On Wednesday, the 5 July 2023, volunteers from the Five Loaves Initiative went to Cleve Gardens in St Kilda to distribute sleeping bags and puffer jackets to people experiencing homelessness, disadvantage, and social exclusion. This destination is known to the most vulnerable people in our community as a place to come on a Wednesday evening…

The medal of the Order of the Christ-loving, a high distinction awarded by the Holy Archdiocese of Australia to persons distinguished for their contribution to the Orthodox Church and the Greek Omogenia more broadly, was received by two devout parishioners of Saints Constantine and Helen, in Newtown, Sydney, on Sunday 9 July 2023. Both Mrs….

The Evgenios Boulgaris Digital Academy, Pemptousia and the Elevation of the Cross Parish in Tbilisi, Georgia would like to invite you to join us for a Digital Fellowship on Saturday 15th July 2023 at 07:30 PM Athens time (08:30 PM Georgian Time) The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into Georgian, English, Romanian,…

My beloved brother, Metropolitan Nathanael And my dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, To complete my visit to this wonderful Metropolis of Chicago by celebrating the Divine Liturgy with you is my greatest joy. Even though there is a certain relaxed feeling in our churches in these summer months, the Church moves steadily and reliably…

New York State Department of Education approved the examination in Modern Greek on June 20, 1972, marking a significant milestone for the District Office of Education. This approval, which was championed by Dr. Emmanuel Hatziemmanuel, the Director at the time, emphasized the importance of the Greek language within the State of New York. It was…

On Sunday 9 July 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated during the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Prote Island (of the Princes’ Islands). At the facilities of the Monastery, at the top of the hill of the island, the children’s camp of the Patriarchate…

For the second consecutive year, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, in the Parish of the Entrance of Our Lady in the Temple in North Balwyn, Melbourne, the memory of the late Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus, Bishop Chrysanthos of Paphos, Bishop Meletios of Kition and Bishop Lavrentios of Kyrenia was honoured,…

“Within this Church of Saints and Martyrs and non-visible Deaconesses, the modern Orthodox woman can also negate the individualistic spirit of our culture, which causes many sufferings and various alienations. But all of us also have a duty and a sacred debt to preserve the tradition of the Church, in fact the tradition of the…

“How do I know that I will be saved through the Orthodox Church?”, was the topic of the talk organised by the GO Fellowship initiative of the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne, along with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis. This event…