New York, NY – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the formation of the Advisory Committee on Mission Fulfillment for St. Basil Academy. This newly established committee has been commissioned by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America with performing a strategic evaluation of the Academy’s mission in order to propose a…

Yesterday, 7 December, His Grace Bishop Silvester presided over the service of laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a primary school in Budhebera – Mayuge right after the consecration of the new place of worship. One of our strategic focus areas is Education and Community Development _ to ensure inclusive and equitable…

Pemptousia would like to invite you to join us for a Digital Fellowship on Saturday 9th Dec 2023 at 07:30 PM Athens time (05:30 pm UK Time) (12:30 PM EST) The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English, Romanian, French, Russian, Georgian and Arabic. There will be time for questions and answers…

On Thursday, November 24th / December 7th, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Holy Father Gerasimos of Mount Athos, the Mikrayiannanitis and hymnographer of the Church. On this day, the whole Church, especially Mount Athos, and even the Church of Jerusalem remembers that Saint Gerasimos was born in 1903 in Northern Epirus, came…

Greece and Turkey on Thursday agreed to reboot their relations, establishing a roadmap designed to usher in a new era of closer ties between the two NATO allies but historical foes. In a landmark visit of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to Greece, the longtime sparring partners agreed to focus on pursuing good neighborly relations, keep…

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, during her official visit to Vienna, at the invitation of her Austrian counterpart, Mr. Alexander van der Bellen, attended a reception held in her honour at the Ambassador’s residence. The gathering was attended by Greek expatriates and hosted by Greece’s Ambassador in Austria, His Excellency Mr….

His Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos of Didymoteicho, Orestiada, and Soufli, responding to a kind invitation offered by His Eminence Metropolitan Kyprianos of Stara (Old) Zagora, on the 5th and 6th of December 2023, visited the beautiful city of Stara Zagora (until the 8th century was called Veria) on the occasion of the feast of the Holy…

His Eminence Metropolitan Makarios of Nairobi travelled to Nyeri and Mt. Kenya Diocese where he met His Grace Bishop Panaretos Kykkotis the host of the OCYAK (Orthodox Christian Youth Association of Kenya) youth seminar and national camp that is taking place this weekend and His Grace Bishop Marcos Theodosi of Kisumu. The theme of the…

With the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis presided over the feast day services at the celebrating Church of Saint Nicholas in the Capital City of Australia, Canberra. On Tuesday afternoon, 5 December 2023, the eve of the feast, His Grace officiated at the Great Vespers, while…