Manhattan, N.Y. — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Tuesday with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York, where he was welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. During the talks, His All-Holiness thanked the prime minister for Greece’s steadfast support of…

Manhattan, N.Y. — The opening of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s speech at the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit was guided by a sense of urgency for environmental action. Returning to Manhattan for its fifteenth session, the Summit is billed as “the largest and most inclusive nonpartisan forum,” and coincides with the United Nations General Assembly’s…

On Monday, 9th/22nd September 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the parents of the Theotokos, the Ancestors of God Saints Joachim and Anne. Their memory was celebrated in the sacred Monastery named after them, within the walls of St Stephen’s Gate, on the site where the house of the Thetokos also stood, as Saint…

On the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Precious Cross, 21 September, the Holy Diocese of Chora had the special joy of welcoming, on behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioustinos of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, who is visiting Australia to participate in the 2nd Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis, which will…

On Monday, 22 September, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia received the visit of the popular Greek singer Mr. Giannis Ploutarchos, who was accompanied by Greek-Australian businessman Mr. Konstantinos Tagalakis and artistic events organiser Mr. Nicholas Theodorakopoulos. Mr. Ploutarchos, who was participating in a series of scheduled concerts in various Australian cities, during his stay…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday at the Ukrainian delegation’s office in New York, underscoring what he described as the church’s steadfast support for the Ukrainian people amid Russia’s ongoing brutal war of aggression. His All-Holiness was joined by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America during the meeting. The Ecumenical Patriarch conveyed…

On Saturday, the 7th/20th of September 2025, the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos was celebrated, by transference, in the Greek Orthodox Community of the city of Sakhnin in Northern Israel, one of the twelve Communities under the jurisdiction of the Metropolis of Acre–Ptolemais, in the Holy Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos….

On the morning of Friday, 6th/19th September 2025, His Grace Bishop of Narva, Mr Lazaros, of the Russian Church of Estonia, visited His Beatitude, accompanied by the Head of the Russian Mission in Jerusalem (MISSIA), Archimandrite Vassianos, and by a small group of pilgrims. His Eminence Lazaros thanked His Beatitude for the opportunity granted to…

On Sunday (after the Exaltation of the Precious Cross), 21 September, at the Pilgrimage Church of Saint Dimitrios, the Patron of Thessaloniki, a Hierarchical Concelebration of the Divine Liturgy was held, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol and concelebrated by the local Shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki, with the participation…