“ …then let them serve as Deacons…” 1 Tim 3:10. In July, the summer session of the Diaconate Program took place on the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) and was met with resounding success. This summer at HCHC, 32 candidates in their first, second, or third year of…

The project: Procurement and installation of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI system 1.5T SIEMENS) was successfully completed after 6 months (February – September 2023). The procurement of this modern equipment was made possible by the request of His Beatitude, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and all Albania, Prof. Dr. Anastasios to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)…

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America offered the affirmation of Office for the new Archdiocesan District Executive Philoptochos Board in the Archdiocese Chapel of Saint Paul. His Eminence prayed for the new board members to have a good beginning, saying, “Your devotion inspires admiration in everyone.” His Eminence also appointed the…

During a ceremony at the Patriarchal Cathedral marking the 16th anniversary as primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted the “unprecedented reality in the history of the Romanian people”: over 6 million Romanians have left Romania over the last 15-20 years. His Beatitude stated that “this unprecedented situation is a challenge…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Annual Sunday School Picnic for 2023 was held at Gough Whitlam Park in Earlwood, on Monday 2 October 2023. Sunday School children from all Parishes of Sydney and Wollongong came together with their parents and families. The day began with a series of games…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which met yesterday, 3 October 2023, decided to canonise Gerontissa Gavrielia Papagianni at the proposal and urging of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Short biography of Gerontissa Gavrielia Elder Gavriilia Papagianni was born on October 2/15, 1897 (the feast day of Saints Cyprian and Justine) in Constantinople….

On Sunday afternoon, 1 October 2023, the Great Vespers for the feast day of Saints Cyprian and Justina took place with ecclesiastical splendour, at the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, in Thomastown, Melbourne, of the Archdiocesan District of Northcote. Clergy from the Northcote District participated in the Vespers Service, while Fr. Vasileos Kourtesis…

Patriarch Daniel sent a message of gratitude and appreciation on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, October 1. In this context, the Patriarch prayed to the Most Holy Trinity “to shower blessings and love on all the elders and grandparents of the Romanian nation, so that they may look with kindness and…

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia went to Cernica Monastery’s cemetery last Friday to pray and recollect at the tomb of one of his predecessors, Metropolitan Gurie Grosu, the first Metropolitan of Bessarabia after 100 years of Russian occupation. Metropolitan Petru officiated a memorial service for the rest of the soul of Metropolitan Gurie of…