On Friday, October 12/25, 2019, the ordination to Priest of Deacon George Baramki was held during the Divine Liturgy on Horrendous Golgotha by the Most Reverend Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina. Fr. George Baramki has been ministering at St. James the Brother of God Cathedral as a Deacon of the Arab-speaking Orthodox Community of Jerusalem, while…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, and at the initiative of the Revd Father Athanasios Giatsios, St Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church, Mascot, has organised an evening directed to both our faithful and to interested members of the public on ‘Greek Identity Throughout History.’ This will take place at the ‘new’ Church…

Today Patriarch Neophyte received the new French ambassador, Her Excellency Florence Robin, who assumed the post in September.Bishop Gerasim of Melnik, Head secretary of Holy Synod, Bishop Polycarp of Belogradchik, Vicar of the Metropolitan of Sofia,and Father Nikolai Georgiev, Head of the Public Relations Department at Holy Synod also participated. Ambassador Robin expressed her gratitude…

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An interview and feature focusing on the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, was posted on a Romanian news site this week. The article showcases the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its historic role over the centuries, while being particularly laudatory of the Patriarch for his environmental advocacy. In the interview, His All Holiness…

Greece’s second largest city, the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki, is witnessing a three-day series of events and commemorations, beginning on Saturday, the Feast Day of St. Demetrius, the Holy & Great Martyr and Myrrh-streamer, as well as the ancient city’s patron saint. Oct. 26 also marks the 107th anniversary of the city’s liberation from Ottoman…

The Greek Orthodox diocese of Dortmund, part of the Metropolis of Germany, in cooperation with the National Kapodistrian University of Athens’ applied philosophy workshop and with the support of the Society of Greek Scientists of Northern Rhineland/Westphalia, is organizing an international conference on the issue of bioethics. Well-known academics and experts in the field from…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, has appointed Dr. Anastasios Koularmanis, the current superintendent of St. Demetrios Greek American School in Astoria, New York City, as the new director of Greek education at the Archdiocese. St. Demetrios is the only full-time Greek-language high school under the Archdiocese of America’s jurisdiction.

The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for Church’s society and mass mediа relations, Vladimir Legoida, this week spoke on the issue of religious extremism and the measures that should be instituted to deal with the phenomenon, in comments made at an international conference convened in the western Russia city of Oryol. In his address,…