The Orthodox Church of Albania has issued an announcement regarding the six-month memorial service for the late Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. The statement reads: “On Friday, 25 July 2025, the Feast of the Dormition of Saint Anna, six months will have passed since the repose in the Lord of our beloved Father, Archbishop Anastasios. On…

On Wednesday, 23 July, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia warmly welcomed the Australian Ambassador to Greece, Ms. Alison Duncan, to the Archdiocesan Residence in Sydney. His Eminence hosted a dinner in honour of the Australian diplomat, at which His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis, the Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese, Archimandrite of the Ecumenical…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Sacred Archdiocese…

Again, with my poor English, a few words… thank you very much for inviting me to this lovely dinner offered in my honor. I am grateful to all of you, above all, to His Eminence and to His Eminence, both my dear brothers in Christ and I sincerely tell you that your visit in the…

On Sunday, 20th July 2025, the Parish of Prophet Elias in Reading joyfully welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain for the celebration of its patronal feast. Concelebrating in the Divine Liturgy were the V. Revd Archimandrite Chrysostomos Tympas, the Revd Protopresbyter Dr Andreas Andreopoulos, and the Revd Archdeacon George Tsourous. Following…

Greek Minister of National Defence, Nikos Dendias, met with His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch at the Patriarchal Seat in Balamand, Northern Lebanon. He was accompanied by the Secretary General for Religious Affairs, Mr. George Kalantzis. In a statement posted on Twitter, Minister Dendias said: “I met with His Beatitude the Patriarch of Antioch…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia, with profound emotion and human sadness, announces the passing away of Archimandrite Nektarios Zorbalas, who fell asleep in the Lord on Wednesday, 23 July 2025. The late clergyman (born as Zacharias Zorbalas) was born on the Greek island of Kos in 1935. In the mid-1960s he emigrated to Australia, where…

Pemptousia and St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East would like to invite you to join us for a talk on Zoom with Elder Ephraim and Arabic Speaking Faithful on Friday July 25, 2025 at 19:30 EET Greece Time Elder Ephraim engages in a…

Nearing the end of their pilgrimage, today Orthodox and Catholic faithful commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea by reciting the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed on the shores of Lake İznik, at the site of the council’s convening in 325 C.E. Led by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and His Eminence Cardinal Joseph…