The touching moments he experienced along with His compatriots, the Imbrians of Sydney and New South Wales, will certainly remain etched in the memory of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. On Friday evening, 11 October, the eve of his departure from Sydney to Melbourne, when His All-Holiness attended a dinner in his honour, in the…

A warm address was delivered by Presbytera Patricia Scoutas to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at a Dinner held in His honour held last Wednesday on behalf of the Clergy and Presbyteres of Sydney, Canberra and regional New South Wales at Kogarah in Sydney. During her address she extolled the Patriarch’s leading role, on a…

New York City – October 4th, 2024 – The highly anticipated presentation of traditional Cypriot folk music and dances by the group Sounds of Cyprus at the New York Public Library – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, brought together diverse audiences for an unforgettable evening of authentically Cypriot music. The renowned ensemble Sounds of Cyprus, created…

The Maliotis Cultural Center came alive last night as it hosted a momentous evening dedicated to Greek cultural heritage, featuring a captivating presentation by Dr.George Manginis, Academic Director of the renowned Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece. The event offered an immersive virtual tour of the Benaki’s acclaimed exhibition, “Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday-Catastrophe-Displacement-Rebirth,” brought to life…

During his visit to Massachusetts for the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue, on Friday, October 11, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Serafim (Kykotis) of Zimbabwe and Angola met with students belonging to Harvard Divinity School’s Orthodox Christian Student Community, nicknamed “HDS Theosis.” Accompanying His Eminence were Rev. Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze, Rector of Tbilisi Theological Academy…

October 13, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Westland, Michigan alongside His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios formerly of America, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit, and His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh. In his homily for the Sunday of the Seventh Ecumenical…

On Sunday 13th October, His Grace Bishop Silvestros presided over the mystery of Baptism and later the Divine Liturgy at St Arsenios – Mbale parish. In his sermon, the bishop reminded the godparents about the need to teach the newly-baptized how to “keep their garments clean”. He said that no one will be saved because…

On Saturday 12th October, His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, completing the first stage of his Apostolic visit to Australia, departed from Sydney and flew to Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. His first stop, upon arrival to this “most Hellenic” Australian city was the Parish-Community of Holy Archangels in the suburb of Mentone. There, he…

On Friday 11th October, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia welcomed His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Archdiocesan residence in Sydney, accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki, the Very Reverends, Grand Protosyncellus Archimandrite Gregory, and Grand Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Aetios, and the Reverend Patriarchal Deacon Evlogios, Codifier of the Holy and Sacred Synod….