On Thursday, 28 March 2024, the clergy of the Holy Metropolis of Accra who minister in Ghana, participated in the first Clergy Synaxis held under the presidency of their new Metropolitan Daniel of Accra. After the prayer of the Sanctification of Water that was performed inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ, the reading…

On Friday evening, 29 March 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos, officiated during the Service of the Second Stanza of the Salutations to the Theotokos, at the Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in the village of Agridia, Imbros. vema.com.au

On Sunday, 31 March 2024, the Second Sunday of Holy and Great Lent, which is dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis liturgised at the Church of Saint Demetrios in the suburb of Prahran in Melbourne, and was joined by His Grace Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis, from the…

On the second Sunday of Holy and Great Lent, 31 March 2024, His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon officiated during both the Matins and Divine Liturgy from the throne of the Metropolitan Church of Saint Euphemia, which is located in the heart of the market place of Chalcedon, at the crossroads of civilisations, and…

On Friday, 29 March 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel of Accra made his first missionary visit to the Orthodox Communities of the cities of Larteh and Tema. The town of Larteh is located east, at a distance of 56 kilometers from the capital Accra. There he visited the Holy Church of the Apostles Peter and…

On Saturday, 30th March 2024, Deacon Georgios Athanasopoulos was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos and St. Andrew in Birmingham. His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene celebrated the Divine Liturgy with numerous vlergy from the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. Amongst those concelebrating were the…

On Friday, 29 March 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer, at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, during the Service of the 2nd Stanza of the Salutations to the Theotokos, in which His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia officiated from the parathrone. The sacred homily was preached by Archimandrite…

The second Sunday of the Great Fast is dedicated to St Gregory Palamas, the unassailable champion of theologians and messenger of grace. Today’s theme is that “man can become divine through the grace of God in the Holy Spirit”. Saint Gregory Palamas, as an Athonite Monk, bore witness in the fourteenth century about the prayer…

Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Orange, CT was filled to capacity to witness the Moving ordination of Steven Sarigiannis to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. Deacon Steven is a graduate of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and is a life-long member of the parish, growing up in the…