On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received, at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Rev. Presbyter Ioannis Capones to wish him farewell. Fr. Capones will be leaving the Archdiocesan District for the Metropolis of Atlanta where he will serve at the parish of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Asheville,…

On Monday, October 15/28, 2024, a doxology was held in the Catholicon Church of the Holy Sepulchre, for God’s help in liberating our nation from the German and Italian Occupation of the Second World War and as a tribute towards the fighting heroes of our Nation and a prayer for the repose of souls of…

On Saturday, October 13/26, 2024, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the repatriation of the holy relic of our Holy Father, Savva the Sanctified. On this feast, the Church of Jerusalem commemorates that after the lifting of anathemas between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, the meeting of the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras with Pope John…

In a heartfelt gesture of shared commitment to peace, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, received Consul General Diane Corner of Great Britain as she concluded her three-and-a-half-year tenure in Jerusalem. The farewell visit, held at the Patriarchate’s historic headquarters, offered an opportunity for reflection on the enduring role of the Church in the…

On Monday, 28 October 2024, a Divine Liturgy took place at the Cathedral Church of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple, of the renowned Stavrodromi Community, in Constantinople, and was presided over by His Grace Bishop Benjamin of Tralee, on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Protection of the Theotokos. Present…

On Sunday, 27 October 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria and Exarch of Hungary and Central Europe, after having completed at pilgrimage visit to Constantinople, along with a group of faithful believers from his Eparchy, liturgised at the Church of Saint Nicholas of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Athens, Greece. Also present and joined in…

Over the two days of Sunday and Monday, 27 and 28 October 2024, celebrations took place the Holy Monastery of Panagia Eleftherotria in Vathi, Aegina. On Sunday evening, His Eminence Metropolitan Ephraim of Hydra, Spetses and Aegina, officiated and spoke at the Great Vespers Service, which took place with the participation of the Fathers and…

On Monday, 28th October, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne presided over the Matins and led the Divine Liturgy in celebration of the Feast of the Holy Protection of the Theotokos at the Archdiocesan Church of St Eustathios in Melbourne. During the Divine Liturgy, His Grace addressed the congregation, which included the Consul General of…

With feelings of deep emotion and national pride, we commemorate today the glorious anniversary of 28 October 1940, that resounding “NO” with which the Greek people protested against the insolent ultimatums of their would-be conquerors. A poor and tormented people, although they possessed meagre means of defence, nevertheless stood up to the powerful Italo-German Axis…