On Saturday, 25th November 2023, the Feast Day of St Catherine, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided during Matins and concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Catherine Barnet & Enfield in North London. Among those concelebrating were the Priest-in-charge Very Revd Archim. Damianos Konstantinou, the Vicar General Protopresbyter Konstantinos Garibaldinos, the…

The historical significance and current presence of Orthodox Churches in locations of key competition between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Russia, and in the great power rivalries of the twenty-first century, raises important questions about the role and impact of Orthodox Churches in contemporary geopolitics. Kremlin-supported challenges by the Moscow Patriarchate to the…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his annoyance on Monday evening over the last-minute cancellation of his meeting in London with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “I express my annoyance at the fact that the British prime minister canceled our scheduled meeting a few hours before it was due to take place,” the prime minister…

On Sunday morning, 26 November 2023, in which the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Stylianos of Paphlagonia, the patron saint and healer of children, His Eminence Metropolitan John of Zambia presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, conducted the blessing of the five loaves (artoklasia) and spoke to the congregation about the moving icon…

On Sunday, 26 November 2023, the 13th Sunday of Luke, His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel of Aksum officiated at the Cathedral of Saint Frumentios, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the occasion of the completion of five years from the day of his election to the Hierarchical Throne of the historic Holy Metropolis of Aksum. Metropolitan Daniel,…

On Sunday, 26 November 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received a group of Roman Catholic hierarchs and clergy from Italy, Greece and Turkey. On the previous day, the Catholic Hierarchs participated in the ordination of the new Catholic Bishop in the area of Alexandretta, Bishop Antuan Ilgit, which took place at the Catholic Church…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed the wish for everyone’s efforts to be dedicated to the creation of a world where justice, compassion, and the sanctity of life will be protected as sacred values, after the Divine Liturgy, which he presided over on Sunday, 26 November 2023, at the Church of St. Nicholas in Tzivali,…

On Thursday the 23rd of November 2023 the annual ‘Constantinople Lecture’ of the AECA (Anglican & Eastern Churches Association) took place at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom in Bayswater, London. This year’s lecture was delivered by the esteemed theologian and chaplain of HM King Charles, Rev Dr Canon Jamie Hawkey. The Canon of…

The St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Topic Tips & Resources. The Topics Tips & Resources includes a bibliography with expansive resources such as books, articles, videos, websites, and liturgical documents. It also includes helpful…