The Primate of the Church of Cyprus, His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios, paid a visit to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saints Elias the Younger and Philaret the Gardener, in the town of Seminara in Calabria, Italy. The historic, as it was described, visit of the Archbishop of Cyprus to the Monastery of Seminara is part…

A grid-forming battery energy storage system of 3 MW was put into trial operation at the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos. The project is part of the green energy transition of the monastic republic in northern Greece. The Sacred Patriarchal and Stavopegial Monastery of Vatopedi, founded in the 10th century, has a microgrid. Engineering, procurement…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Sacred Archdiocese…

On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Divine Liturgy took place with spiritual joy at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helene, in Constantinople, where a group of pilgrims from Sydney, Australia were present, led by Father Savas Pizanias. The renowned Stavrodromi Community expressed heartfelt thanks to the devout pilgrims, who, with their presence and prayerful…

The Pilgrimage Church of Panagia Blachernae celebrated on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, in the Phanar- Golden Horn District, the feast of the Deposition of the Holy Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Divine Liturgy and the procession around the Church were presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi. His Grace Bishop…

With reverence and solemnity, the Parish of Sts. Anargiri, Cosmas and Damian in Oakleigh joyfully celebrated the Feast of the Holy Wonderworking Unmercenary Physicians, Cosmas and Damian of Rome. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne presided over the festal services, beginning with Great Vespers on the evening of Monday, 30 June, followed by Matins and…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in his birthplace, Imbros, on Wednesday, 2 July 2025. His All-Holiness was accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Vasilios of Constantia and Ammochostos, Hierarch of the Holy Church of Cyprus, and Patriarchal Deacons Anatolios Doxastakis and Photios Poulopoulos. At the island’s port, they were warmly welcomed by the local Shepherd,…

The announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the passing away of the late Metropolitan Athenagoras of Bizye, states the following: It is announced with great sorrow that the ever-memorable Metropolitan of Bizye, Athenagoras, fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, 1 July 2025. The details of the funeral rites for the ever-memorable hierarch are as…

A large number of faithful gathered at the Church of the Resurrection to pay their final respects to the late Metropolitan Dimitrios of Gjirokaster, who fell asleep in the Lord on 29 July 2025. The Funeral Service was led by His Beatitude Archbishop Ioannis of Albania, with co-celebrants including Their Eminences Metropolitans Antonios of Elbasan,…