On Wednesday, May 3, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at a special ceremony held in Florence, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the Theological School of Central Italy. The Ecumenical Patriarch was honoured for His substantial contribution to the Ecumenical Movement, for His numerous appeals for the protection of the environment and for offering an…

Churches and other sacred buildings are expected to orient worshipers in relation to a transcendent cosmic reality while addressing ever-changing social conditions, urban development patterns, building technologies, and artistic forms. This three-day public international symposium explores the challenges of the dialogue between contemporary architecture and theological concepts of space. Sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese…

On Tuesday, 2nd May 2023, the Annual Clergy Synaxis of the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain took place at the Church of St Barnabas Wood Green in North London. The event brought together clergy from across the UK to discuss pressing issues in their communities and in general the progress of the Archdiocese….

In a message for the third Sunday after Pascha, April 30, 2023, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his gratitude to all Christian women for their work in the Church and society. The Holy Myrrhbearers are models for Christian women: full text Christ is risen! On the third Sunday after the feast of the Resurrection of…

Representing His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis accompanied by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, and clergy from around Australia conducted a Doxology Service for the commencement of The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia National Schools Event. Even though this blessed initiative has been running for the last 20…

The remains of Romanian Athonite elder Petroniu Tănase were ceremoniously exhumed on Thursday, April 27, 12 years after the elder’s passing away into the Lord. Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploieşti presided over the service held at Holy Mount Athos’s Romanian Prodromu Skete. The Romanian Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrogea proposes the Athonite elder for…

The President of the Hellenic Republic and the Governor-General of Australia made a special mention of the contribution of the Greek diaspora The stable ties of friendship and cooperation between Greece and Australia, as well as the scope for strengthening bilateral relations between the two governments, were at the centρε of the meeting held on…

The Archdiocesan pilgrimages have provided an outstanding opportunity for the faithful of the Church to participate in spiritually edifying and didactic journeys to various venerable sites of the Orthodox Faith around the world. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros organized these initiatives, which have already brought about several successful, very well attended and memorable trips to the…

Sunday, the 17th / 30th of April 2023, was celebrated by the Patriarchate as the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women and Joseph of Arimathea in accordance with the Gospel narratives and the book of Pentecost on the 3rd Sunday of the Resurrection. On this feast, the Church commemorates Joseph of Arimathea, the present day Ramle,…