The Romanian Patriarchate learned with deep indignation about the theatre play ‘Eu sunt. Si?’ (‘I am. So?’) performed in Cluj-Napoca during the ‘Pride Week’ of sexual minorities. The indecent content of this representation includes the mocking of Christian religious symbols, sending a deliberately blasphemous message. Such offensive attitudes towards the overwhelming majority of Romanians, the…

The decisions of the Israeli courts that allowed seizure by Israeli settler groups of Greek Orthodox Church property located in Jaffa Gate area of Jerusalem’s Old City are unfair and will be further legally challenged, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It declared its “full opposition to the…

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The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate this week unanimously elected the Metropolitan of Dardanelles, His Eminence Nikitas, as the new Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, succeeding Archbishop Gregorios, who announced his retirement last month. According to the Patriarchate’s website, Nikitas was born in 1955 in Tampa, Florida where he was raised with his…

The Patriarchate of Georgia is readying its 59th mass baptism, part of an ongoing initiative by the Orthodox Church in the country to assist efforts to combat a low birth rate. The first mass baptism of infants was held back in January 2008, with the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, His Holiness and Beatitude…

The new Archbishop-elect of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, will arrive in Australia on June 18, where he will be welcomed with due honors by clerics and lay people. His Eminence will be enthroned on June 29 at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady. Read the announcement of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia…

Stepped up deliberations and speculation continues to revolve around the issue of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s autocephaly, both in the country and in Orthodox Churches around the world. Speaking after a Divine Liturgy held at the St. George Patriarchal Cathedral, on the occasion of his name day, the Ecumenical Patriarch, His all Holiness Bartholomew I,…

The Patriarch of Romania on Wednesday opened the working session of the Statutes and Regulations Committee of the Holy Synod at the patriarchal residence. As announced by the Patriarch in his opening remarks, the Committee will complete the regulations of the central bodies of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the regulations on church goods administration….

Dr. Christos Fifis talks to SBS Greek about the types of strife and conflict faced by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, their causes and their impact on its performance. The seminar is part of the Dardalis Archives Seminar Series organized by La Trobe Greek Studies Department. The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne…