On Sunday, 16 November, His Eminence Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki presided at the Matins service and subsequently at the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Parish Church of Saint Barbara in Ano Toumba, Thessaloniki. In the Holy Sanctuary, His Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos of Velestino was also present in prayer. Before the dismissal, the Metropolitan preached the…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America participated this morning, via video link, in the successful doctoral defense of V. Rev. Archimandrite Kaisarios Chronis at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Theology. The dissertation, titled “The Panorthodox Council of Constantinople (1923) and its Historical Context” was met with high praise from the examining committee. V….
At the gracious invitation of the Representative of the Patriarchate of Romania in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Ioan, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, presided over the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Monastery of Saint George of the Romanian Representation in Jerusalem, in the quarter of the observant Jews, on Sunday, the 27th of…
With great solemnity, on Tuesday, 11 November, in Larissa, the ceremony was held for the proclamation of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia as an Honorary Doctor of the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Thessaly. The ceremony, hosted in the “Hippocrates” Auditorium of the Department of Medicine,…
Thursday 13 November 2025 – 19:30 Greek time Elder Ephraim engages in a discussion with Elder Maximos, Hegumen of the Monastery of St. Dionysios, Mount Olympus on the topic: “Divine Perception” The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English, Romanian, Arabic, Georgian, French, Russian There will be time for questions and answers…
On Tuesday, 11 November 2025, with great solemnity and devotion, the city of Heraklion, Crete celebrated the feast of St. Minas, its patron and protector. From the early morning hours, crowds of faithful filled the Metropolitan Church of St. Minas to attend the Divine Liturgy and venerate the miraculous icon of the Saint. The Festal…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on the feast of the Holy Martyrs Menas, Victor, and Vincent, presided on Monday, 10 November 2025, at the Great Vespers held in the celebrating Church of Saint Menas in Hypsomatheia. The sermon was delivered by the Patriarchal Deacon Fr. Photios Poulopoulos. Following Vespers, His All-Holiness, in his homily, said…
On Sunday, 9 November 2025, a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Patriarchal Monastery of St. Savvas the Sanctified in Alexandria, presided over by His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, in commemoration of the feast of our Father among the Saints, Nektarios, Bishop of Pentapolis the Wonderworker. Within…
On Sunday morning, 9 November 2025, on the feast of Saint Nektarios, Bishop of Pentapolis the Wonderworker, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in his birthplace, Silivri in Eastern Thrace, at the Acropolis of Silivri, presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Patriarch was warmly addressed by the local hierarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos…