The Archbishop of Canada, His Eminence Sotirios, issued a directive this week to priests in the Archdiocese regarding public statements dealing with the sacrament of the Holy Communion. He stated that “…His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with his respected letter … to all the hierarchs of Ecumenical Patriarchate, asks from them to avoid making…

  The trial of the Bishop of Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, along with another eight Orthodox priests in Montenegro is set to begin on Friday. All of the clergymen were arrested and held for three days by Montenegro authorities on flimsy charges of violating coronavirus-related restrictions against public assembly, early last month. A letter of…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, received His Excellency Rashid Hassanpor, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His Holiness Patriarch and His Excellency Ambassador talked about the ways of strengthening the already close relations between the inhabitants of Serbia and Iran in the field of interfaith dialogue. The audience was attended by Mr. Mahdi…

Attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to in vitro fertilization can be changed, Bishop Savva (Tutunov), the Patriarchate’s deputy property manager, believes. “One of the main, but not the only, problem of the in vitro fertilization was that several embruos were picked up and then their excess was eliminated. It is unacceptable for church approach….

St Johns Greek Orthodox College (St Johns College) is a family friendly, co-educational Foundation to Year 12 school in Preston Victoria. The school was established in 1972 and is operated by an independent Board appointed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and in particular His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Even before his enthronement…

As we approach the first anniversary of the enthronement of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios as Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia and Dean of St Andrew’s Theological College—and to mark the arrival of our beloved Shepherd on our shores on this day in 2019—we take this opportunity to express our wholehearted gratitude and…

  MEDIA RELEASE The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (‘Archdiocese’) makes the following comments in relation to the purchase of a property by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust (‘Consolidated Trust’) in Sydney, where the headquarters of the Archdiocese are situated: 1. Given that a) the Archdiocese does not possess a suitable residence…

Reverend Fathers of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada Beloved in the Lord: During this difficult period of COVID-19 I think of you and of our communities, and pray unceasingly. Some clergy and lay people express their uneasiness, because the Archbishop has not given instructions for the re-opening of the churches and the distribution of…

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