On Saturday, March 26/April 8, 2023, the feast of the resurrection of Lazarus was celebrated by the Patriarchate in Bethany and on the Mount of Olives. On this feast day, the whole Church, even that of Jerusalem, celebrates what was handed down in the Gospel of John (11:1-45) of the raising from the dead of…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated on Saturday of Lazarus, 8 April 2023, at the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Church of Saint Marina in Imbros. The Divine Word was preached by the Grand Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Aetios, Director of the Personal Patriarchal Office, whom also conducted the Divine Liturgy along with Deacon Varnavas Grigoriadis. Present…

STOCKHOLM — On Wednesday noon, 5 April 2023, a group of 80 retired Swedish college professors and secondary school teachers visited the St. George Cathedral in Stockholm within the framework of their annual visits to churches of various Christian denominations. The visitors were received by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, who…

On the afternoon of Friday, April 7, 2023, H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia presided over the Apokathelosis & Epitaphios/Lamentations service at the Finnish Parish of St. Nicholas in Stockholm, which follows the typikon of the Orthodox Church of Finland, according to the Julian calendar. The service was conducted by the Rev. Presbyter…

The holy Passion of our Savior begins today, presenting Joseph the all-comely as a pre-figuring of Christ. Through his ordeals, perseverance and eventual triumph, Joseph typifies in himself the betrayal, Passion, death and glorification of our Lord Jesus Christ. To the commemoration of Patriarch Joseph is added the narration concerning the fig tree, which on…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday received visiting Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, at the former’s Maximos Mansion office. Talks focused on the Archdiocese of Australia’s presence, works and spiritual guidance on the island continent for the Orthodox faithful, as well as the Church’s notable charitable activity and its role in preserving ties…

The Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Thursday welcomed the visiting Metropolitan of Ioannina, His Eminence Maximos, who arrived at the venerable monastery to celebrate the Annunciation of the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, as based on the Julian calendar. The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi is dedicated to the Annunciation of the…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios and Greek minister of Culture Lina Mendoni have signed a memorandum of cooperation to chronicle a verbal history of Hellenism on the island continent. Memorandum foresees the systematic and detailed recording of personal histories of ethnic Greeks who migrated to Australia, especially the first immigrants to Oceania, and…