On Sunday morning, 18 June 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Kallinikos of Arta officiated at the Matins and presided over the festive Divine Liturgy at the Byzantine Church of the Queen and Patron Saint of Arta, Saint Theodora, on the occasion of the feast of the finding of her holy relics. During his sermon, His Eminence…

On Saturday morning, 17 June 2023, the first church dedicated to the Saints of the Holy Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopia was consecrated in Giannitsa. This is the Chapel of All the Saints of the Holy Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopia, which is located below (ground floor) the Church of Saint Paraskevi in…

The regional city of Albury, which is located on the border of the States of New South Wales and Victoria, was visited on Sunday, 18 June 2023, by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. With great emotion and respect, His Eminence crossed through the threshold of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels and…

At the pier of the port of Kalamata, at the point where since last Wednesday the eyes and thoughts of all of us have turned, where life and death stood opposite each other, there was held at noon on Sunday, 18 June 2023, a Trisagion memorial service held by His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne’s GO Youth Fellowship initiative hosted a talk at the Parish Church of Sts Raphael, Nicholas and Irene in Bentleigh titled: Are we Ready to Live: An insight into our…

The first Interparliamentary World Conference on Interfaith Dialogue was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, from June 13 to 15, with the theme: “Working together for our common future”. Representatives of parliaments, religious leaders and representatives of religious communities and organisations met and discussed the many different ways of building relationship and cooperation between parliamentary groups and…

The Sunday of All Saints, 11 June 2023, was a special day for the Monastery of Saint George Epanosifis in Heraklion, Crete. In the afternoon after the Vespers service, the enthronement of the new Abbot took place. A month before, on May 11, the brotherhood of the Monastery had been called to elect a new…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I addressed the General Assembly of the Council of European Churches in Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday. His Holiness listed some of the challenges facing the ecumenical movement in today’s Europe. “The ecumenical movement thrived in a very different Europe than that which we know and live in today. In spite of the…

Beloved Children in the Lord – the 2023 Graduates, Father Costas and Esteemed Trustees, Friends and Supporters of Saint Basil Academy, Let us begin with prayer: Heavenly Father, we give thanks to You this day and every day for Your mercy and love, and especially for our life and education here at Saint Basil Academy….