The Holy and Great Council as a Witness to Unity and a Shared Responsibility Address by Archbishop John of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania International Conference on the Significance, Reception and Prospects of the Holy and Great Council Chantilly, 5–8 October 2026 Your All-Holiness, Most Reverend brother hierarchs, Reverend Fathers, Dear participants in the Conference,…

At a conference in Chantilly, France (5-8 October 2026), His Eminence Metropolitan Gregorios of Cameroon offered a candid, self-critical reflection on Orthodox mission in Africa, a decade after the Holy and Great Council of Crete (2016). The Metropolitan began by calling the Council’s six documents prophetic and far-sighted. In his view, they anticipated issues that…

The Serbian Patriarchate and Pemptousia invite you to a Digital Fellowship, which will take place on Friday, 23 October 2026, at 19:30 (Greek Time). His Holiness Porfirije, Patriarch of Serbia, will engage in a dialogue with Elder Ephraim. Topic: “The Presence of the Holy Belt in Serbia” Simultaneous translation available into Greek, Serbian, English, Romanian,…

The Municipality of Thessaloniki in Greece is strengthening its ties with Romania through a cultural and religious promotion programme in Bucharest, according to a social media post by the Aghioritiki Estia. The initiative, entitled “Destination Thessaloniki”, took place on 24–25 September and involved a delegation from the Greek city led by Mayor Stelios Angeloudis. The…

The weekend began with Vespers at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church on Saturday, October 3 and a concelebration of the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Sunday, October 4. Assembly XV focused primarily on the ongoing effort to create a Common Catechesis. After reviewing the work of the Theological Education Committee, the…

On Sunday, 27 September 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain visited the Orthodox Parish of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in London, where His Eminence presided over the Divine Liturgy for the patronal feast and the fifth anniversary of the founding of the parish. Among those concelebrating with the…

BOSTON — “You stole a little bit of my thunder,” Alpha Omega Council President Costa Speliakos said into the microphone, addressing Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, who had just spoken. Onstage before 500 guests in the Fairmont Copley Plaza’s Grand Ballroom for the Council’s 50th anniversary gala Oct. 2, Speliakos nodded: “We are all on the…

Rethymno, 2-4 October 2026. On Friday, 2 October 2026, in the Main Hall of the “THEOMITOR” Conference Centre of the Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, the proceedings of the Fourth Academic Bioethics Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate commenced, on the theme of “Declining Birth Rates”. The Service of the Blessing of the Waters was…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia reflects on the importance of trusting in the will of God and accepting His timing, even when it does not coincide with our own desires and expectations, in a video message shared via the Instagram social media platform. His Eminence’s message includes the paternal exhortation: “We should not hurry…