On Tuesday 18 February 2025, our beloved Primate, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia hosted ‘The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia 2024 HSC Awards Ceremony’, at the Great Hall of Saint Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College. This annual event celebrates academic excellence and recognises the academic achievement of the students of the Greek Orthodox Day…

His Beatitude John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, visited the Wadi al-Nasara amidst a crowd of greeters that set from the valley crossroad to the Patriarchal Monastery Saint George Al-Humaira. Upon reaching the monastery, a thanksgiving prayer was held in the presence of the Reverend Metropolitans: Basilios Mansour (Akkar),…

In the context of following up on the current developments in the region, a deliberation was held by His Beatitude John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Reverend Metropolitans: Basilios Mansour (Akkar), Nicola Baalbaki (Hama), Athanasios Fahed (Latakia), Ephrem Maalouli (Aleppo), Gregorios Khoury (Homs) and Antonios Saad (Houran) at…

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa, is currently undertaking a missionary tour in Uganda. On Tuesday, 18 February 2025, after the arrival of the Primate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the first stop of his visit was the country’s Presidential Palace where he met with the President of the…

At midday on Tuesday, 18 February 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the Prefect of Beyoğlu (Pera), Mr. Atakan Atasoy, with his wife, to the Phanar. The Prefect attended a meal which was hosted in his honour by His All-Holiness, at the Marasleion School adjacent to the central Patriarchal complex, where they had previously…

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa, celebrated his name day in Kenya with a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Holy Church of Saint Makarios of Egypt at the Patriarchal School “Archbishop of Cyprus Makarios III”. The Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was attended by Their Eminences, Elder Metropolitan Makarios of Nairobi,…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia is organising a 14-day Pilgrimage Tour from 5th May to 18th May 2025, to Athens, Constantinople, and Tbilisi in Georgia. The Pilgrimage, which will be led by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, will be conducted in collaboration with the travel agency Premium Holidays and will include the following itinerary:…

On Saturday afternoon, 15 February, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer at the Great Vespers which took place at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, at the end of which he welcomed a group of Teachers and Students from the 10th Lyceum of Katerini. During his address, His All-Holiness also…

On 15 February 2025, The Church, in Greece and abroad, honoured the memory of Saint Anthimos of Chios, who shone in recent years. The main celebration and focus of the Feast Day took place with the Great Vespers and the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Voitheia of Chios, founded by the Saint,…