His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa, arrived on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, as part of his pastoral tour of the Metropolises and Dioceses of the ancient Patriarchal Throne, in light of the upcoming convocation of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate. His Beatitude…

Following up to the decisions of the Holy Synod convened in the Holy City of Jerusalem on September 8th, 2025 under the presidency of our Father, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem. His Beatitude, together with the members of the Holy Synod, touched on several matters pertaining to the administrative, ecclesiastical, and pastoral affairs…

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was convened today, September 8th 2025, in due canonical order, awaiting the presence of Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, as was previously demanded, according to his canonical rights and obligations. However, having already departed and residing in Athens, he did not appear. The Holy and Sacred Synod, having…

On Saturday, 6 September 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos had the joy of welcoming His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea to the Holy Monastery of St. John the Forerunner at Atali-Bali. The visiting hierarch was accompanied by the Protosyncellus of the Holy Archdiocese of Crete, Archimandrite Bartholomew Vogiatzoglou, Archdeacon Porphyrios, and…

A growing number of Britons support returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece, with nearly one in three saying all looted or disputed artefacts in British collections should be sent back, The Times reported, citing a new poll. The survey, carried out in late August by JL Partners for the Parthenon Project, found majority backing across…

On the 9th September 2025, when our Holy Church commemorates the Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of Miletus, and Patriarchal Deacon Anatolios Doxastakis, proceeded to the Cemetery of Saint Ignatius…

From 18 – 22 August 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, serving in his capacity as President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), took part in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Week in Stockholm. The events marked the centenary of the 1925 Universal Christian Conference on Life and…

His Eminence Archbishop Damianos announced that he will submit his resignation as Abbot and Archbishop of Sinai on Friday, 12 September 2025, “in order to facilitate the functioning of the Holy Monastery until then,” according to his official statement. The Archbishop emphasised that his decision is guided by the unity of the Sinai Brotherhood and…

On the occasion of the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided on Monday, 8 September 2025, at the Divine Liturgy in the celebrating Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Palaio Banio, in the Diplokionion (Beşiktaş) district. In his address, the Ecumenical Patriarch noted that, particularly every…