On Tuesday, September 13/26, 2023, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos honoured with the distinction of the Cross-bearer of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Mr Nasri Moussa – Abou Samir, who worked for many years in the Greek Orthodox Arabic-speaking Community of Beit Jala as a Steward and…

The Huffington Ecumenical Institute at HCHC presents “Ecumenism Shaping a Better Future for our Planet: A Discussion Between Jane Goodall & John Chryssavgis.” The talk inaugurates HEI’s Ecumenical Conversations Series and will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, September 27 at 11:30 a.m. at the Maliotis Cultural Center (50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445). Dr. Jane Goodall—renowned…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America offered an Agiasmos for the beginning of the school year for students of the Greek American Institute at the Zoodohos Peghe Greek Orthodox Church located in the Bronx, NY. Approximately 200 students are enrolled in the Greek American Institute (GAI). Among those in attendance at the Agiasmos were Rev….

On Sunday, September 24th, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Charlotte, NC to conclude the community’s Centennial Gala Weekend. Concelebrating with the Archbishop were His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, His Eminence Metropolitan Dimitrios of Xanthos, and His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa. Other…

Your Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios, Dear Brother in the Lord, Beloved Brothers, Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa and Metropolitan Dimitrios of Xanthos, Former Governor of North Carolina and former Mayor of Charlotte, Honorable Pat McCrory Honorable Consul General of Greece, George Fostiropoulos, Reverend Proïstamenos Jonathon Resmini and Reverend Clergy, Parish Council President, John Mahairas, Philoptochos President, Cathy…

On Saturday morning, September 10/23, 2023, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, according to the existing order of the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood, honoured the new Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr Demetrios Angelosopoulos with the honorary distinction of the Grand Commander of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, recognising the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met on Saturday, 23 September 2023, with the Holy Clergy and the Monks of the Holy Metropolis of Austria and the Exarchate of Hungary, to whom he addressed and spoke about the role of the clergy in modern society. His Eminence Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria and Exarch of Hungary, with…

The work of the 12th Clergy-Laity Congress of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia continues for a second day, with great success and enthusiasm. The speakers, on Tuesday, 26 September 2023, are expected to present reports with proceedings and visions for the sectors, organisations and institutions of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia. The speakers are as…

Saint Paisios the Athonite, a great and much loved modern Saint of the Orthodox Church, who is especially revered by the Christ-loving people of the fifth continent, was declared Patron Saint of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia by its Primate, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. The Archbishop made the declaration, full of emotion, during…