The Pemptousia platform will, today, host the latest digital fellowship with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and the parish of St. Katherine Orthodox Church in Carlsbad, California. The latest online assembly begins at 19:30 Athens Time, or 17.30 GMT. The digital fellowship will be held in…
The Serbian Church’s Metropolitan Bishop of Dabar-Bosna, His Eminence Hrizostom, this week dispatched a letter to clerics in the Metropolis, calling for prayer to alleviate the dire situation in the Kosovo & Metohija, while calling the breakaway province the “promised land of the Serbian people”. His Eminence called for the intercession of the All-Holy Theotokos,…
Today marks the three-year anniversary of the canonization of the Elder Joseph the Hesychast, along with the Elders Ephraim & Daniel Katounakiotis. The trio of new saints of the Orthodox Church was taken by a decision of the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on March 9, 2020, with the news…
The Church today venerates the memory of the 40 Martyrs at Lake Sebastia of Pontus.
On Wednesday, 8 March 2023, at the Church of Saint Spyridon in Clayton, Melbourne, the Funeral Service of the Late Protopresbyter George Athanasiadis took place, officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Present also for the funeral service were, Metropolitan Ezekiel of Dervis, Their Graces, Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, and…
The foundations of a new Holy Church were laid last week in the city of Kisantu of the Metropolis of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The foundations were laid by His Eminence Metropolitan Theodosios of Kinshasa, while the Church that will be rebuilt, will honour the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. A…
On Sunday, 26 March 2023, the official celebration of the National Anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821 will take place in Adelaide, South Australia. An announcement was issued by the Archdiocesan District Office of Adelaide, listing the full program of festive events, inviting everyone to take part. The announcement in detail as follows: The…
On 2 March 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, GO Youth Melbourne under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, held its first talk of 2023. The special guests for the night were Gerontissa Kallistheni and Sister Gregoria from Panagia…
With much joy and gratitude, the new English-speaking parish of St Sophrony located in the eastern suburb of Hectorville, South Australia, welcomed the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Adelaide, His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope, to present a talk on the life and teachings of St Sophrony of Essex. A full church of faithful were in attendance,…