast of the Annunciation, a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated and was presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who was joined in concelebration by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim…

During the three-day period of the third week of Great Lent, from Friday to Sunday, March 21-23, 2025, His Eminence, Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, made his 32nd pastoral visit to Oslo, Norway, following this schedule. On Friday, March 21st, he presided over the service of the 3rd Stanza of the Salutations to…