Patriarch Bartholomew, Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, will deliver the principal address and receive an honorary degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 175th commencement ceremony May 17. “Patriarch Bartholomew has been a champion for understanding and encounter among the world’s religions, as well as for environmental initiatives, religious freedom and…

Sunday school classes commenced over the weekend at the St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in Bundall-Gold Coast, Queensland. A blessing ceremony was officiated by the Bishop of Militoupolis, His Grace Jacob, who blessed pupils and teachers.

  Reverberations continued over a bizarre and utterly provocative incident that took place on Sunday in the main square of the town of Sohos, in northern Thessaloniki prefecture. As part of the ongoing carnival, a performance group from neighboring Turkey, comprised of middle-aged men decked out in brightly colored Ottoman-era attire, re-enacted a martial procession…

  A round-table discussion took place at the National Hellenic Research Foundation on Monday afternoon, on the subject of “…From Byzantium to the Ottomans: Macedonia in transition, as shown by the Vatopedi Monastery’s Documents”. The discussion, organized by the Institute for Historical Research, was held on the occasion of the publication of a third edition…

  The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Tuesday received the mayor of the northwest Peloponnese town of Kalavryta, Athanasios Papadopoulos. The town’s mayor briefed the Archbishop over the events planned by the municipality for 2021, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the Greek War of…

An explosive situation erupted on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Hios early Tuesday morning, with local residents engaged in pitched battles against riot police attempting to escort heavy machinery and work crews to sites where new closed migrant/refugee shelters are to be erected. Both large islands have borne the brunt of the migrant…

  A “fraternal meeting” of Orthodox Churches will commence on Wednesday in Amman, Jordan, although a majority of the world’s Orthodox Primates, most notably the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, will not attend. Following an invitation by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, who is the meeting’s host, only the Patriarch of…

Serbian Patriarch Irinej and a delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church were welcomed at Queen Alia Airport near Amman, the capital of Jordan, on February 25, 2020. His Holiness Patriarch Irinej and a delegation of the Serbian Orthodox Church were welcomed on behalf of the host, His Beatitude Patriarch Teophilos III of Jerusalem and All…

On the morning of Saturday, February 22, 2020, a formal meeting was held at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Zambia between the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II and His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who discussed, inter alia, issues of religious tolerance, the…