By calling His disciples to the apostolate, the Lord Jesus Christ prepared the mystery of establishing His Church as the gathering of peoples in the love of the Holy Trinity,” Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday at the historic chapel of Saint George the Great Martyr in Bucharest. His Beatitude noted that twelve men were called…

The Romanian Patriarchate has expressed deep concern and sadness over the attack on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of the most important centres of Orthodox spirituality and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Any damage inflicted upon a place of worship and a monument of such religious, historical and cultural value represents a loss for all…

The Women of the Greek Community recently hosted a highly successful Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea in support of the Cancer Council in WA at the Alexander the Great Club in Dianella. Held in the presence of His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Perth and the Consul of Greece in Perth, Mrs Eleni Georgopoulou, the event brought…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spoke by telephone on the afternoon of Monday, 15 June 2026, with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, condemning the Russian missile attack against the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Pecherska). His All-Holiness described the attack as an act of barbarity and desecration, and asked the President to convey his solidarity…

With due monastic order and spiritual reverence, the Holy Monastery of Saints Augustine of Hippo and Seraphim of Sarov in Trikorfo, Phocis, celebrated its annual patronal feast day, honouring the memory of its patron saint, Augustine of Hippo, together with his mother, Monica of Hippo. A large number of faithful flocked to the monastery to…

On Monday morning, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece attended prayerfully at the Sacred Hesychasterion of the Transfiguration of the Saviour and Saint Porphyrios in Milesi on the feast of Saint Ieronymos, the day on which the Archbishop celebrates his name day. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop…

On Sunday, 1/14 June 206, His Eminence Archbishop Theophanes of Gerrash celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on the commemoration of all Saints of Palestine, who belong to the Church of Jerusalem; these include the Apostles, martyrs, righteous, Hierarchs, according to the Church order of keeping their…

With all due solemnity, the customary ceremony for the installation of the new Holy Epistasia took place on Sunday, 14 June, in Karyes on Mount Athos, marking the beginning of the new administrative term of the Athonite State. On the occasion of the completion of the term of the Lavra Epistasia, the Holy Community gathered…

Twenty people were ‌injured and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire following a major Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital, authorities said on Monday, urging residents to take shelter. The attack damaged electricity lines and left 140,000 Kyiv residents without power, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said…