On Wednesday, April 4/17, 2024, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and during the service of the Small Compline, the Great Canon was chanted, and presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Theophanes of Gerash. The following Archimandrites delivered the chanting; Nicodemus, Claudius, Bartholomew, Epiphanios, Dionysios, Christodoulos, Priest Ioannis Antoniou, Archdeacon Mark and Hierodeacon Simeon….

On Wednesday, 17 April 2024, as part of his visit to Athens, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis at the Representative Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. During their meeting, they had the opportunity to discuss issues of common interest. Also present for…

My soul, my soul arise. Why are you sleeping? The end draws nigh and soon you will be troubled. Take heed, then, that Christ your God may spare you. For he is everywhere present and fills all things. In parishes, the Great Canon is sung independently of Matins, on the evening of Wednesday in the…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia made a holy Pilgrimage to the “Garden of the Virgin Mary” upon the invitation of Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Royal Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Vatopedi for the celebration of the Monastery’s main church (katholikon) on the Feast-day of the Annunciation of the Theotokos by the Julian…

On Saturday, 13th April 2024, at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Kykkos) over 200 Youth and Young Adults participated in the 1st Annual Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth Lenten Retreat particularly focused on The Ladder of Divine Ascent. The retreat was entirely subsidized by COTY and was free of charge to…

On the Fourth Sunday of Lent, April 1/14, 2024, the feast of the Adoration of the Holy Cross was celebrated in the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, located in western New Jerusalem near the Jewish Parliament. Following the Status Quo, this feast was also celebrated in the Holy Monastery of the Cross because of…

On the 4th Sunday of Holy and Great Lent, 14 April 2024, the established annual Inter-Orthodox Liturgy was held at the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Rotterdam. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and was joined in concelebration by Their Graces,…

With reverence and due ecclesiastical honour the pious and faithful people of the Holy Metropolis of Drama celebrated the Synaxis of the new Confessor, Saint Georgios Karslidis. On Friday afternoon, 12 April 2024, the reception of the reliquary of Saint George from the Holy Monastery of the Ascension of the Saviour (Sipsa) took place at…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is currently visiting Athens, from Monday 15 April 2024, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to attend and speak at the 9th International “Our Ocean” Conference. Upon his arrival at Athens Airport, His All-Holiness was welcomed by representatives of the Hellenic Government and the…