At the Holy Chapel which is named after the Holy Trinity, of the Theological School of Halki, on Monday of the Holy Spirit, 5 June 2023, the festive Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place, presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi, president of the Ephorate of the Monastery of the Holy…

With ecclesiastical splendour and with the participation of pilgrims from Greece, The Sunday of Pentecost was celebrated in Bursa. A group of members and friends of the Evros Cappadocian Association, under the leadership of its President, Mr. Fanis Isaakidis, who also leads the Panhellenic Union of Cappadocian Associations, in the context of their visit to…

The Holy Church of the Wisdom of God in Adelaide was the last stop of the pastoral visit of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia in the “city of churches”. Six months after the historic day of the official Opening of the Church (November 27, 2022), His Eminence returned, full of emotion, to the new…

On Saturday, 3 June 2023, in Adelaide, a preliminary meeting was held by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope with the Board of Directors of the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This meeting, as pointed out in an GOCSA press release, was preceded by a forum…

This year, the feast of the Holy Spirit was celebrated with the appropriate splendour in the celebrating Church of the Holy Trinity of Stavrodromi in Constantinople. The Festive Divine Liturgy was presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, President of the Council of…

“Every child is a divine project,” said Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar during his sermon on Thursday, marking International Children’s Day. “Every project of God is not something God has to fulfil and send into the world on a mission without entrusting a particular work. So, the mission in this world depends on God’s…

Addressing the clergy of the Bucharest Archdiocese earlier this week, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered the example of many countries in Central and Eastern Europe where there is “a reluctance towards palliative care centres because they do not contribute so much to recovery but to the reduction of pain or suffering.” A similar approach can…

With the permission of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, the Ethiopian Orthodox Community in Seoul organized an event for the children and their parents at the main Hall of the Metropolis. The event was held on Sunday, May 21, 2023, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. and about a hundred members participated in it. The organizers…

Statement issued by the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem on the occasion of the Hashemite Kingdom’s joyous royal wedding The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem extends its heartfelt congratulations and warmest wishes to His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah,the groom His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah, and the honorable…