On 24th October 2019, at the Patriarchal working residence in Chisty Side Street in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Ms. Dariga Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva, chairperson of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan, head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The delegation accompanying…

“The Japanese Orthodox Church is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Equal-to-the-Apostles Nicholas next year. I intend to visit Japan in September 2020 at the invitation of Metropolitan Daniel of Tokyo to mark this date in the history of Japanese Orthodoxy and the spiritual relations between our countries with joint prayer,” the patriarch…

The swearing-in ceremony of the new Archdiocesan Philoptochos Council was held on Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church, located at the Archdiocese Headquarters. The ceremony was presided by His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios of Canada, assisted by the Archim. Ignatios Delis and the Archim. Alexandros Salmas, Dean of our Theological…

Tens of deacons from Bucharest will guide pilgrims arriving from other cities for the celebrations of Saint Demetrios the New. The deacons will welcome believers at the Bucharest North railway station and will provide information regarding the means of transport, accommodation and food facilities. They will also accompany the pilgrims on the Patriarchate’s Hill. The…

Three Romanian Saints are waiting for pilgrims on the Patriarchate’s Hill in Bucharest. The holy relics of St Demetrios the New, St Dionysius Erhan and St Philothea were placed in the baldachin next to the Patriarchal Cathedral following the annual procession ‘The Way of the Saints’ that drew pilgrims on the streets of Bucharest on…

On Thursday 24 October, College student, Fr Christophoros Krikelis, was ordained to the holy diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the Holy Monastery of Panagia ‘Axion Estin’ in Northcote, Melbourne (VIC). Dn Christophoros is the son of the Rev. Jordan Krikelis (Church of St John the Baptist, North Carlton, VIC). Fr Christophoros was tonsured…

Archbishop Makarios of Australia attended on Oct. 22, 2019, the formal function held at the Grand Hall of St Andrew’s College of the Archdiocese, whereby the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, blessed the table in honour of Fr Themi, a pioneer missionary at Sierra Leone. During the event a special DVD presentation…

The newest Romanian saint, a hierarch from Bessarabia who was glorified in 2018, and the “Saintie” who died for Christ at the age of 12, will soon be the “guests” of Saint Demetrios the New at the annual procession honouring the spiritual protector of Bucharest. The relics of Saint Dionysius, Bishop of Cetatea Alba and…

On November 29, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople announced its decision to glorify among the saints Schema-Elder John of Valaam (1873-1958) at the proposal of the Finnish Orthodox Church. The liturgical proclamation of this glorification was celebrated this year on June 1 at the Holy Transfiguration-New Valaam Monastery in Heinävesi by Metropolitan…