“We are Greeks because we got educated in Greece,” says Jonah (Lwanga), the Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda, the spiritual leader of more than 100.000 Ugandans who are Greek Orthodox Christians. Speaking to the Greek Reporter‘sAnastasios Papapostolou, he proudly says that his Church in Central Africa, under the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria, is…

Today, when the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of the Mother of God in “St. Alexander Nevsky” Cathedral, was served Holy Liturgy by His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Melnik. Together with Bishop Gerasim were a priest Kostadin Gavrilov, priest Anthony Milushev and Deacon Alexander Neshev. Priest Anthony Milushev delivered a sermon on the meaning…

On August 25/September 7, 2019, at the Horrendous Golgotha, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated along with the 40th day memorial service for the repose of the soul of memorable Archimandrite Gerasimos, Hegoumen and renovator of the Holy Monastery of Sarantarion Mount, sponsor and renovator of the Holy Monastery of St. John the Forerunner by the…

The Let’s Go Greek Festival-Parramatta, which was in its 6th year, was attended by thousands of people. The festivities ran till around 6 p.m. and the official opening was at approximately 1.30 p.m., by the Greek-Orthodox Archbishop Mr. Makarios. The Federal Minister for Immigration, David Coleman, NSW Minister for Multicultural Affairs Mr John Sidoti attended…

Metropolitan Basilios Kodseie is the Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.     The Cross has become an instrument of salvation, a title of love and a ladder that ascends believers from earth to heaven and is a source of pride for them if they follow the…

From 16th to 23rd August 2019, Bishop Nikolaos of Amathous, leading a group of clergymen and laypeople of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, made a pilgrimage to the holy sites of the St. Petersburg metropolia and the Valaam Island. On 18th August, Bishop Nikolaos and the clerics accompanying him concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the…

On September 5, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), with a blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, took part as head of the Russian Orthodox Church delegation, in the 27th International Orthodox Spirituality Symposium on Called to Live in Christ held in…

The central celebration of the 800 years of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church and 70th anniversary of the organized life of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand will be held on 7 September 2019 on the property of the Saint Sava College in Varroville, Sidney. Very Venerable Archimandrite Metodije, abbot…

Fire tore through an apartment at 49 Epirus Street in the Athens suburb of Ilioupoli on Wednesday. Despite the damage done, an icon of the holy archangels in the room where the fire started survived, leaving only the faces of the Heavenly ministers visible. Unfortunately, the 86-year-old owner of the icon and her son had…