Rethymno, 2-4 October 2026. On Friday, 2 October 2026, in the Main Hall of the “THEOMITOR” Conference Centre of the Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, the proceedings of the Fourth Academic Bioethics Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate commenced, on the theme of “Declining Birth Rates”. The Service of the Blessing of the Waters was…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia reflects on the importance of trusting in the will of God and accepting His timing, even when it does not coincide with our own desires and expectations, in a video message shared via the Instagram social media platform. His Eminence’s message includes the paternal exhortation: “We should not hurry…

“The Lord Jesus Christ wants to teach us that only a person who is consistently good, generous and merciful shows that he or she was created in the image of the good and merciful God,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday at the historic Chapel of St George the Great Martyr at the Patriarchal…

The local proclamation of the canonisation of the Holy Nun-Martyr Eulogia took place on Sunday at Samurcășești Monastery in Ilfov County. In a message delivered at the ceremony, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel highlighted the saint’s missionary work in villages across Wallachia. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploiești and Paisie…

The proceedings of the Fourth Bioethics Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate commenced on Friday, 2 October 2026, in the Main Hall of the “THEOMITOR” Conference Centre of the Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, on the theme of “Declining Birth Rates”. The Service of the Blessing of the Waters was celebrated by His Grace Bishop…

On the afternoon of Friday, 2 October, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Ioakeim of Lambi, Syvritos and Sfakia and the Grand Archdeacon Alexandros, visited the Holy Monastery of Baloukli, where the Patriarchal Cemetery is located, and celebrated a Trisagion at the grave of his predecessor, the late Patriarch Dimitrios, on…

On Sunday, October 4th, the community of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Pittsburgh, PA welcomed Hierarchs from the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America for a pan-Orthodox Hierarchical concelebration of the Divine Liturgy. Attended by more than 300 faithful from the Pittsburgh-area, the Divine Liturgy was presided over by…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America joyfully announces that today, Thursday, October 1, 2026, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos as Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received the news of the election with profound joy and…

Cyprus commemorated the 66th anniversary of the proclamation of its independence on Thursday, 1 October, with a major military parade in Nicosia, during which the BARAK-MX medium- and long-range air defence system was presented for the first time. The system was incorporated into the arsenal of the Cyprus National Guard Air Command in 2025. For…