STOCKHOLM – On Friday, May 26, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Rivne and Ostroh of the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine visited His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia at the see of his Metropolis in Stockholm, accompanied by Ukrainian Parliament Member the Hon. Mr. Oleksandr Kovalchuk, who also acted as translator. Metropolitan…

On the 27th of May, the concert entitled “The Neochorite Hanentes Zacharias” took place with great success at the Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki. The event was co-organized by the Community of Neochorio of the Bosphorus, the Department of Music Studies of the AUTH and the association “Union of Expatriates from Constantinople of Northern Greece”, in…

On Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, May 28 2023, Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St. George in Old Cairo. Among the pilgrims who gathered at the so-called “Rotunda of the East” there were dozens of young…

At the Holy Metropolis of Patras, the Heroes and Martyrs of the siege of Constantinople were honoured, honouring first and foremost the martyred Emperor of Constantinople Constantine Paleologos, who fell on the ramparts of the Queen of Cities. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Patras, who spoke timely, about…

In the Holy Church of Saint John the Theologian of the Diocese of Patras, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Patras, as well as the holy Memorial Service for the blessed memory and eternal rest of the venerable Hierarch Germanos Metropolitan of Old…

The Cretan Youth of Australia will have the opportunity this Greek summer to travel to Greece and participate in a particular and special hosting program for young men and women of Cretan origin. The Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand is organising a trip for young men and women of Cretan origin, thus giving…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, as a member of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, participated in its deliberation, which was convened on the 29th and 30th of May under the leadership of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. This regular session brought significant decisions for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese…

The National Archdiocesan Presbyters Council Board gathered from May 17 – May 19, 2023 at the Maliotis Cultural Center on the grounds of Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA. Two Clergy representatives from each Metropolis met under the chairmanship of Rev. Paul Kaplanis, the APC President, to discuss items that are pertinent to the…

On Monday the 16th/29th of May 2023 the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem met under the Presidency of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and considered various issues of the Patriarchate, among which the following: The feasts of Holy Easter and the ceremony of the Holy Light of Holy…