The annual New Year reception of the Heads of the Christian Churches and their respective accompanying parties, withheld by the President of the State of Israel, took place at the Presidential Residence on Monday morning, December 30, 2019. The President Mr. Reuben Rivlin and the Minister of Economy and Minister of Development of the Negev…

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed concern and sadness over the threats against Archbishop Atallah Hanna, he was poisoned in his church residence in Jerusalem in December. The Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna was reportedly hospitalised…

His Eminence Metropolitan of Ambrosios of Korea has released his New Year’s Message 2020. Read the full text below:   My beloved, With unparalleled joy still surging within our hearts from the magnificent feast of the incarnation of our Redeemer and Savior Jesus Christ, we bid farewell to the year 2019 and welcome the New…

On Tuesday, December 18/31, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Father among the Saints Modestos, Patriarch of Jerusalem. The Church of Jerusalem celebrates St. Modestos as a memorable Head of its Throne, distinguished on the 7th century A.D. (632-644), the successor of Patriarch Zacharias, who took over the Patriarchal pastoral care after the…

Surrounded by clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Sydney, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios presided over the traditional cutting of the Vasilopita. While recommending to the gathering to set two goals for the new year, he asked that one of the two goals should be to smile more, adding joy to our demeanour, and spreading…

Our good God gave us Time to draw us closer to Him, and space to draw us closer to each other. However, we can’t approach God without approaching ourselves, and vice versa, because of this, we have the notion of a spacetime continuum. As Creator, God is at the center—and beings are on the rays…

GOVERNOR CUOMO AND ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS ANNOUNCE CONSTRUCTION TO RESUME ON ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AND NATIONAL SHRINE AT WORLD TRADE CENTER Governor Officially Welcomes New Archbishop of America, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros to New York – See Photos Here Church Project Will Resume Under the Leadership of 13-Member ‘Friends of St. Nicholas’ Board Now in…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, this week issued his New Year’s message on the occasion of the advent of 2020, calling on the Church’s fathers and faithful to continue to pray incessantly for peace in Syria. The Church of Antioch and All the East, which is based in…

Torrential rainfall on the small eastern Aegean island of Symi over the past week has resulted in a rock slide damaging the St. Merkourios monastery, at the isle’s Niborio site. According to the site rodiaki.gr, the falling rocks and boulders caused damage but did not reach the main altar. According to local residents, the Metropolitan…