On Sunday, 8 September 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated during the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Birth of the Mother of God which took place at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Kallimasia, on the Island of Chios. During the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service was held for…

Following his attendance at the Holy Synaxis of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America accompanied His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Halki, the second-largest of the Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, Türkiye, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. As the former Abbot of Halki’s Monastery of…

STOCKHOLM – His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia visited the cities of Sevettijärvi, Finland and Kirkenes, Norway from Wednesday, August 21st, through Monday, August 26, 2024, to represent His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as a participant in the 75th anniversary ceremonies for the remembrance of the resettlement of the Skolt Sámi people…

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, the Sacrament of Baptism and Chrismation of Paul (son of George Kamenos and Maria Bae) was officiated by Fr. Hilarion Jeong at the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju. We wish that the grace of our Lord and intercessions of Theotokos be with him so that…

Friday morning, 30 August 2024, will be marked as a historic day, according to the Holy Metropolis of Italy, as after 930 years the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the crypt where the holy relics of Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim are kept, in the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in the town of Trani…

On Wednesday morning, 4 September 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Halki and participated in the Divine Liturgy, which was celebrated in the monastery’s Katholikon, having His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Philippi, Neapolis, and Thasos presiding over the Divine Liturgy. After the dismissal of the Divine…

The President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou received His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the Presidential Mansion on Wednesday, 4 September 2024. Archbishop Makarios briefed President Sakellaropoulou on the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s activities as it celebrates its 100th anniversary since its establishment. The President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Sakellaropoulou highlighted the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived yesterday afternoon at the port of Chios to attend and speak at a conference dedicated to climate change, organised by the Region of North Aegean as part of the 3rd Chios Festival. The Patriarch was warmly welcomed by Konstantinos Moutzouris, the Regional Governor of the North Aegean, along with…

With the blessings of Metropolitan Jeronymos of Kampala, Bishop Silvester of Jinja presided over the hierarchical Divine Liturgy and the special memorial service yesterday at St Nicholas Cathedral in remembering three years since the repose of Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga. In concelebration with Bishop Silvester were Metropolitan Jeronymos and Bishop Nectarios of Gulu whereas Metropolitan Innocentios…