We always support the autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, – Ananias Japaridze, the Metropolitan of Manglisi and the Tetri-Tskaro of the Georgian Orthodox Church stated when commenting about the recognition of the autonomy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine by the Greek Church. As the Metropolitan says, acquiring autocephaly is a process that…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, will visit Greece this coming weekend, and specifically the northern city of Thessaloniki, upon the invitation of the city’s Metropolitan, His Eminence, Anthimos. The visit comes in the wake of last weekend’s decision by the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s hierarchy to favor recognition of…

All vices grow feeble when conquered, and when beaten are day by day made weaker, and lessen and subside both in place and time—or at any rate, as they are unlike the opposite virtues, are more easily shunned and avoided. But vanity, when it is beaten, rises again keener than ever for the struggle. When…

  My beloved spiritual children, I learned a few days ago of the national motto of The Bahamas: “Forward, Upward, Onward Together.” It is a wonderful motto, one of the best. It could very well be a motto in the Church! The Christian life is never a static life. It is not about sitting in…

Archbishop Elpidophoros met with the youth of the Annunciation in The Bahamas and encouraged them to show their love and care to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. goarch.org

  The President of the United States of America offered his congratulations in a letter of April 14, 2019 to the Diocese of Eastern America, which is headed by His Grace Bishop Irinej (Dobrijevic), on the 800th Anniversary of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church. “Dear Friends, Melania and I send our warmest greetings…

  The Churches’ Week of Action on Food 2019 is taking place on 13-20 October 2019. The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance invites churches around the world again to a Churches’ Week of Action on Food, an opportunity to pray, reflect and take action together, for food justice across the globe. “The Churches’…

  On Saturday, 12 October, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas visited the Community of Saints Sophia, Faith, Hope and Love, Bishop’s Stortford. With his Eminence served the Very Revd Protopresbyter Constantinos Garivaldinos, the Revd Presbyter Stylianos Savva and Archdeacon Evgenios Tsaramanidis. thyateira.org.uk

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Saturday detailed his historic proposal towards the Church of Greece’s hierarchs to support the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s granting of the Tomos of Autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. In his proposal, entitled “Autocephaly – Church of the Ukraine”, the Primate of the Church of Greece first…