Photos from the Great Vespers Service at St Euphemia Church, Bankstown, NSW presided by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia.     greekorthodox.org.au

NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received today a letter of congratulations from President Donald Trump for his enthronement as Archbishop of America. The text of the President’s letter follows: Your Eminence, I send my warmest congratulations on your enthronement as Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of America. Melania and I join your family…

  Jul. 8, 2019 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Visited the Greek American Rehabilitation and Care Center in Wheeling, Illinois; the Fanari Camp / Saint Iakovos Retreat Center in Kansasville, Wisconsin; and the Saint John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Monastery in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin   goarch.org  

Members of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod this week took a series of decisions aimed at entrenching the Church’s presence in the Far East and Southeast Asia, and specifically in Korea, Thailand and even the Philippines.       

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, this week received the ambassador of Syria in the country. Discussion revolved around the situation in the war-torn country, as well as initiatives by Orthodox Church to restore Christian cathedral and schools in the Mideast nation.

The Patriarchate of Bucharest has commenced a program and undertaken initiatives to support the integration of the Roma communities in the country. According to media in the country, the Orthodox Church is busily establishing Sunday school in Roma communities and operating a primary health care program.

The saints of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos, are commemorated today by the Orthodox Church. St. Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maximos the Hagiorite, for instance, was a noted 16th Vatopedi Monastery monk, writer, scholar, and translator — particularly active…

The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophros, made a pilgrimage to the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gračanica-Midwestern America this week, amid his visit to the Metropolis of Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend. He was accompanied by Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago and was received by Bishop Lon-gin of New Gračanica at the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday led a delegation of members of the Patriarchate’s Holy Synod in a visit to the Metropolis of Ganos and Chora, in the Bosporus metropolis. The Ecumenical Patriarchate delegation was received by the His Eminence Amphilochios, Metropolitan of Ganos and Chora. The hierarchs visited…