On Sunday, 26 November 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Gregorios of Mesaoria, of the Church of Cyprus, visited the Church of Saint Euphemia, in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown, and officiated at the Matins and presided over the Divine Liturgy. At the conclusion of the Divine…

On Sunday 26 November 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia visited the Ukrainian Orthodox Parish-Community of Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos, in the suburb of Banksia in Sydney. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised, being joined by the Parish Priest, Father Sava Pizanias and Father Miltiades Chryssavgis and Father Edward Waters. At…

The icon of Our Lady the Theotokos which was saved by a family of Thessalonians from the fire of 1917 that burned the church of Saint Dimitrios and all of Thessaloniki, was delivered yesterday, on Sunday, 26 November 2023, to the church of Saint Dimitrios, by the newly enthroned Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki. This icon…

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, engaged in a meeting with Pope Francis on Friday, 24 November 2023, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Philippa Karsera Christodoulides, and the Cypriot delegation. Initially, the meeting between the President of the Republic of Cyprus and Pope Francis was held in private and then followed…

The photographic exhibition titled “Our Fathers and Grandfathers” was on Patriarchate’s Hill for approximately thirty days. Despite the photography being removed from physical display, we invite you to embark on a virtual tour of the exhibition. The Basilica News Agency curated “Our parents and grandparents” photo exhibition from October 18 to November 22. The exhibition…

During his speech at the Monastic Synaxis of the Bucharest Archdiocese on Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel referred to the desire to canonize Nectarios Protopsaltes, an Athonite monk of Romanian origin who was the disciple of the newly-glorified Saint Macarios Protopsaltes. Regarding the Commemorative Year of hymnographers and church chanters (psaltai), His Beatitude recalled that…

My beloved Christians, To stand with you today in prayer – especially in the aftermath of our National Feast of Thanksgiving – and to celebrate this Eucharist with you is a profound joy for me. For it is in the worship of the Church that we find our essential union with God and our unity…

Friday Nov 24, 2023, 7:30-9:00 PM Athens Time Dear brothers and sisters You are invited to participate in the “e-Synaxis with Elder Ephraim, and Youth from Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania “, which will take place Friday Nov 24, 2023, 7:30-9:00 PM Athens Time. Interpretation will be available…

On November 16-18, the ‘Friends of Together for Europe‘ convened its annual meeting in Timisoara, one of the localities designated ‘European Cultural Capital 2023’. More than two hundred delegates from 29 European countries, including the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Romania, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Greece, and Austria, witnessed the event. The programme encompassed attendance at the…