The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday arrived at the Holy Monastery of Valoukli, where he officiated at a trisagion memorial service for the soul of his 19th century predecessor on the Patriarchal throne of Constantinople, Anthimus V, whose grave lies within the monastery’s cemetery. Afterwards, the Ecumenical Patriarch visited…

The Church today venerates the memory of Moses the prophet and God-seer. The Prophet Moses, whose name means “one who draws forth,” or, “is drawn from,” namely, from the water — was the pinnacle of wisdom, a supremely wise lawgiver, and the most ancient historian of all.

On Thursday 3rd Sept 2020, the Clergy of NSW, as part of their ongoing education and upskilling, attended a seminar on “The Implementation of Child Safe Standards”, presented by Khouriyeh Myriam, the Archdiocesan Child Safety Officer. She focussed on the 10 standards: Organisational leadership Children participate in decisions that affect them Families and communities are…

Monday, 31 August, 2020, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova made a pastoral visit to the parish of Holy Archangel Michael in the community of Dubasarii Vechi, Criuleni district, celebrating the 25th anniversary of priesthood ordination of the parish rector, archpriest Teodor Pelin. The arch-pastor was greeted at the entrance into the church-yard, by…

On the weekend of the 29th of August 2020, the parishioners of St. John the Baptist in Croydon Park celebrated their Patronal Feast Day, for the Beheading of St John the Baptist and Forerunner. On the Friday Evening, His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios presided over the Great Vespers service. Also, in attendance were Fr. John El…

On 3rd September 2020, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, welcomed to the Patriarchal See the new Defense Attaché of the General Staff of the Greece Army in Cairo, Mr. Georgios Hatzis, accompanied by the Defense Attaché of Cyprus, Lieutenant Colonel Mr. Costas Fotiou, the Spanish MEP, Mrs. Joanne…

  On 3rd September 2020, Metropolitan Sergy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, visited the Embassy of Singapore in Moscow, where he met with H.E. Mr. Premjith Sadasivan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation. Taking part in the meeting were also Bishop Pitirim of…

At the end of August, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated the Islamic New Year with aplomb. Fresh off his conversion of the monumental Haghia Sophia to a mosque, he converted another former Byzantine church, the fourth-century Chora church, one of Istanbul’s oldest Byzantine structures. The day after that he announced the largest ever natural…

  With the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy, officiated by His Grace Jovan, Bishop of Pakrac-Slavonia, on Sunday, August 30, 2020, the days of prayerful celebration of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac began. Talking about the Gospel parable and about the Holy Martyrs who suffered for Christ, the Rt. Reverend Bishop addressed the gathered with an…