The Orthodox faithful festively greeted a venerated icon of the Mother of God that arrived from the island of Evia yesterday. The Panagia Faneromeni Icon, from the pilgrimage site of the same name, arrived yesterday afternoon as part of the extended celebrations of Thessaloniki’s patron, St. Demetrios the Great Martyr and Myrrh-streamer, whose feast falls…

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of Australia Sydney, 24th October 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT The proceedings of Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of Australia, which convened in Sydney from the 22nd to the 24th of October 2024, were completed under the presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. During this session, His…

On Tuesday afternoon, 22 October 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Vespers of the Thronal Feast of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the Church of St. George in Neochori Bosporus, a Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre. The service commemorated the memory of the Holy Apostle James, the first Bishop of Jerusalem. In…

The National Meeting of the Association of Romanian Orthodox Christian Students (A.S.C.O.R.) took place from October 18 to 20, 2024, at the “Patriarch Justinian” Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest. The gathering coincided with the 2024 Solemn Year of Pastoral Care and Assistance of the Sick, as declared by the Holy Synod of the Romanian…

Addressing the 17th Annual Meeting of the Euro-Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (EABM), held from October 17 to 20 in Iași, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church pointed to the importance of cooperation between medical science and Christian spirituality. He emphasized that both fields share a common goal: healing the sick. Patriarch…

On Sunday, 20 October 2024, the Greek Orthodox parish of St. James in Florence held a joyous celebration in honour of the Holy Apostle James, the First Bishop of Jerusalem. The day was made even more special by the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Polycarp of Italy and Exarch of Southern Europe, who presided over…

In his message, His Beatitude Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine expressed heartfelt congratulations to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the 33rd anniversary of his election to the Patriarchal Throne. He praised the longstanding and significant contribution of the Ecumenical Patriarch as the First among the Primates of Orthodoxy, who promotes truth, goodness,…

On Sunday 20th October 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain made a pastoral visit to the Parish of St John of Kronstadt in Bath to preside over the Divine Liturgy in the weekend of the parish’s patronal feast. The prayerful and reverent Liturgy was made the more beautiful by the parish’s…

With impressions and experiences still fresh from the recent Apostolic visit of His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to Australia, the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia convened yesterday, Tuesday 22 October 2024, under the Presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. After the opening prayer, both His Eminence Archbishop Makarios…