On Saturday, 11 November 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, performed the blessing and opening of the renovated Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Balinos, and its Sacred Spring, which is dedicated to the Holy Great Martyr Minas celebrated on that day, and then following this, His All-Holiness officiated at the Divine Liturgy. Present…

A commemorative event at the Phaleron War Cemetery, in Athens, was organised by the Embassy of France in Greece, on the occasion of the anniversary of the end of the First World War, which was sealed with the armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany, signed on 11 November 1918 in the French city of…

On Friday, 10 November 2023, The Ecumenical Patriarchate was visited by the new Consuls General of Greece in Smyrna, Mr. Alexandros Konstas, and of Georgia in Constantinople, Mr. Aleksandre Jishkariani, on the occasion of the recent assumption of their duties. The Consuls General were successively received by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with whom they…

“Christ shows mercy and forbearance and forgiveness for our weaknesses and mistakes and falls. One thing alone He will not forgive us: ruthlessness and hard-heartedness, being indifferent to the pain and need of our brothers and sisters.” Taking lead from the Gospel reading of the 8th Sunday of Luke, in which the parable of the…

On Saturday, 11 November 2023, the feast day of the Holy Great Martyr Menas and the Holy Martyrs Victor and Vincent, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised at the Church of Saint Sophia (Wisdom of God) in Adelaide. The faithful who reverently flocked to the Cathedral of the capital of South Australia, had the…

On Friday evening, 10 November 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the Great Vespers which took place at the celebrating Holy Church of Saint Menas the Great Martyr, in the district of Ypsomathia. His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Selyvria, Supervisor of the District of Ypsomathia, Vlaga and Kontoskali, welcomed and addressed His All-Holiness…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Feast Day of St Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis, was celebrated with great splendour at the Archdiocesan District of Perth. The celebrations commenced with the Hierarchical Vespers Service being conducted at the Church of St Nektarios in Dianella by His Grace Bishop Elpidios…

November 11, 2023 Your Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver, Beloved Brother in Christ, Your Grace Bishop Constantine of Sassima, National Philoptochos President, Arlene Siavelis Kehl, Metropolis of Denver Philoptochos President, Stella Piches, Luncheon Co-Chairs Maria Stefanidakis, Marian Catechis, and Barbara Vittas, Our Emcees, John and Joni Zavitsanos, Our Speaker, Dr. Lara Shekerdemian, Beloved Philoptochos Sisters…

CONGRATULATORY REMARKS By His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America For Paulette Poulos at the 28th Phidippides Award Gala Dinner The Union League Club New York, New York November 9, 2023 Stelios Taketzis, Chairman of the Board of the Greek Educational Public Information System, and all the Directors, Ioanna Giannopoulos, Director of Operations of Cosmos FM,…