Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Dear Presvyteres and Beloved Children, It is a delight to be with you at the Clergy Family Luncheon of the Hellenic Dance Festival of the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta. I am always impressed at the number of clergy and their families who attend the Dance Festivals throughout our Sacred Archdiocese….

Thursday, January 11, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with the newly appointed Director of Parish Planned Giving, Melpomeni “Melpo” Murdakes. The goal of the Parish Planned Giving Ministry is to support our parishes in their planned giving efforts through education and practical resources for soliciting, receiving and stewarding of planned gifts. The…

e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos and Romanian Psychologists, Psychopedagogists, Psychiatrists and Neurologists THURSDAY 1st FEB 2024 at 19:30 (Greek Time) Interpretation available in Romanian, English, Russian, Georgian, French and Arabic. The e-Meeting is organized by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA . You may register in advance for this…

Russia’s ambassador to Israel, Mr Anatoli Victor, and his collaborates with the representative of the Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem Archimandrite Vassianos and Archimandrite Nikon, visited the Patriarchate and exchanged greetings and wishes with His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, for the Christmas Feast and the New Year. From Secretariat-General en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info

On Tuesday, December 27/ the feast day of Saint Stephen the First Martyr (Old Calendar: January 9, 2024) the following Churches visited our Patriarchate for the celebration of our Christmas to relay modest holiday greetings: The Franciscan Brotherhood – Custody of the Holy Land The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem The Coptic Church in Jerusalem The…

On Thursday, 11 January 2023, at the Church of the Holy Archangels in the Sosthenion Community of Constantinople, the Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the Feast Day of the Synaxis of the Holy Myriads of Angels and the memory of Saint Theodosios the Cenobiarch, was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Kydonia, Patriarchal…

POST-HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE International Scientific Conference PHAICON 24 Athens, Greece, 18 – 21 Nov. 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…

With due ecclesiastical splendour and modesty, the feast day of the Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner was once again celebrated this year in Xirokrini, with the centre of the celebrations taking place at the Church of Saint John. According to the prepared program, on Saturday evening, 6 January 2024, the Great Vespers…

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael joins public officials in an annual cutting of the Vasilopita celebration CHICAGO, IL, 10 January 2024 – His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago joined local elected officials and other public dignitaries to participate in the cutting of the Vasilopita at an annual celebration organised by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. Mr….