On Monday morning, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece attended prayerfully at the Sacred Hesychasterion of the Transfiguration of the Saviour and Saint Porphyrios in Milesi on the feast of Saint Ieronymos, the day on which the Archbishop celebrates his name day. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop…

On Sunday, 1/14 June 206, His Eminence Archbishop Theophanes of Gerrash celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on the commemoration of all Saints of Palestine, who belong to the Church of Jerusalem; these include the Apostles, martyrs, righteous, Hierarchs, according to the Church order of keeping their…

With all due solemnity, the customary ceremony for the installation of the new Holy Epistasia took place on Sunday, 14 June, in Karyes on Mount Athos, marking the beginning of the new administrative term of the Athonite State. On the occasion of the completion of the term of the Lavra Epistasia, the Holy Community gathered…

Twenty people were ‌injured and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire following a major Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital, authorities said on Monday, urging residents to take shelter. The attack damaged electricity lines and left 140,000 Kyiv residents without power, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said…

This morning, 1/14 June 2026, on the Sunday of the Saints of Palestine, following the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, celebrated the Service of the Blessing of the Waters and blessed the commencement of the restoration works of…

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., His Excellency the Mayor of Athens, Mr. Haris Doukas, awarded the Medal of the City of Athens to His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, as a mark of honor and in recognition of his significant spiritual, peacebuilding, and charitable work; for his unwavering…

The National Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Oratorical Festival Finals were held June 13–14, 2026, at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Northridge, California, bringing together young students from across the country for a weekend centered on faith, education, and fellowship. The annual festival, a cornerstone program of the Archdiocese’s Department of Religious Education, welcomed…

NEW YORK — His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received Dr. Stelios Kympouropoulos at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Dr. Kympouropoulos was recently appointed by the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to lead the National Accessibility Authority, the body that advises the Greek state on disability policy and universal access….

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem stated that His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, all Palestine, and Jordan, concluded his official visit to Athens with a renewed appeal for the protection of Christians in the Holy Land and the wider Middle East, and for the safeguarding of Christian and Muslim holy sites in the Holy…