The Church today commemorates the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. A relevant feature is posted today on the pages of the diakonima.gr

  The Holy Metropolis of Zimbabwe and Angola, part of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, continues its all-important spiritual, missionary and humanitarian efforts. On Sunday, several baptisms of infants were held at the missionary parish of St. Nektarios, in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, officiated by Protopresbyter Fr. Avgoustinos.

Reverberations and reactions continued around the world at the beginning of the week over the shocking decision by the Erdogan administration in Turkey to convert the iconic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. In a daily press briefing on Monday morning, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas noted that “…since last Friday, the entire civilised world,…



“It is a joy to see that an icon of the Mother of God gathers in the love of the Holy Trinity a lot of people from different parts of the country, but also of different ages,” said His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Sunday at the summer patronal feast of the National Cathedral’s Chapel. At…

With the permission and the blessing of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas on Friday, July 10, presided over Vespers and on Saturday, July 11, presided over Matins and the Divine Liturgy, on the occasion of the first commemoration of Saint Sophrony at the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist in…

THE HOLY EPARCHIAL SYNOD OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA Holy Wisdom, Arise! – Ἁγία Σοφία, Ὀρθοί! Sunday, July 12, 2020 To the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon,…

Multiple Greek organisations across Australia have made public statements strongly condemning Turkey’s recent decision to reinstate World Heritage listed cultural icon, Hagia Sophia, back into a mosque. Below is a list of associations that have released statements on the matter: The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria: Read full statement in English: HERE President…

  The Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, Bishop Emilianos of Meloa urged the faithful of the Parish of St Nicholas in Marrickville, Sydney, to put aside their “egos” and follow the example of St Paisios who encouraged people to live with selfless love and to have ‘philotimo’. (According to the saint, ‘philotimo’ refers…