STOCKHOLM — On Wednesday noon, 5 April 2023, a group of 80 retired Swedish college professors and secondary school teachers visited the St. George Cathedral in Stockholm within the framework of their annual visits to churches of various Christian denominations. The visitors were received by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, who…

On the afternoon of Friday, April 7, 2023, H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia presided over the Apokathelosis & Epitaphios/Lamentations service at the Finnish Parish of St. Nicholas in Stockholm, which follows the typikon of the Orthodox Church of Finland, according to the Julian calendar. The service was conducted by the Rev. Presbyter…

The holy Passion of our Savior begins today, presenting Joseph the all-comely as a pre-figuring of Christ. Through his ordeals, perseverance and eventual triumph, Joseph typifies in himself the betrayal, Passion, death and glorification of our Lord Jesus Christ. To the commemoration of Patriarch Joseph is added the narration concerning the fig tree, which on…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday received visiting Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, at the former’s Maximos Mansion office. Talks focused on the Archdiocese of Australia’s presence, works and spiritual guidance on the island continent for the Orthodox faithful, as well as the Church’s notable charitable activity and its role in preserving ties…

The Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Thursday welcomed the visiting Metropolitan of Ioannina, His Eminence Maximos, who arrived at the venerable monastery to celebrate the Annunciation of the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, as based on the Julian calendar. The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi is dedicated to the Annunciation of the…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios and Greek minister of Culture Lina Mendoni have signed a memorandum of cooperation to chronicle a verbal history of Hellenism on the island continent. Memorandum foresees the systematic and detailed recording of personal histories of ethnic Greeks who migrated to Australia, especially the first immigrants to Oceania, and…

Israeli officials on Friday said two women were killed in a suspected terror attack near a West Bank Israeli settlement. On its part, the Israeli military launched rare strikes in southern Lebanon and continued bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, marking a further escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s sensitive religious…

The Church today commemorates the memory of Kalliopios the Martyr, Roufinos the Deacon and Akylina the Martyr in Sinope. Today is also the feast day of the Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos.