“The Cross of Christ shows the humble and merciful love of the Holy Trinity. It is the sign that unites heaven and earth and transforms suffering into the joy of the Resurrection,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Thursday on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Orthodoxy does not separate the Cross…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited The Cathedral School at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity and offered an Agiasmo for the beginning of the school year. In attendance were V. Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Papazafiropoulos, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, V. Rev. Archimandrite Chysostomos Gilbert, Archdiocesan Cathedral Dean, Rev. Gregory…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, through its Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, has been active at the United Nations since 1979 and was accredited through the United Nations Economic and Social Council (“ECOSOC”) General Consultative Status in 1985. In 2021, the Archdiocese received additional accreditation through the United Nations Environment Programme. The…

On the morning of Saturday, September 3/16, 2023, after the Divine Liturgy on the Horrendous Golgotha, which was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop. Theodosios of Sebasteia, the fortieth-day memorial service was held for the repose of the soul of the blessed Holy Sepulchre monk Panteleimon, who served at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The…

On Friday, the 2nd / 15th of September 2023, His Beatitude received: The Metropolitan Varsanufius of the Moscow Patriarchate, with a group of clergymen of the Spiritual Mission to Jerusalem (MISSIA) and pilgrims. To them, His Beatitude said that under the current conditions of disorder and confusion in the world, our prayer takes precedence in…

Today, 18 September, our Church honours the memory of Saint Evmenios the wonderworker, Bishop of Gortyn. This day is particularly joyous for the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, as His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta celebrates his Patronal Feast Day. His Grace Bishop Evmenios has faithfully served, for 16 consecutive years, the holy altar and the…

There, which was a place once alive with life, where people experienced great moments and historical events, was the place where Saint Euphemia the Great Martyr was born, lived, raised and was martyred. The place where the Holy Fathers of our Church met during the Fourth Ecumenical Council, in the place where the countless souls…

The city of Tartu was the second destination of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Estonia. On Friday morning, on the occasion of His All-Holiness’ arrival in the city, which is the seat of the Holy Diocese of Tartu of the Autonomous Church of Estonia, a Doxology was held in the Holy Dormition Cathedral….

On Saturday afternoon, 16 September 2023, the Festive Great Vespers in memory of Saint Sophia and her three daughters, Faith, Hope and Love, were celebrated with ecclesiastical splendour at the Church of Saint Sophia and Three Daughters in Taylor Square, Sydney. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia who officiated at the Vespers Service, spoke appropriately…