The relics of Gregory Palamas were carried in procession through the streets of Thessaloniki on the second Sunday of Great Lent, which in the Orthodox Church is dedicated to the saint who defended hesychast spirituality. The religious procession took place on Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the historic Greek city, where the relics of…

The Church of Greece has called on families—especially wives—to support with love and understanding those who feel called to serve as ministers of the Church. The appeal was made by the Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece in a pastoral message issued ahead of the Week of Priestly Vocations. In the encyclical letter,…

In response to an invitation from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which was extended to His All-Holiness and the other religious leaders in the country, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew travelled to Ankara on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, where an iftar dinner was hosted at the presidential palace. The dinner was held during Ramadan, after…

On Tuesday, 10 March, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia had the joy of meeting and speaking with the young men and women who participate in the GO Youth Initiative of the Holy Archdiocese in New South Wales. On the occasion of the beginning of the new year of activities of the Orthodox Youth, His…

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, in conjunction with the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) under the spiritual and ecclesial leadership of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, has launched a Certificate of Completion in Orthodox Theology in Spanish for native-Spanish speaking clergy in the Americas. This new program assists…

On Sunday, 8 March, the memory of Saint Gregory Palamas was honoured at the Representation Church (Antiprosopion) of the Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mount Athos. The celebration was presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Theophylaktos of Caesarea, of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. The feast holds particular significance for the brotherhood of the Monastery of…

On Monday, 9 March 2026, the day on which our Church commemorates the memory of the Holy Forty Martyrs, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, visited the Cemetery of Saint Ignatius of Chalcedon. The Patriarch was accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon and Deacon Evlogios Tsatsas, Codicographer of the Holy and Sacred Synod….

Due to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the ongoing war situation in the Holy Land, the Service of the Small Compline and the Second Stanza of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos were held at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Jerusalem. The service was presided over…

On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, after the Divine Liturgy, fathers of the Vatopedi Brotherhood, together with the Abbot Elder Ephraim, went for a reverent pilgrimage near the Monastery to the place of ascetic struggle of Saint Nikodemos the Hesychast and Saint Gregory Palamas, where they offered a supplicatory prayer service. The Holy Great…