With a memorial service at the Battle of Crete monument, the events for the 82nd anniversary of the great Battle were completed at the historic airport of Maleme, Crete. The ceremony was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Damaskinos of Kydonia and Apokoronas, who was joined in prayer by the Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis,…

Orthodoxy through the Apostles reached all the lengths and breadths of the earth. From the land of Judea, their preaching reached Britain and the island of Ireland, the Middle East and Africa, the depths of Asia and the “new world”, the continent of America. However, Orthodoxy also reached remote Australia, which since the beginning of…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Sunday 28 May, made his way to the Electoral Centre in the Phanar District and exercised his his right to vote during the second round of the Presidential elections, as he did in the first, two weeks ago. Photographs: Nikos Papachristou / Ecumenical Patriarchate vema.com.au

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer during the Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Saturday 27 May 2023, at the end of which a 40-day and one-year memorial, respectively, were held, for the repose of the souls of the ever-remembered Elder Metropolitan Ioakeim of Nicomedeia and Metropolitan Gennadios of Sasima. The Divine Liturgy…

The President of the Higher Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete, Associate Professor, Emmanuel K. Doundoulakis, visited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the 25 May 2023, after the publication of the Government Gazette of his appointment, in order to receive the Patriarchal blessing. The President of the Higher Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy…

On Saturday the 29th of April His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea received members of the working group “Friends of St John of Prevelly” at the Archdiocesan District of Perth offices. The working group, consisting of various enthusiastic professionals, have recently started working together with Fr John Sullivan, Parish Priest of St Nicholas in Bunbury,…

On the morning of Thursday, 4 May 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and his venerable Entourage visited the historic Basilica of the Holy Cross (Basilica di Santa Croce) in Florence. It is the largest Franciscan church in the world which contains inside it the entire history and faith of Western civilization. His All-Holiness was…

The historic Basilica of San Lorenzo (St. Lawrence) in Florence was visited by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with his Entourage. The Basilica of Saint Lawrence is the city’s first cathedral, the first place of Christian worship built in the Medici city. It was the first seat of the bishops of the city, from where…

Accompanied by members of the holy community of the Monastic State, the official reception of the holy icon of the Panagia “Axion Esti” took place, in the square of the Metropolis of Athens, in the presence of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece and representatives of the political and state leadership. The…