At the pier of the port of Kalamata, at the point where since last Wednesday the eyes and thoughts of all of us have turned, where life and death stood opposite each other, there was held at noon on Sunday, 18 June 2023, a Trisagion memorial service held by His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne’s GO Youth Fellowship initiative hosted a talk at the Parish Church of Sts Raphael, Nicholas and Irene in Bentleigh titled: Are we Ready to Live: An insight into our…

The first Interparliamentary World Conference on Interfaith Dialogue was held in Marrakesh, Morocco, from June 13 to 15, with the theme: “Working together for our common future”. Representatives of parliaments, religious leaders and representatives of religious communities and organisations met and discussed the many different ways of building relationship and cooperation between parliamentary groups and…

The Sunday of All Saints, 11 June 2023, was a special day for the Monastery of Saint George Epanosifis in Heraklion, Crete. In the afternoon after the Vespers service, the enthronement of the new Abbot took place. A month before, on May 11, the brotherhood of the Monastery had been called to elect a new…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I addressed the General Assembly of the Council of European Churches in Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday. His Holiness listed some of the challenges facing the ecumenical movement in today’s Europe. “The ecumenical movement thrived in a very different Europe than that which we know and live in today. In spite of the…

Beloved Children in the Lord – the 2023 Graduates, Father Costas and Esteemed Trustees, Friends and Supporters of Saint Basil Academy, Let us begin with prayer: Heavenly Father, we give thanks to You this day and every day for Your mercy and love, and especially for our life and education here at Saint Basil Academy….

On Thursday, June 15, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Weirton, West Virginia. During the visit, Archon Michael Psaros presented a plaque to His Eminence that commemorates the historic visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the parish. The plaque has now been added to the…

The Athens College High School participates in the commemorative events for the 100-year anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, presenting an amazing work in New York and Boston. The Athens College High School Drama Club proudly presents: «Κοινός Λόγος» («Koinόs Lόgos») by Ellie Papadimitriou directed by Aggeliki Girginoudi on July 1 & 2, 2023 at…

On the morning of Tuesday, May 31/June 13, 2023, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos awarded with the medal the order of the Orthodox Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Doctor Majid Tawfiq Gadous. This distinction was awarded to the honourable Dr Gadous for the dedication, care, effort, perseverance and patience, that he…