At midnight on the 1st/14th of January 2025, a festive Divine Liturgy – “Parrhesia” – took place at the Most Holy and Life-Giving Tomb on the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the commemoration of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, the Great Hierarch and Ecumenical Teacher. The Divine Liturgy…

On Sunday, 12 January 2025, at the Orthodox Church of Estonia, in the city of Pärnu and at the Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the ordination of His Grace Bishop Damaskinos of Haapsalu, who is Finnish by origin, and who belonged to the brotherhood of the Holy Xenophontos Monastery of Mount Athos,…

With the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Brisbane blessed and cut the traditional vasilopita for the Diocese of Brisbane on the occasion of the commencement of the new year. From the outset, on behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace thanked the clergy and…

On Tuesday the 14th of January 2025, the official blessing and cutting of the Vasilopita took place at the Diocese of Perth Function Centre in Dianella, presided over by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Perth. At the end of the blessing, His Grace read the Message of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia “on the…

Last week, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat marked his name day by sharing lunch with the beneficiaries of the Emergency Social Centre for Homeless People at Pădurea Verde in Timișoara, whom he called “brothers of Christ.” The metropolitan brought dozens of containers of warm food and dined alongside the shelter residents. “Do you see…

During the Epiphany season, Romanians in Zagreb gathered in prayer to usher in the New Year at the city’s Romanian church. The liturgical program began last Saturday evening with the Great Vespers service and continued on Sunday through Tuesday with the Divine Liturgy. Following Sunday’s Liturgy, Fr. Nicolae Ceruță, the parish priest of the Romanian…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received on Tuesday, 14 January 2025, the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Mr Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, along with his delegation. The Ecumenical Patriarch and the Minister had the opportunity to discuss current issues in a cordial atmosphere. Present at the meeting were the Grand Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Aetios, Director of the…

On Tuesday morning, 14 January 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, paid a ceremonial visit to the Prefect of Beyoğlu (Pera), Mr. Atakan Atasoy. His All-Holiness was accompanied by Messrs. Stratos Doltsiniadis, on behalf of the Association for the Support of Greek Community Foundations, and Petros Bazgarlo, one of the Secretaries of the Patriarchate. The…

On the Sunday after Epiphany, 12th of January 2025, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Diocese of Perth held its Annual Combined Epiphany Celebrations at Matilda Bay following the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy that took place at the Church of the Annunciation in West Perth. The perfect weather conditions saw around…