Prot. No. 350/2023 Archepiscopal Encyclical on the Feast of Christmas December 25, 2023 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations,…

POST-HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE International Scientific Conference PHAICON 24 Athens, Greece, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2024 Co-organizers Saint Maxim the Greek Institute Office of the Orthodox Church at the European Union SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Apostolos Nikolaidis, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion and Social Ethics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Head of the Scientific…

On Tuesday, December 6/19, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Saint Nikolaos, Bishop of Mira of Lycia the wonderworker. On this feast, the Church commemorates Saint Nikolaos as the Father of the Church in the 4th century, “a rule of faith and an image of piety”, who participated in the First Ecumenical Council of…

On Tuesday, 19 December 2023, the Greek Community of Melbourne organised a special celebration and awarded the outstanding achievements of the highest scoring VCE graduates with Greek heritage. The atmosphere at the Greek Centre was most special, as families, friends and members of the Greek Community of Melbourne Board of Directors gathered to applaud the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will officiate at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, during the Divine Liturgy, on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, December 24, at 9:30 a.m., during which the Holy Sermon will be preached by Deacon Alexander, who will also be tonsured to the rank of the Great Archdeacon…

The Holy and Sacred Synod convened on Tuesday, 19 December 2023, under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, during its regular session, where all the items on the agenda were considered, and the following decisions were made. The Ecumenical Patriarch then announced the appointment of Archimandrite Kaisarios Chronis as the Archivist of the…

On Monday afternoon, 18 December 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, attended the presentation of the new book of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, with the title: “The Ecumenical Patriarchate – The Preeminent and Suffering Church”, which took place at the Sismanoglio Megaro in Constantinople. His All-Holiness was welcomed by the Ambassador Mr. Konstantinos…

On December 19, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America headquarters the Consul General of Serbia to New York Dr. Vladimir Bozovic. Consul General Bozovic visited His Eminence for a courtesy visit as the newly appointed Consul General to New York. Photo: GOARCH goarch.org

Faithful joined His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for the Annual Christmas Open House on December 19, 2023. More than 300 visitors shared warm personal conversations with His Eminence and enjoyed the festive Christmas spirit that filled the Archdiocese. “I am delighted that so many of you have…