Tuesday 28 April 2026 – 19:30 Greek time Elder Ephraim engages in a discussion with Metropolitan of Argolis Nektarios on the topic: ” Saint Ephraim of Katounakia ” Simultaneous translation available into English, Romanian, Arabic, Georgian, Russian, Polish, French, Italian, and Spanish There will be time for questions and answers Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IZCQzZv9St2nAnZwPH93TA Please note…

In an atmosphere of emotion and joy, at the festal Church of All the Saints of Thessaloniki, belonging to the Educational and Cultural Foundation “Saint Gregory Palamas,” His Eminence Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki, accompanied by the clergy and faithful of the Metropolis, received, according to custom, the holy relics of the Saints of the city,…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew emphasised the importance of safeguarding peace and social justice in today’s unsettled global environment during his official address on Friday, 24 April, at the 18th edition of the World Policy Conference, held in Chantilly. Addressing the large audience of the Conference in French, he noted, among other things, that peace…

With traditional modesty and solemn liturgical splendour, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Saturday, 25 April, at the festal, translation-observed commemoration of Saint George, in the Church of Saint George in Neochorion on the Bosphorus, which is one of the dependencies (metochia) of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Constantinople. The service was celebrated by His…

The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia is pleased to announce to the flock of the Mother Church of Constantinople in Scandinavia that, with the canonical blessing and encouragement of her Shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Elaia traveled to…

On Sunday, the 13th/26th of April 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Joseph of Arimathaea and the Myrrh-bearing women. On this Sunday, the Church commemorates Joseph of Arimathaea, present-day Ramleh, as a “counsellor of honourable estate,” who dared to go in unto Pilate and asked for the Body of Jesus (cf. Mark 15:42). And…

On the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, the 13th/26th of April 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Joseph of Arimathaea and the Myrrh-bearing women at the Holy Cathedral of Saint James the Brother of the Lord in Jerusalem (and not at the Chapel of the Myrrh-bearers, due to ongoing works), with a Great Hierarchical…

On the morning of Friday, the 12th/24th of April 2026, following the Divine Liturgy at the Horrendous Golgotha, at which His Eminence Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth presided, the forty-day memorial service was held for the late Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood Archimandrite Timotheos Nikolaou, who had served as Hegumen of the Holy Monastery of the Twelve Apostles…

Each year on the 25th of April, Australia honours the men and women who, answering the call of duty strove with courage and steadfast devotion to the highest ideals, counting neither personal cost nor even their very lives. For us Greeks in particular, ANZAC Day moves us deeply, as it reminds us of the bonds…