ANZAC Day, a national day of commemoration of Australia and New Zealand, was also celebrated in Athens, at the Phaleron Allie Military Cemetery. In this Cemetery rest hundreds of Australian and New Zealand soldiers, members of the ANZAC Corps, who fell heroically during the Second World War in the Greek territory. The memorial service, on…

The climax of the Divine Drama of Great and Holy Week in Constantinople will have a historical character this year, as after many decades the Service of the Epitaphios and Lamentations on Great and Holy friday will be held at the Holy Church of Panagia Paramythia Vlach Saray. The joyous event is made known by…

On Monday, 22, April, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), delivered a moving address @UKParliament at the invitation of @ROconect. The event centred on “Ensuring Remembrance: Advocating For Education and Commemoration of the Roma Holocaust in the UK”. In his speech, the Archbishop…

This past Sunday, April, 21, 2024, the Philoptochos of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in New York City, with the assistance of the Annunciation GOYA, held their Pasta Drive food pantry. Over 160 boxes of pasta were delivered to the Advent Lutheran Food Pantry NYC. For anyone who would still like to donate boxes of…

Parish History It is often said that the “father” of our church is Mr. Elias Betzios. This title was bestowed upon him because of the following circumstances: Mr. Betzios was a longtime board member of the neighboring St. Demetrios Church of Astoria. When he relocated his family to the Whitestone area, the distance was too…

On Tuesday, 23 April 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Greek Embassy in Paris, where he was warmly welcomed by the Ambassador of Greece to France, His Excellency Mr. Dimitrios Zevelakis, and also by the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure & Transport, Ms. Christina Alexopoulou. In the afternoon, the Patriarch made his way to the…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide was blessed to host the Very Reverend Archimandrite Fr Antipas from the Holy Mountain of Mt Athos. Fr Antipas’ visit extended from 16th to the 21st of April 2024, and included a full program offering the sacrament of Holy Confession,…

On Tuesday afternoon preceding Palm Sunday, 23 April 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia, accompanied by the Vicar of St. George’s Cathedral in Stockholm, Archimandrite Bartholomew Iatridis, attended a speech organised by the Greek Embassy in Stockholm on postal voting at the ABF Conference Center. The Minister of Interior of Greece,…

Following the Patriarchal Synod’s decision on 15 February 2024, to separate the Holy Metropolis of Burundi from the state of Rwanda and establish the Holy Diocese of Rwanda as an independent ecclesiastical province of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa appointed Bishop…