On Wednesday afternoon, August 24 / September 6, 2023, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos received Mr Micheál Martin, TD, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence of the Republic of Ireland. In this meeting, His Beatitude informed Mr Martin about the challenges faced by the Christian community at the hands…

The visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Finland continued on Saturday, 9 September 2023, with a visit to the Helsinki Orthodox Church Youth Camp Centre in Kaunisniemi. A prayer for peace in Ukraine was held in the Church and everyone prayed for those who have lost their lives in the war. Her Excellency…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew departed on Friday, 8 September 2023, from Constantinople, for an official visit to Finland and then to Estonia, responding to official invitations, in order to preside over the anniversary events for the 100 years since the granting of Autonomy to these two Orthodox Churches. On Friday evening, the Patriarch arrived…

On 8 September 2023, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary of Alexandria. The Eucharistic Assembly was attended by the Members of the Cyprus Brotherhood of the Holy City, on the feast of Our Lady…

With ecclesiastical splendour and with the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Translation of the Holy Relics of the great modern Saint of our Orthodox Church were culminated on Sunday, 10 September 2023, at the Parish-Community of Saint Nectarios in the suburb of Burwood in…

By Patriarchal Letter dated 7 September 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced new appointments to the Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union. His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium, who was previously its supervisor, is now appointed president of the Office. Archimandrite Emilianos Boyiannou, who was initially (since 2004) secretary of the…

Your Excellency Archbishop Ulloa, beloved brother in Christ, Most Reverend Hierarchs, Her Excellency Janaina Tewaney, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Jamira Gozaine, National Director of Immigration Your Excellency Miroslava Rosas, Ambassador of Panama to the Holy See, Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Lord Today is a day that will be enshrined in the…

Your Excellency Archbishop Ulloa, Director Espinosa, Professor Blanco, Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am profoundly grateful for this occasion to address such an esteemed ecumenical gathering, and I want to express special thanks to all of the dedicated persons of Aid to the Church in Need. For over three quarters of a century, you have…

Centuries ago the icon of Panagia Tsambika was located at the Holy Monastery Panagia Kykkos in Cyprus. In a miraculous manner, the icon would leave Cyprus and go to the mountain Zambiki of the Archangel in Rhodes. This would upset the monks of Kykkos and they went to all lengths within their power to confine…