With feelings of respect and honour towards the Venerable Centre of Orthodoxy under heaven and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos, accompanied by Archimandrite Father Ignatios Mourtzanos, Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis, as well as Mr. Sotirios Balatsoukas, Archon Protonotarios of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Professor of the University…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received a group of teachers from Greece, who participated in an event of educational interest at the Theological School of Halki, entitled “From Otherness to Inclusion”. The event was held under the solemn blessing and patronage of the Ecumenical Patriarch and was co-organised by the Patriarchal Foundation for Patristic Studies…

Dear Friends, Sisters and Brothers, As we gather to commemorate OXI Day, October 28, 1940, the Feast of Victory that recalls the valiant struggle of the Greek People against Fascism, we call to mind all the heroes of our current time, who give of themselves – even their very lives – to stand up for…

The Archdiocesan District Council met for their first meeting of the New Ecclesiastical Year at the Archdiocese Headquarters in New York. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros blessed the members of the District Council with their Affirmation of Office. The meeting began by wishing His Eminence a blessed and happy feast day celebrated on November 2nd, wishing…

With joyful and beautiful liturgical celebrations, the Community of St Demetrios, Edmonton in North London, kept the Feast of the Great-Martyr Demetrios, its Patron Saint and protector, on the evening of Friday 25th and the morning of Saturday 26th October 2024. Several hundred people came to pray with His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, travelled to Ankara on Tuesday, 29 October 2024, to attend the reception for the country’s National Day at the Beştepe Presidential Palace, together with other religious leaders. During this brief visit to the capital, the Ecumenical…

The educational event entitled “From Otherness to Inclusion” was held on Monday, 28 October 2024, in the Great Synod Hall of the Theological School of Halki. The event was held with the esteemed blessing and under the auspices of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and was co-organised by the Patriarchal Institute of Patristic Studies in…

On Sunday, 27 October 2024, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Community Church of Saint Alexander in Lusaka, officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Ioannis of Zambia. The Metropolitan also conducted a Doxology for the Anniversary of ‘Oxi Day’, which was followed by a school celebration. In attendance were the Consul General of Greece…

On Sunday, 27 October 2024, at the Holy Monastery of Saint Irene in Rethymno, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa was received in response to the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos to preside over the celebrations in memory of the Four New Martyrs of…