On Monday the 16th/29th of May 2023 the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem met under the Presidency of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and considered various issues of the Patriarchate, among which the following: The feasts of Holy Easter and the ceremony of the Holy Light of Holy…

On Sunday, May 15 / 28, 2023, on the commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Synod, H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos made a Pastoral visit to the Greek Orthodox Arabic-speaking Community of the county of Turan, adjacent to Cana of Galilee. His Beatitude was warmly received by a parade…

Today, Monday 29 May 2023, Saint John’s College, Preston, had the privilege of welcoming His Eminence Archbishop Myron of New Zealand for a tour through the college grounds and facilities. Metropolitan Myron held warm and interesting conversations with our students and staff, in particular about the curriculum and co-curricular programs and activities, as well as…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a congratulatory message to the re-elected President of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, wishing him a fruitful and successful new term for the benefit of every citizen of the country. vema.com.au

With a memorial service at the Battle of Crete monument, the events for the 82nd anniversary of the great Battle were completed at the historic airport of Maleme, Crete. The ceremony was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos of Kydonia and Apokoronas, who was joined in prayer by the Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis,…

Orthodoxy through the Apostles reached all the lengths and breadths of the earth. From the land of Judea, their preaching reached Britain and the island of Ireland, the Middle East and Africa, the depths of Asia and the “new world”, the continent of America. However, Orthodoxy also reached remote Australia, which since the beginning of…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Sunday 28 May, made his way to the Electoral Centre in the Phanar District and exercised his his right to vote during the second round of the Presidential elections, as he did in the first, two weeks ago. Photographs: Nikos Papachristou / Ecumenical Patriarchate vema.com.au

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer during the Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Saturday 27 May 2023, at the end of which a 40-day and one-year memorial, respectively, were held, for the repose of the souls of the ever-remembered Elder Metropolitan Ioakeim of Nicomedeia and Metropolitan Gennadios of Sasima. The Divine Liturgy…

The President of the Higher Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete, Associate Professor, Emmanuel K. Doundoulakis, visited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the 25 May 2023, after the publication of the Government Gazette of his appointment, in order to receive the Patriarchal blessing. The President of the Higher Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy…