On Monday, 29 June, the Feast of the Holy Chief Apostles Peter and Paul, His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Symi, Tilos, Chalki and Kastellorizo honoured with his archpastoral presence the centuries-old feast celebration held on the island of Teutlousa (Seskli), a dependency of the Holy Monastery of Panormitis, where the early Christian tradition of Symi…

On the morning of Tuesday, 17th/30th June 2026, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Hesychios of Capitolias, His Eminence Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, the Chief Dragoman, Archimandrite Mattheos, the Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod, Archimandrite Christodoulos, and Archdeacon Mark, visited the “Four Homes of…

The graduation ceremony for the twelve graduates of the Patriarchate High School in Jaffa took place on the afternoon of Saturday, 14th/27th June 2026. The event was held in a Patriarchal building adjoining the Holy Monastery of Saint George, erected at the beginning of the twentieth century by the late Sacristan of the Holy Sepulchre,…

His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Makarios of Nairobi had the distinct honour of meeting Mr Nikos Christodoulides, the President of the Republic of Cyprus. During the meeting, the Metropolitan conveyed his heartfelt thanks to the President for his ongoing support of missionary work in Kenya and across Africa. In turn, the President thanked the Metropolitan for…

The Committee established at the initiative of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete to undertake initiatives for the effective response to the phenomena of violence and delinquent behaviour in contemporary Cretan society met on Tuesday, 30 June, at the headquarters of the Holy Archdiocese of Crete in Heraklion. According to the official…

With reverence and deep spiritual devotion, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Monday, 29 June, at the feast of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, situated within the historic Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Şişli, where generations of the Greek Orthodox faithful of Constantinople have been laid to rest. The Divine Liturgy was…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on the occasion of the Feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles, presided on Tuesday, 30 June 2026, at the festal celebrations in the Church of the Twelve Apostles in Feriköy. The homily was delivered by the Patriarchal Deacon Photios Poulopoulos. In his address following the Divine Liturgy, His…

The Church of Greece honoured the Apostle to the Nations, Saint Paul, at the Sacred Hill of the Areopagus, in commemoration of his preaching to the Athenians. At the Great Festal Vespers, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece presided. Among those in attendance were Hierarchs, the Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and…

Protopresbyter Efstratios Dissos, known in the local community of Lesvos as Papa-Stratis, the clergyman whose name became inseparably linked with the Holy Monastery of Pammegistoi Taxiarches in Mantamados, fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 88. His body will lie in state for public veneration on Wednesday, 1 July, from 7:30 a.m., at…