Last year, at the direction of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America established the Archbishop Elpidophoros Camping Scholarship Fund in the fall of 2024 to provide need-based financial assistance for the youth summer camps offered by the Archdiocese, including both Ionian Village and Metropolis camps. To launch the Fund,…

The Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki has announced that His Eminence Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki, will accompany His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Australia. More specifically, immediately after the current meeting of the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, he will depart by air for Sydney, as a member of the honorary…

On Monday, 30 September 2024, a Holy Vigil was held at the Greek Orthodox Parish of Milan in honour of the Feast of the Virgin Mary of Gorgoepikoos, celebrated on 1st October. The Vigil was officiated by the parish priest, Archimandrite Fr. Ioannis Batsis. Immediately after, a Blessing of Water service took place for the…

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed profound concern over escalating violence in Lebanon and Gaza, and reaffirmed the WCC’s commitment to justice, peace, and the dignity of all peoples. “We are deeply alarmed by the continued disregard for international law, which only perpetuates the cycle of violence…

The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Anthony Albanese, will participate in events in honour of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, during His upcoming visit to Sydney and Melbourne. In a related statement, Mr. Albanese welcomes the imminent visit of His All-Holiness to Australia, while also referring to the centenary anniversary of the establishment of the…

October 2, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysios of Corinth, who is currently receiving care at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, MD. During his visit, His Eminence conveyed the heartfelt prayers and love of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, expressing the sincere hope for a swift and full…

This Friday, October 4, 2024, Yale University’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies will present a lecture by anthropologist Dr. Spyros Spyrou entitled “Growing Up in a Divided Cyprus: Ethnographic Explorations of Children’s Perspectives on ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ Over Three Decades.” The event will take place from 4-5pm in Room 202 of Henry R….

“What is happening is heartbreaking. Our prayers are for peace in Lebanon, Syria and the whole world” Patriarch John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox contacted many hierarchs in Lebanon by phone: Rev. Metropolitans Elias Audi (Beirut), Elias Kfoury (Tyre and Sidon), Silouan Moussa (Mount Lebanon), Basilios Mansour (Akkar),…

On Sunday, September 16/29, 2024, the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, this feast was celebrated in the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, located in West Jerusalem near the Jewish Parliament. The feast is celebrated again in this Holy Historical Monastery, in which the historical Theological School of the Patriarchate functioned from…