On Tuesday, 3 September 2024, with due ecclesiastical splendour, at the Holy Monastery of Saint Nektarios in Aegina, a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place on the occasion of the memory of the translation of the Holy Relics of Saint Nektarios. The Feast Day Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Kalavryta…

The Orthodox Church celebrates on the 3rd of September, the commemoration of the translation of the Holy Relics of Saint Nectarios, which took place on 3 September 1953. This is a feast of living memory for the entire Orthodox Christian world, but it has special significance for the Orthodox Christians of Cairo. Saint Nektarios spent…

At the invitation and under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the 10th Synaxis of the Venerable Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne, with the participation of the Hierarchs of the Autonomous Churches of Finland and Estonia under his canonical protection, was convened in Constantinople from September 1 to 3, 2024. The Synaxis began…

His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece presided over the sanctification service marking the start of the new academic year this morning at the University of Athens headquarters. The service was attended by the University Rector, Prof. Gerasimos Siasos, the Vice Rector for Research, Innovation, and Lifelong Learning, Associate Prof. Christos Karagiannis, and…

The delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate, currently in Cyprus with the relics of St. Cyprian from the Church of Zlătari in Bucharest, on Monday, visited the official representation of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Nicosia. The members of the delegation, led by Auxiliary Bishop Timotei Prahoveanul of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, were received by Metropolitan…

With the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Diocese of Adelaide’s focus again returned to the only parish in the Diocese that is dedicated to the memory of the Beheading of St John the Baptist – the regional city of Port Augusta, the “Gateway to the Outback”. Normally it has been the…

On Saturday afternoon, 31 August 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the Great Vespers for the Feast of the Indiction at the Cathedral of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Pera. Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne, clergy, monks from Mount Athos, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Georgios Kotsiras, His Excellency…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries will present a Young Adult Fall Retreat from Friday, October 4 – Sunday, October 6, 2024 at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA. Join with other Orthodox young adults from throughout the west for a weekend of fellowship,…

In Istanbul, Türkiye, the Holy Synaxis of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne continued today, September 2, 2024. The hierarchs attended four sessions promoting information and discussion of global, ecclesial affairs in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America briefly addressed the Hierarchy during today’s gathering. Their Eminences Metropolitan Methodios of Boston, Metropolitan…