A private observance was held last Wednesday on the occasion of the name day of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III. The commemoration coincided with the feast day of the Forty Martyrs of Lake Sebasteia, with the Matins, Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts performed at the Holy Church of…

Islamist Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the incumbent in the upcoming general elections in the country, again attempted to present the 2020 reconversion of the Hagia Sophia from a museum in a mosque as a “major achievement”, speaking a few days ago. According to reports, Erdogan stated that “…I keep mentioning where the country used…

The Church today, on the fifth Monday of Great Lent, venerates the memory of the Martyr Matrona of Thessaloniki.  

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For another year, the students of the Greek Orthodox School “Oakleigh Grammar” celebrated the ‘immortal 1821’ by participating in all the community events for the Greek National Anniversary of March 25, 1821. On Saturday 18th March 2023, a delegation of twelve students attended the Wreath Laying Ceremony organised by the Victorian National Commemoration Committee and…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated on Saturday, 25 March 2023, on the feast day of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, at the celebrating Church of the Annunciation in the Vafeochorion area of the Bosporus, the birthplace of the late Patriarch Ioakeim III. The divine word was preached by the Grand Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Aetios, director…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate participated again this year in the international initiative of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), “Earth Hour 2023”. In this context, on the evening of Saturday, March 25, at 20:30 and for one hour, the external lighting of the Patriarchal House and the Patriarchal Church in the Phanar were turned off,…

With a memorial service held in the “heart” of Sydney, at the Martin Place Cenotaph, and a grand celebratory event hosted at the impressive Sydney Town Hall, the Greek Regeneration celebrations culminated on Sunday, 26 March 2023, organised by the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, the Parishes – Communities of Sydney and New South Wales and…

Venerable brother fellow Bishops and beloved children, Feelings of spiritual reverence and national pride flood our hearts today, as we bow our knees before the Mother of God and, at the same time before our brave ancestors. We bow down with respect and gratitude to the Virgin Mary” Full of Grace”, who freed the human…