During a ceremony marked by warmth and cordiality, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All of Palestine and Jordan, conferred the Order of the Cross of the Holy Sepulchre upon Her Excellency Irene Riga, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, in recognition of her distinguished efforts and valuable contributions…

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria and All Africa is undertaking a pastoral visit to Zambia. On Saturday, 23 May, the third day of the visit, His Beatitude travelled to the region of Chirundu, in the wider area of the Zambezi River, 137 kilometres from Lusaka. The highlight of the pastoral visit was…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended in prayer during the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Holy 318 God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, on 24 May, during which His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided. Photographs: Nikos Papachristou   vema.com.au

On Saturday, 23 May, a Scholarly Symposium entitled “120 Years Since the Death of Symeon Siniosoglou,” Benefactor of the summer camp ‘Paidopolis’, was held at the Patriarchal Urban Maraslios School in the Phanar, under the auspices of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. At the symposium, which attracted a large audience, introductory addresses were delivered by…

On Thursday, 8 / 21 May 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Ascension in accordance with the Pentecostarion. On this feast, the Church commemorates with joy and gladness, according to the accounts of the Holy Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, that the Lord, while His disciples looked on, was taken up…

On Wednesday, 20 April / 7 May 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Apodosis of Pascha and of the sign of the Cross which appeared in heaven. For the Feast of the Apodosis of Pascha, as prescribed by the Pentecostarion, the entire service of the day of the Resurrection was chanted, apart from…

On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, on the eve of the Great Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Eminence Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki presided over the celebration of Great Vespers at the celebrating Parish Church of the Ascension. The homily was delivered by Fr Dimitrios Tziafas, preacher of the Holy Metropolis of…

On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy for the Leave-taking of the Feast of Pascha at the Church of Saint George Antiphonitis in the Phanar. “Today, once again, is Pascha, for we celebrate the conclusion of the great feast of our faith. Yet every Sunday in our…

On Wednesday evening, 20 May, the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew, presided at the Great Vespers celebrated at the festal Church of Saints Constantine and Helen of the Great Community of Stavrodromi. The Ecumenical Patriarch was formally welcomed by the Hierarchical Head of the Community, His Eminence Metropolitan Andreas of Forty Churches, to which the…