More than 20,000 Romanian Orthodox faithful participated last week in a procession with the relics of St. John the New of Suceava. The action inaugurated a series of events celebrating the patronal feast of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Suceava, which is protected by the saint. The “Path of the Saints” procession was led by Archbishop…

On Thursday, 29 June 2023, the Feast Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul which is located within the Şişli Cemetery of Constantinople and was presided over by the Hierarchical Vicar of the Grand Community of Stavrodromi, His Eminence Metropolitan…

The Feast Day of the Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos was celebrated festively on Sunday, 2 July 2023, at the Holy Spring of Panagia Blachernae in Constantinople. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Theoliptos of Iconium. Following this, a Litany of the Holy Icon of the Theotokos took…

A working visit dedicated to the subject of combating human trafficking was carried out on Monday, 26 June 2023, at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The working visit was attended by the President of the Special Synodal Committee on Special Pastoral Issues and Situations of the Church of Greece, His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Ilion,…

On the 1st July 2023, the School of Byzantine Music welcomed within the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of St Barnabas in Wood Green, a most honoured guest. His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain graced the event with his presence, taking part in the school’s graduation ceremony for the academic year…

The Synaxis of the Holy Twelve Apostles was festively celebrated in the homonymous Church of Leyland in the Preston region. His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene presided over the Feast, accompanied by the Priest-in-Charge, Presbyter Dionysios-Iakovos Higgs, and Presbyter David Walker. His Grace blessed two new Readers and conveyed to the congregation the wishes of…

On Friday, 30 June 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on the occasion of the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles, officiated at the Holy Church of the Apostles in Feriköy, in Constantinople. In his speech, after the end of the Divine Liturgy, His All-Holiness pointed out that the Holy Apostles: ” were…

In 2024, the year in which the Holy Archdiocese of Australia will festively celebrate its 100th anniversary since its establishment, the Orthodox people of the fifth continent will have the honour and the blessing of welcoming the Primate of Orthodoxy, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch, an ecclesiastical leader of…

Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has been appointed the first Executive Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, effective September 1. He will also rejoin the Holy Cross faculty, of which he was a member from 1995-2002, as Professor of Theology. Upon…