On Saturday 30 May 2026, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Christophoros of Kerasounta, Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, addressed a Seminar for all Sunday School teachers of New South Wales. Held at the Orthodox Mission Centre, of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society in Kingsgrove, around…

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Piraeus celebrated its patronal feast with due ecclesiastical order and splendour on Pentecost Sunday, 31 May, and on Monday of the Holy Spirit, 1 June. On the eve of the feast, the Feast Day Great Vespers was celebrated, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus,…

On Sunday 31st May 2026, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas, Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth celebrated its annual Pentecost Picnic at Hyde Park. Following the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom in Bayswater, over which His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene presided, over 250 young people gathered in…

Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești received an official delegation from Greece on Tuesday at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest during a meeting focused on dialogue and strengthening relations between the two countries. The delegation was led by Deputy Minister of the Interior Konstantinos Gioulekas and included representatives of academia, local administration, professional associations and…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday at the historic St George Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence that “the Holy Spirit unites the tears of repentance with the joy of renewed life.” The Patriarch explained that the Feast of Pentecost marks the visible establishment of Christ’s Church in history. “Pentecost is also the Feast of…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, on Monday of the Holy Spirit, marked the patronal feast of the Basilica Media Centre by praising its role in communicating the life of the Church and promoting Orthodox values in contemporary society. In a message addressed to the staff of the Romanian Patriarchate’s media institutions, the Patriarch described the Basilica…

On Monday, 19 May / 1 June 2026, the Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit was celebrated at the Russian Church of the Holy Trinity of the Moscow Patriarchate, situated in West Jerusalem, where the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission (Missia) is based. His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, presided over…

On Monday, 19 May / 1 June 2026, the Monday of the Holy Spirit, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Holy Spirit, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit in the form of tongues of fire upon the Holy Disciples and Apostles of the Lord. The feast was celebrated at the very place where…

On Sunday, 18 / 31 May 2026, the Feast of Pentecost was celebrated in accordance with the New Testament Scriptures, especially the Book of the Acts of the Apostles and the Pentecostarion. The feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Holy Disciples and Apostles while they were gathered together with one accord…