On Sunday, June 3rd/16th 2024, Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Church of Saint George of the Turan Community, a village located near Nazareth. Co-celebrants to His Beatitude were their Eminences, the Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth,…
On Thursday, May 31/June 13, 2024, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Ascension, that is, the memory of the glorious ascension into heaven of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on the fortieth day after the Resurrection while His disciples watched this happening in joyful morning at the Mount of Olives, according to the…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Church in Bonn, Germany for the Feast Day of St. Avgoustinos, the patron saint of His Eminence Metropolitan Avgoustinos of Germany and Exarch of Central Europe. (June 15, 2024) Photos: GOARCH goarch.org
Visit the Leadership 100 Exhibit Hall at the 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress in San Diego! Located at Eventide at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, dosens of exhibitors will offer ecclesiastical items including vestments and chalices, iconography, mosaics, insurance, books, and pamphlets, and Greek inspired items – all on view for you to browse, order…
In an atmosphere of great emotion and unspeakable spiritual joy, the historic town of Pylos welcomed on Saturday afternoon, 15 June 2024, the miraculous Icon of Panagia Myridiotissa (Our Lady of Myrtles) and the grace-flowing Skull of Saint Theodore of Koroni, from the island of Kythera. The holy relics were brought to Pylos by His…
On Sunday, 2nd June 2024, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Holborn, London. Among those concelebrating were the Revd Archpriest Stéphane Maikovsky, Priest-in-Charge, the Revd Presbyter Ian Page, and the Revd…
On Sunday, 16 June 2024, the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council, a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place at the Cathedral Church of Saint George of the Greeks in Venice, and was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, who was joined in concelebration by His Eminence Metropolitan Polykarpos…
On Sunday morning, 16 June 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on the sidelines of the International Conference for Peace in Ukraine, in Bergenstock, Switzerland. Government sources, cited by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, state that during the meeting issues related to the Patriarchate were discussed,…
“War is always destructive. To remain silent in the face of the cruelty of war is a shame! It is our duty and mission to defend and promote peace. “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matt. 5:9). With these words, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew began his brief greeting at the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine,…