On Thursday, October 17, 2019, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia, accompanied by Nicholas Anton, the Director of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations of the GOA, attended the banquet of the 22nd Sobor (clergy-laity) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America as the representative of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros…

Protocol Number 43/19 October 20, 2019 National Leadership 100 Sunday I have come that they might have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the…

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The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday gave his personal commitment that the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Chapel and National Shrine will be inaugurated at “Ground Zero” on Sept. 11, 2021. He said “…The shrine will be a shining city on a Hill, and a beacon of hope for all people of…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, arrived in the northern Greece city of Thessaloniki on Friday, at the invitation of the city’s Metropolitan, His Eminence Anthimos, in order to attend the Byzantine Thessaloniki Organization’s cultural and events and Church services. The Ecumenical Patriarch was welcomed at the city’s Macedonia Airport by His…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, on Thursday bestowed the medal of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher to the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Anea, His Eminence Makarios. A ceremony in the Patriarchate’s Reception Hall was attended by pilgrims from the Metropolis of Nea…

The Church today venerates the memory of Luke the Evangelist, one of the Four Evangelists and ascribed authors of the New Testament Gospels, and specifically the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

“The environmental crisis concerns all of us, independent of identity, religion, nationality or culture,” noted Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday, while inaugurating the new building of the Central Macedonia Region Authority in Thessaloniki. He underlined that what was required was an immediate, continuous and multiple mobilisation, adding that respect for creation is non-negotiable. “There is…

The Agioritikes Grammes shipping company has had to launch a new boat to take pilgrims to Holy Mount Athos from Ouranoupolis as the number of pilgrims continues to grow. The company’s ninth ship heading to the Daphne port on Mt. Athos from Ouranoupolis launched today with a capacity for 500 passengers and trucks, company president…