The newly enthroned Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios addressed a large crowd on Tuesday in Sydney at a “Stand For Life” rally in opposition to a proposed bill decriminalizing abortion, draft legislation currently before the New South Wales parliament. Organized in part by several Christian lobby groups, Archbishop Makarios joined a number of ecclesiastical…

The excellent level of Greek-American relations was ascertained in a meeting on Tuesday in Athens between Deputy FM Antonis Diamantaris, who holds the expatriate Greeks portfolio, as US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt. Discussions also touched on the role of newly enthroned Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros. In a later Tweet on his personal…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday delivered a message of unity for the entire Orthodox world, speaking at the 10th world assembly of the Religions of Peace, in  Lindau, Germany. The Ecumenical Patriarch began: “Today, among prominent representatives of state and religions, of the high diversity of faith-based traditions, it…

A new liturgical book has been published in the Chinese language for the enrichment of the daily prayer and liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in China. The latest text from the China Orthodox Press is a Chinese-language publication of the Sunday Octoechos. “This project is being undertaken to make Divine worship available for Chinese…

Photos from ‘Stand For Life’ Rally at Martin Place NSW, Tuesday 20 August 2019. greekorthodox.org.au

  KEYNOTE REMARKS By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (Lindau, Germany, 20-23 August 2019) Your Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is a great honor for us to attend the tenth gathering of…

NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America reports that a donation of $260,000 is being made to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine from the proceeds of the Enthronement Luncheon for His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros. “I was immensely moved by the number of faithful who traveled from near and far…

NEW YORK – On Tuesday, August 20, 2019, Archbishop Elpidophoros met with Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia. After recognizing the common history of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Armenian Church, pastoral concerns – including parochial…

  His Eminence Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Orahovo Monastery on 17 August 2019. On this occasion the Hierarch consecrated the restored monastery complex and a new road that leads to the ancient shrine in Crmnica, while he promoted the principal of…