With the blessings and expression of gratitude to the members of the Archdiocesan and Metropolis Finance Committees from both His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros and His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas (the Archdiocesan Finance Committee Presiding Hierarch), the Finance Committee of the Archdiocese with representation from the Metropolis Finance Committees met in Chicago on July 31 and August…

On August 7, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Charalampos Nichev, who serves the Bulgarian-speaking Orthodox community in Istanbul, and Bishop-Elect Dionysios of Stobi (Church of Bulgaria) to GOA headquarters. Archimandrite Nichev and Bishop-Elect Dionysios had joined Archbishop Elpidophoros, as well as His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos, in…

On Monday, July 25 / August 7, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the memory of the Dormition of Saint Anna in the holy Monastery outside the Gate of Saint Stephen, inside the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem. On this feast, the Church commemorates the event of the Dormition of Saint Anna, whose prayer moved…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, and in the presence of the Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Christophoros Krikellis, the Sunday School teachers of NSW gathered on Thursday 3 August for the third teachers’ seminar of the year. Mr Kosmas Kokkinos shared excerpts of a talk…

On Sunday, 6 August 2023, on the occasion of the Great Feast of the Divine Transfiguration of Our Saviour, The Church of the Divine Transfiguration of Our Saviour celebrated, which is located on the Hill of Kandilli, on the Eastern bank of the Bosphorus. His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon presided over the Feast…

On Sunday, 6 August 2023, the feast day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was celebrated with ecclesiastical splendour at the Church of Saint Stephanos in Yeşilköy, and was presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi. After the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, the Great Supplicatory Canon to…

From the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki, it is announced that, yesterday, Monday, 7 August 2023, His All-Holiness Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki, duly submitted his resignation and placed himself at the disposal of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece and of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. From the Holy Metropolis…

On Sunday, the 6th of August 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Holy Transfiguration. He was joined in concelebration by His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene, the Reverend Protopresbyter Theodore Polyviou, and the Reverend Oeconomos Nicholas Karafillides. The…

On Sunday the 30th of July 2023 His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided at the Divine Liturgy at the community of Saints Mark and Photini in Folkestone, South-East England. His Eminence, during His Sermon on the day’s Gospel reading (Mt. 14:14-22) highlighted that just as Christ blessed the ‘Five loaves and…