In the heart of Seoul, where Orthodoxy offers its daily witness of faith, the parish celebrated once again, with particular splendor and reverence, the memory of its patron, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. In the Cathedral of the Korean capital, clergy and faithful gathered to honor the “rule of faith” and “image of…

On Saturday, 6th December 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Nicholas in Shepherds Bush, London. Concelebrating with His Eminence were the V. Revd Archimandrite Vissarion Kokliotis; the Revd Protopresbyter Konstantinos Garibaldinos, Vicar General; the Revd Presbyter Pavlos Lambrou;…

Pemptousia and the Parish of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Antwerp invite you to a Digital Fellowship, which will take place on: Sunday, December 14th, 2025, at 13:15 Greek Time The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English, Romanian, Arabic, Georgian, Italian, French, Russian. There will be time allocated for questions…

Patriarch JOHN X’s Address at the Conference on Developing the Understanding of Peaceful Coexistence, Al-Maghtas – Jordan, December 9, 2025 Your Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, may God protect him, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Your Excellency, the Honorable Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, Beloved friends, It gives me great joy,…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America offered the opening prayer at The Hellenic Initiative’s 13th annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, where distinguished entrepreneur and philanthropist John Pagiavlas, founder of AVI Food Systems Inc. and former president of Leadership 100, was honored. Read His Eminence’s prayer and remarks here.   orthodoxobserver.org

With full splendour, the Feast of the Church of Saint Nicholas of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Athens (at Vasilissis Sofias & Ploutarchou 1) was celebrated. On Friday, 5 December, at the Great Hierarchical Vespers, His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Thavmakos presided, concelebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Theodoritos of Laodicea, with the participation of clergy of…

On Sunday, 7 December, during his visit to the Parish of Saint Nicholas in Marrickville, Sydney, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia had the joy of participating in a modest yet heartfelt event held in honour of the children completing their attendance in the Early Childhood Groups of the Greek Welfare Centre and preparing to…

On Monday, the 25th of November/8th of December 2025, the Patriarchate solemnly celebrated the commemoration of Saint Catherine the all-wise Great-Martyr at her holy Monastery, situated but a stone’s throw to the north of the Patriarchate. The Church, in the Synaxarion, hands down concerning Saint Catherine the all-wise, that she was born in Alexandria, the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided on Sunday, 7 December, in the Most Sacred Patriarchal Church at the Divine Liturgy, at the conclusion of which a Doxology was offered marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the mutual lifting of the Anathemas of 1054 by the late Pope Paul VI and the late Ecumenical…