On the Sunday after Christmas, 28 December, at the Parish of Panagia Kamariani in Red Hill, Melbourne, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated with due ecclesiastical splendour, presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Present also in prayer were His Eminence Metropolitan Ezekiel of Dervis and Their Graces, Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne and…

On the eve of the great Feast of Christmas, on Tuesday, 23 December, the Service of the Third and Sixth Hours (according to the Byzantine Parish Typikon) and the Kontakion of Christmas by Saint Romanos the Melodist were celebrated at the Metropolitan Church of Saint Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki. The Service was presided over by…

Focusing on the fact that our era is dominated by technology, His Eminence Archbishop of Australia Makarios addresses this theme in his Christmas Message for this year. His Eminence makes it clear that the Orthodox Church is not opposed to technology; nevertheless, it expresses its concerns regarding a new virtual reality that is taking shape….

On Monday, 22 December, the Great Hall of Saint Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney was filled with youthful smiles and festive melodies. There, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia welcomed young men and women of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society of the Holy Archdiocese, who paid their customary visit to the headquarters of the local…

On the afternoon of Thursday, December 18th, 2025, the 6th consecutive meeting with the Catechumens and the newly illumined faithful took place at the premises of the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm. It should be noted that this was preceded by a meeting between His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia and the…

On Friday, 6/19 December 2025, the Patriarchate solemnly celebrated the memory of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonderworker. On this feast, the Church honours Saint Nicholas as its Father and an Ecumenical Teacher, for he took part in the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in the year 325 and stood forth as…

We, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churchesin Jerusalem, respectfully request from the relevant Israeli authorities permits to allow children in Gaza who have been diagnosed with leukaemia to travel to the Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives to receive specialised treatment that is only available to them there. Augusta Victoria is prepared…

+ B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch to All the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Mercy and Peace from the Savior Christ Born in Bethlehem Most honorable Brother Hierarchs, Beloved children in the Lord, Having once again been found worthy…

On the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, 21 December, His Eminence Archbishop of Australia Makarios visited the Parish–Community of Saint Euphemia in Bankstown, Sydney. His Eminence presided at the Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. Before the Dismissal, he briefly referred to the Gospel reading of the day (Matthew 1:1–25), which presents the genealogy…