Unfortunately, in many corners of our world, bloody conflicts rage, shaking us deeply and we pray daily for their cessation and for peace to reign. Simultaneously, however, an undeclared and often invisible war rages in all modern societies, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives each year and spreading pain, sorrow, and despair in countless homes….

At a reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Ms. Jane Lomax-Smith, in honour of the Orthodox Church in Australia for the 100th anniversary of its foundation, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia attended the event as the guest of honour, who is currently undertaking a pastoral visit to the “City of Churches”, in…

During the pastoral visit of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia to South Australia, and specifically in the “city of Churches”, Adelaide, a Priestly Synaxis of the clergy of the district was held, on the theme of the feasts of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit. The main speaker was Archbishop Makarios, who analysed the deeper…

On Tuesday, June 12th/25th 2024, the commemoration of our Holy Father Onuphrius of Egypt was celebrated by the Patriarchate in the Holy Monastery named after him in the site south of Siloam’s pool and in the place of Alcedama, i.e. the field of “the price of blood” which the Jews bought to bury the foreigners…

The feast of the Monday of the Holy Spirit was solemnly celebrated on June 11/24, 2024 at the magnificent Cathedral of the Holy Trinity belonging to the Russian Mission of the Mosco Patriarchate (MISSIA). The Divine Liturgy was officiated by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos with the co-celebration of their Eminences, Metropolitans…

Monday, June 11th/24th 2024, was celebrated by the whole Church, especially by the Church of Jerusalem, as Monday of the Holy Spirit dedicated especially to the Comforter, as the Main Person, acted from the Father through the Son the marvellous event of Pentecost, i.e. the inspiration and enlightenment of the holy disciples and apostles. This…

On the Sunday of Pentecost, 23 June 2024, in the presence of thousands of faithful believers, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was received at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Faneromeni in Lefkada, Greece, where he will celebrate the Feast Day of the Holy Spirit on Monday, 24 June 2024. The reception of the Ecumenical Patriarch…

On the Monday of the Holy Spirit, 24 June 2024, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis liturgised at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the suburb of Richmond, Melbourne, and was joined in liturgy by the Parish Priest, Father Emmanuel Ioannidis and Father Alexandros Kantarakias. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His Grace…

On the Monday of the Holy Spirit, 24 June 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised at the Cathedral of Saint Sophia (Wisdom of God) in Adelaide, and was joined by Their Graces, Bishop Silouan of Sinope and Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis, and also by the clergy from the capital city of South Australia….