Today marks the Forefeast of the Annunciation of the All-Holy Theotokos, a prelude of universal joy. Today is also the feast day of Righteous Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia. On the occasion, a segment showing services for the Forefeast of the Annunciation at the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, back in 2021, have been posted…

At 10.00 a.m. on Thursday, March 10/23, 2018, a Doxology was held in the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the occasion of the national anniversary of March 25, 1821, as thanks to God for the national rebirth and liberation from the Turkish yoke and as a petition for the repose of…

On 16 March 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, GO Youth Melbourne under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, held its second talk of 2023. The special guest for the night was Mr. Bill Pagomenos, committee member of the parish of…

An elected NSW Labor Government will provide $2.5 million to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia to help it deliver new community facilities at its site in Redfern. The Masterplan to redevelop the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady includes the creation of a Great Hall, new conference and lecture facilities, as well as…

Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you, Senator Gianaris, for bringing this resolution forward. This year we are celebrating the 202nd anniversary of Greece’s independence after 400 years of subjugation by the Ottoman Empire. On March 25th, 1821, revolutionary fighters gathered together with Metropolitan Germanos in the Monastery of Agia Lavra in the village of…

On March 22, 2023, the New York State Assembly and Senate passed resolutions recognizing March 2023 as Greek History Month in the state of New York. In honor of this historic recognition, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America offered the invocation at each of today’s legislative sessions. His Eminence also met with Governor Kathy Hochul,…

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The Pemptousia platform today has posted a feature showing the welcoming of the Honest Head of St. Ephraim Katounakiotis at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Sacred Relic was solemnly and reverently welcomed by the Abbot of the venerable monastery, the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Vatopedi brotherhood and pilgrims. The Sacred Relic was…

The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and All the Littoral, His Eminence Ioannikije, on Wednesday officiated at the Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, at the Cathedral of the Great Martyr St. George and Holy 40 Martyrs of Sevastia, in the Momišići district, outside the capital of Podgorica.