The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce that His Beatitude Archbishop Ioan of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania will be visiting the United States of America. At the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, His Beatitude will offer the keynote address at the International Conference organized by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at…
Addressing the Leadership 100 Conference in Phoenix, the Archbishop outlined two transformative goals and spoke forcefully against far-right extremism in Orthodox Christianity His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America laid out a sweeping vision for the future of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese during a question-and-answer session at the 35th Annual Conference of the Archbishop Iakovos Leadership…
With the cloudy sky of Korea, the snowy city of Seoul and the thermometer ranging between -15 to -17 degrees Celsius, the camp officials began to welcome elementary, middle, and high school students to the Camp facilities in the city of Chuncheon. During the few days of the winter School vacation, the goal was to…
On Wednesday, 4 February 2026, the Patriarchate of Alexandria welcomed two groups of pilgrims from Greece and Germany at the Patriarchal See in Alexandria with profound spiritual joy. The pilgrims were undertaking a journey to the holy sites of Orthodoxy in Egypt. The first group came from the Holy Church of Saint Nicholas of Philopappou…
The memory of Saint Arsenios of Paros was celebrated with great solemnity over the two-day period of 30 and 31 January 2026 at the Holy Monastery of Christou Dasous – Saint Arsenios, on Paros. On the eve of the feast, in the afternoon, Festal Vespers were celebrated, presided over by His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of…
On Monday, the 20th of January / 2nd of February 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of our Father among the Saints Euthymios the Great at the Holy Monastery dedicated to his name, adjoining the Holy Monastery of Our Lady of Sayda Naya, to the north of the Old City of Jerusalem. On this feast,…
On Sunday, 1 February 2026, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Panama City. Concelebrating at the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy were His Eminence Metropolitan George of Guinea; Their Graces, The Bishops of the Holy Metropolis…
In an atmosphere of deep emotion, a memorial service was held on Wednesday morning, 4 February 2026, at the Synodal Chapel within the building of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, for the repose of the souls of the seven PAOK supporters who lost their lives in a traffic accident in Romania, as…
The entire city of Gytheio celebrated the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord over the two-day period of 1 and 2 February, with the Poly-Hierarchical Festal Vespers and the Divine Liturgy. Participating were His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of Demetrias and Almyros, His Eminence Metropolitan Kallinikos of Arta, and the local Hierarch, Metropolitan Chrysostomos III…