Both the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St Mary’s) and the Church of St Barnabas were filled with Orthodox Christians throughout Holy Week and Pascha remembering the Lord’s passion, sacrificial crucifixion and glorious Resurrection. His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided over the services, accompanied by the Very Rev. Fr Athanasios Melissaris, Professor…

The Life-Bearing Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was commemorated with appropriate magnificence in the Greek Orthodox Communities of the Midlands. His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene visited the Communities of Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham during the Holy Week. On Holy Saturday morning, he led the Divine Liturgy at the Church of…

In a festive atmosphere, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain officiated at the Service of the Resurrection and celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Andrew Kentish Town in London. His Eminence was joined by the Very Reverend Archimandrite Chrysostomos Michaelides, the Reverend Oeconomos Fr Kristian Akselberg, Priest-in-Charge, the…

On the Sunday of Pascha, 16 April 2023, in the Chapel of the Theological School of Halki, the Service of the Vespers of love took place, officiated by the Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, who, according to custom, was dressed in His Hierarchical Vestments in the…

The government will proceed to evacuate Greek citizens from Sudan unless a safe way out for them can be found, Deputy Foreign Minister for Diaspora Greeks Andreas Katsaniotis has said. There are approximately 150 Greeks among the 1,000 European citizens in Sudan, where fighting is raging between the armed forces and Sudan’s largest paramilitary force,…

“Christ is risen from the dead…”! The hopeful message of the Lord’s Resurrection was heard resoundingly in the “heart” of Sydney at midnight on April 15, in the Greek Orthodox Church of the Resurrection of Christ in the suburb of Kogarah. In a deeply reverent atmosphere, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia officiated at the…

In a festive atmosphere, on the morning of Easter Sunday, April 16, the Vespers of the Resurrection was celebrated in the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the capital of Imbros, Panagia. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, after dressing in the Hierarchical vestments, in the Episcopate, joined by Their Eminences, Metropolitan…

The Lord’s Resurrection was celebrated in Imbros in an reverent atmosphere In a joyful, but also strongly emotionally charged atmosphere, the Glorious Resurrection of the Lord was celebrated in the Aegean island of Imbros. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at midnight on Great and Holy Saturday of the Resurrection Service in the courtyard of…

Beloved in Christ, Today we gather in the deep silence of this Sabbath of Sabbaths, in which the Lord rests in His Divine Flesh within the Tomb. Now is the time when we keep watch, in eager expectation of the triumph to come. As the special Χερουβικόν we chant today says: Σιγησάτω πᾶσα σάρξ βροτεία,…