With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Holy Diocese of Adelaide celebrated the Feast of Saints Constantine and Helen at the regional city of Whyalla on 21st of May 2026 for the parish’s patronal feast. It was the first leg of a four-day trip visiting the communities of South Australia’s West…

On Tuesday, 26 May, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and proceeded with the election of auxiliary bishops: Bishop Epiphanios of Hexamilion, formerly of Olbia and canonically released from the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine, and Bishop Panaretos (Psaraftis) of Tamissos, until now…

Day 1 – 21 May 2026 His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in Lusaka on 21 May 2026 for an official pastoral and missionary visit to Zambia. The Patriarch was warmly welcomed at Lusaka International Airport by Theodore II of Alexandria, Ioannis of Zambia and Mozambique, government officials,…

The first official presentation of the volume “Mount Athos and the Orthodox Ecumene: The Influence of the Monastic State during the Years of Ottoman Rule (1423/24–1912)”, a publishing initiative of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy in collaboration with the Society for Macedonian Studies and the Athonite Centre, took place in the hall of the Society…

A Hierarchical Divine Liturgy concelebrated by two Hierarchs was celebrated on Sunday, 24 May, at the Metropolitan Church of Saint Achillios in Larissa, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Crete and the unveiling of the monument dedicated to the 5th Division of Cretans, the majority of whose members met their end…

On 25 May 2026, during his visit to Albania and his meetings with senior Albanian government representatives, the Greek Minister of National Defence, Mr. Nikos Dendias, visited the Orthodox Cathedral of the “Resurrection of Christ”, where he was received by His Beatitude Archbishop Ioannis of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, with whom he held a…

On the Sunday of the 318 Holy and God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, 24 May 2026, His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene officiated at Matins and presided over the Divine Liturgy at the celebrating holy church of the same name in the town of Shrewsbury in central England. About the holy altar, concelebrating…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Jordan, presided over a celebratory service marking 80 years of independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, amidst a solemn military presence and wide faithful participation. The service was attended by a number of bishops and priests, as well…

Under the patronage and in the presence of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, the Schools of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the graduation of a group of high school students in the courtyard of the School in Fuhais. The evening was filled with pride and appreciation for a…