Renewed talks between the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country of Montenegro and the country’s government, regarding a controversial law that the Church says is a threat to its properties, standing and dignity, continued this week, but without a resolution being found. A law regarding religious institutions in the country was ratified last…

  The Elder Metropolitan of Piraeus, His Eminence Kallinikos, continues to be hospitalized in serious condition. The former metropolitan of Greece’s largest port city was elected to the throne of the Metropolis of Piraeus by the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod in January 1978, stepping down in February 2006 due to health reasons.

In 340 BC the Byzantines and their allies the Athenians were under siege by the troops of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. On a particularly dark and wet night Philip attempted a surprise attack but was thwarted by the appearance of a bright light in the sky in the middle…

There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, “Father, give me my share of the estate.” So, the father divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and, there, squandered his wealth in…

Moments from Queensland State Youth Conference day, Saturday 15th February 2020, in the Presence of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, along with His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis, the Reverend Clergy of Brisbane and 130+ delegates. The conference day was hosted by the Greek Orthodox Parish-Community of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Mt Gravatt,…

On 16 February 2020, after the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Nicholas of Ugresh, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, H. E. Toyohisa Kozuki. The head of the Japanese diplomatic mission…

On Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Archdiocesan Chapel, His Eminence Archbishop Job of Telmessos gave a talk on the role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the World Council of Churches and the importance of dialogue today.   thyateira.org.uk

n it’s 94th year, The Greek Herald is Australia’s Largest National newspaper in the Greek Australian community. It started as a weekly paper in English and now it is the only daily paper in Australia for Greeks circulated in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, and NSW. After the passing of the fourth publisher of The Greek…

A high level delegation formally representing the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was commissioned by H.B. Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, to meet with His All Holiness Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, to further explain the importance of the fraternal gathering scheduled to be held in Amman, Jordan later on this month with the participation of…