On the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, 22 December 2025 / 4 January 2026, the customary Memorial Service for the Holy Sepulchre Fathers was celebrated, according to tradition, in the Catholikon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, following the Divine Liturgy served therein, at which His Eminence Archbishop Theodosios of Sebaste presided. The…

The coming year has been proclaimed “Year of Patriarch Bartholomew” in the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the illustrious Patriarchate of the venerable Primate of Orthodoxy, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Throughout 2026, a wide range of events will be organised across Australia in honour of the Ecumenical…

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia presided over the service of Vespers at the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm, delivering a timely address. On Christmas Day, December 25, 2025, the Shepherd of the Scandinavian Countries celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the aforementioned Cathedral,…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord that Christ came into the world to sanctify creation and to teach humanity, from within it, to give thanks to God for the very existence of the created universe and for human life itself. “Christ comes into the world to sanctify…

On Sunday, 21 December, the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain opened the doors for its annual Christmas Open House. This year, more than ever, it lived up to its name – open house, open hearts. Clergy, Archons, parish leaders, families, pupils and friends gathered from across the country, with many travelling from Birmingham, Ipswich,…

The Nativity according to the flesh of our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ was celebrated with particular splendor and a spirit of reverence at the seat of the Holy Metropolis of Austria in Vienna. On Thursday, 25 December 2025, at the historic Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, the Festal Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was…

On Sunday, 16th/28th December 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Forefathers, that is to say, those “Forefathers of Christ according to the flesh, before the Law and under the Law”, and especially the Patriarch Abraham, unto whom the promise was first given, when God said unto him: “In thy seed shall all…

On Thursday, 12th/25th December 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of our Father among the Saints Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous, the Wonderworker, at the Holy Monastery dedicated to his name, situated by the Damascus Gate, within the Old City of Jerusalem. On this feast, the Church commemorates Saint Spyridon, who was of Cypriot origin, married,…

The peaceful visit of the newly elected Patriarch of Bulgaria, Daniil, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate was concluded on Sunday, 28 December. On that day, the Patriarch of Bulgaria presided at the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Church of Saint Stephen in Yeşilköy, within the Metropolis of Derkoi. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, was present in…