The Conference of European Churches (CEC) General Assembly elected new leaders on 19 June. H.E. Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was elected as president; and Rt Rev. Dr Dagmar Winter and Rev. Frank Kopania as vice presidents. Archbishop Nikitas is coordinator of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Task Force on Human…

On Saturday, 10th June 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided during the concelebration of the monthly Divine Liturgy in English at the historic Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom in Bayswater. The V. Rev. Archimandrite Nephon Tsimalis, Chancellor, Rev. Dr. Alexis Torrance, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, Rev. Oikonomos Dr….

In the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Coventry, His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene, officiated on All Saints’ Sunday. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Grace read out the congratulatory letter from His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, to the new Honorary President of the Community,…

On Sunday morning, 18 June 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Kallinikos of Arta officiated at the Matins and presided over the festive Divine Liturgy at the Byzantine Church of the Queen and Patron Saint of Arta, Saint Theodora, on the occasion of the feast of the finding of her holy relics. During his sermon, His Eminence…

On Saturday morning, 17 June 2023, the first church dedicated to the Saints of the Holy Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopia was consecrated in Giannitsa. This is the Chapel of All the Saints of the Holy Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopia, which is located below (ground floor) the Church of Saint Paraskevi in…

The regional city of Albury, which is located on the border of the States of New South Wales and Victoria, was visited on Sunday, 18 June 2023, by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. With great emotion and respect, His Eminence crossed through the threshold of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels and…

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…