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…

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, was honored on Friday in Aachen, Germany with the international award Klaus Hemmerle for 2020, for his contribution to the rapproachment and peaceful coexistence of communities with different cultural and religious backgrounds. The awards ceremony was held at the emblematic Aachen Cathedral. More than…

The Feast Day of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple (based on the Julian calendar) was venerated with centuries-old Athonite tradition at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Saturday. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, His Eminence Joseph, officiated during the services. During a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy,…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was in southern California on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 for the beginning of the 44th annual Greek Orthodox Folk Dance & Choral Festival (FDF), which is taking place in Anaheim. His Eminence’s attendance at the well-known dance festival comes in light of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’s announcement,…

Etymology The orthodox priest is the presbyter from the Bible. Presbyter is, in the Bible, a synonym for bishop (episkopos), referring to a leader in local Church congregations. In modern usage, it is distinct from bishop and synonymous with priest. Its literal meaning in Greek (presbyteros) is “elder.”   The orthodox priest: ordination, social status…