Following a decision of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete, a Synodal Delegation went to the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Sunday, 11 June 2023, to participate in the patronal feast day of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Synodal Delegation consisted of Their Eminences, Metropolitan Andreas of Arkalochori, Kastelli and Viannos, Metropolitan Gerasimos…

His Grace Bishop Nikephoros of Amorion, the Dean of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Mr. Chrysostomos Stamoulis, Archon Didaskalos (Teacher) of the Church, the Director of the Patriarchal Foundation for Patristic Studies, professor and Archon Hypomnimneskon of the Great Church of Christ, Mr. Symeon Paschalidis, the Director of the European Centre…

A fire has broken out on Monday at the church of St. George in the Old Fort of Corfu. The fire is currently burning through the roof of the church and no injuries have been announced. There are no adverse winds in the area but the operation to put the fire out is deemed extremely…

His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, received today at the headquarters of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem a high level delegation of European dignitaries, led by His Excellency Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission, and His Excellency Sven M.G. Koopmans, European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, along with…

On the evening of Sunday, May 29/June 11, 2023, a reception was organized at the Sergei Hotel in Jerusalem by the Russian Spiritual Mission – (MISSIA) in honour of the National Independence Day of Russia. H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos was invited to this event after the Elder Secretary-General His Eminence Archbishop…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa met with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, on Monday and discussed issues that concern the area of Egypt, the “Hellenism Centre” being built in the new Administrative Capital of Cairo, and humanitarian missions throughout Africa. Speaking after the meeting at…

Faculty colleagues visited His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Patriarchal Residence on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Clergy who graduated from Sibiu’s Faculty of Orthodox Theology “St. Andrew Șaguna” in 1974 visited the Patriarchal Residence accompanied by their spouses. The day’s program began with the veneration of the relics of St. Demetrius the New, kept inside…

His Eminence Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis participated in the celebrations of the “Holy Trinity” Church’s centenary of uninterrupted ministry in the Romanian language in Sofia. The hierarch also had a meeting with Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria. Although the church was consecrated on December 6, the series of celebratory events began on the feast of Pentecost….

On the morning of Saturday, May 28/June 10, 2023, the cadets of the Patriarchal School of Zion, graduates, seniors and other students, visited His Beatitude on the occasion of the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer vacation. In the context of this visit, the students thanked His Beatitude for the…