On Tuesday, 28 July, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios paid a visit to Government House in Sydney at the invitation of the Governor of NSW, Her Excellency the Hon. Margaret Beazley. This was only the fourth visitor that the Governor of NSW received since the beginning of the pandemic in March. Mrs Beazley extended a warm…

On 23 July 2020, Bishop Antonije of Moravica, representative of the Patriarch of Serbia to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and dean of the Representation of the Serbian Patriarchate in Moscow celebrated his 50th birthday. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a congratulatory message to him with wishes of the…

On July 26, 2020, the Day of the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, visited the Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church of Antioch to greet its rector and parishioner on their patron saint’s day. During the Divine Liturgy, which Metropolitan Hilarion…

On 28 July 2020, the representatives of Local Orthodox Churches to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia took part in the celebration of the commemoration day of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, which centered on the Patriarchal liturgy at the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour. Among Patriarch Kirill’s concelebrants were Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis…

HG Bishop Ioan Casian participated in the ordination HG Bartholomew of Keramos vicar – bishop (Ecumenical Patriarchate – Canada) HG Bishop Ioan Casian, the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, participated on Saturday in the ordination of HG Bartholomew (Mostratos) of Keramos on behalf of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada. The religious service took place…

Rep. Dina Titus leads effort to denounce Turkey for converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2020 — On the eve of the national “day of mourning” for Hagia Sophia and Turkey’s planned inauguration of using Hagia Sophia as a mosque, the US House of Representatives passed, by unanimous consent, an amendment…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces the completion of Phase One of the COVID-19 relief fund, which was created to assist with the living expenses of those facing financial hardship as a result of the current pandemic. The Archdiocesan COVID-19 relief fund has helped hundreds of families across the country throughout the first five…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia will hold a memorial service on Friday, 31 July at 12:00md for the repose of the souls of the victims of the Coronavirus pandemic and will commemorate the names of the brethren who have recently departed this life and, in particular, those who were residents of the aged care…

In a letter to the Hellenic College Holy Cross community, President George M. Cantonis announced that, in light of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the campus will not reopen for the fall semester and all courses will continue to be taught online. “This decision was not made lightly,” he stressed. “Administrators and staff spent countless hours…