On the morning of Monday, November 7/20, 2023, the new Head of the Russian Spiritual Mission to Jerusalem (MISSIA), Reverend Archimandrite Vassianos, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by Archimandrite Nicon and asked for the blessing of His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos upon assuming his duties. Archimandrite Vassianos conveyed the wishes of His…

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Jerusalem, November 18, 2023 A high delegation representing the diverse Christian civil society institutions in Jerusalem, visited His Beatitude Theophilos III, The Patriarch of Jerusalem, at the Orthodox Patriarchate’s headquarters. The purpose of their visit was to express gratitude for the decision taken by the Holy Land Churches to suspend all non-religious ceremonial celebrations of…

Члены Священного Синода Русской Православной Церкви направили Святейшему Патриарху Московскому и всея Руси Кириллу поздравительный адрес по случаю дня рождения. Его Святейшеству, Святейшему Кириллу, Патриарху Московскому и всея Руси Ваше Святейшество, Святейший Владыка, Великий Господин и Милостивый Отец! Примите искрение сыновние поздравления в связи с семьдесят седьмой годовщиной со дня Вашего рождения. Вся Ваша жизнь…

On Sunday morning, 19 November 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, liturgised at the Church of the Holy Trinity, in the capital city of Tasmania, Hobart. His Eminence officiated at the Matins and presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, joined by His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Canberra, and by the…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia is currently conducting a visit to the island State of Tasmania, in order to communicate and engage with the Greek Orthodox flock of the island, and to support them spiritually and to demonstrate practically the concern of the Holy Archdiocese for the needs of Hellenism in every corner of…

His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Mount Sinai and Raithu, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, visited the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. The Archbishop was welcomed by Dean, Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, and attended the service, participating…

On Sunday morning, 19 November 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno officiated at the matins and following this presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, in Rethymno. Before the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, the hymn ‘Axion Estin / Truly it is…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate met under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at its regular session on November 16 and 17, 2023. According to the unanimous decision of the Synod, the following were classified in the List of Saints of the Orthodox Church: a) the Hieromonk Athanasios Hamakiotis,…