H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden’s Homily at the 12th Catechumens’ Seminar St. George Cathedral of Stockholm Thursday, April 16, 2026 Dear Catechumens and newly illumined in Christ, We stand together at the threshold of a mystery that is at once sorrowful and triumphant, hidden in ages past, yet revealed in fullness in these last days….

The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia is pleased to announce, in the radiant joy of the Resurrection, the addition of two new volunteer clergy members to its ecclesiastical body. Their inclusion aims to further support and strengthen the Metropolis’ ongoing missionary and pastoral ministry across Scandinavia. This voluntary offering stands as a luminous…

On the 3rd/16th of April 2026, Thursday of Bright Week, the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, under His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, visited the Brotherhood of the Armenians at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem on the occasion of their Feast of Pascha. During this visit, addresses were exchanged between His…

With reverence and ecclesiastical compunction, following the cessation of hostilities, and with the abundant participation of the pious flock, the sacred Services of Great Friday and of the Radiant Resurrection were celebrated in the Holy Metropolis of Ptolemais, both in the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Holy Great Martyr George in Acre, and in all…

The proceedings of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of Australia, which convened from the 14th until today, 16 April 2026, under the presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia for its regular session during the Pentecostarion period, have been completed. The Holy Synod thoroughly examined the matters on the agenda and adopted…

Bishop Nectarie of Ireland and Iceland officiated on Bright Tuesday for the first time at the English-language parish “Saint Brendan the Navigator and Saint Joseph the New of Partoș” in Dublin. In his sermon, the bishop explained the Gospel passage of the Road to Emmaus, highlighting that although Christ set the disciples’ hearts aflame through…

The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia is pleased to announce to the faithful of the Mother Church in Scandinavia that the ordination of its new volunteer clergyman, the Reverend Protopresbyter Dr. Christian (Nils Krister) Tano, who is both a physician and a theologian, took place on Lazarus Saturday. He was ordained to the…

The future elder was born on December 13, 1889 to Emmanuel and Irene Makris and named Athanasios. He was born into a large family of simple, country folk. Even as an infant, Athanasios was devout, even observing the fasting rules regarding milk products while still an infant. When Athanasios was five, he convinced his newly-engaged…

With splendour and Paschal joy, a festal Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Bright Monday in honour of the memory of the Holy Ethno-Hieromartyr Gregory V of Constantinople at the Metropolitan Church of Saint Kyriaki in Dimitsana, the Saint’s birthplace. The service was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Gortyn and Megalopolis, with…