On Sunday, October 20, 2024, following the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will preside at the Investiture of twenty-eight new Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from throughout the United States. The Investiture will be the capstone event of the annual Archon Weekend in New…

The Hellenic Orthodox Community of Astoria, St. Demetrios at a general assembly meeting held on Sunday, September 8, 2024 cast a two-thirds majority vote in favor of transferring a percentage of the newly-constructed building across St. Demetrios Church to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in exchange for cash consideration that will primarily benefit the…

The Feast Day of Saint Daniel of Katounakia was celebrated with ecclesiastical splendour and due reverence at the Holy Metropolis of Derkoi, where the centre of the feast day celebrations was the Church of Saint George the Great Martyr and Trophy-bearer in the Makrochorion Community. On the eve of the Feast, Friday 6 September, the…

On Sunday, 8 September 2024, the Feast Day of the Nativity of the Theotokos, His Eminence Patriarchal Commissioner Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi, officiated from the throne during the Divine Liturgy which took place at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George at the Phanar. Photographs: Mr. Yani Kayakoparan vema.com.au

On Sunday, 8 September 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated during the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Birth of the Mother of God which took place at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Kallimasia, on the Island of Chios. During the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service was held for…

Following his attendance at the Holy Synaxis of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America accompanied His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Halki, the second-largest of the Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, Türkiye, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. As the former Abbot of Halki’s Monastery of…

STOCKHOLM – His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia visited the cities of Sevettijärvi, Finland and Kirkenes, Norway from Wednesday, August 21st, through Monday, August 26, 2024, to represent His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as a participant in the 75th anniversary ceremonies for the remembrance of the resettlement of the Skolt Sámi people…

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, the Sacrament of Baptism and Chrismation of Paul (son of George Kamenos and Maria Bae) was officiated by Fr. Hilarion Jeong at the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju. We wish that the grace of our Lord and intercessions of Theotokos be with him so that…

Friday morning, 30 August 2024, will be marked as a historic day, according to the Holy Metropolis of Italy, as after 930 years the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the crypt where the holy relics of Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim are kept, in the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in the town of Trani…