On Thursday, February 10/23, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy Hieromartyr Charalambos at the Holy Monastery dedicated to him, at the Christian Quarter, northeast of the Holy Sepulchre. On this feast, the Church commemorates that Saint Charalambos was a Christian Priest in the town Magnisia of Thessaly. When he was called to…

Monday Mar 20, 2023 07:30 PM Athens Time Dear brothers and sisters You are invited to participate in the Digital fellowship with Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi Mount Athos and the MEDSCIF (Medicine, Science and Faith) Association which will take place Monday Mar 20, 2023 07:30 PM Athens. This digital fellowship is organized by the web…

Metropolitan Serafim of the Romanian Metropolis of Germany and his assistant bishop Sofian of Brașov were part of a delegation of the Romanian community in Bavaria invited to the residence of Bavarian Minister President Dr Markus Söder. Her Excellency Adriana-Loreta Stănescu, the Romanian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, accompanied the Romanians to the…

On Monday, the Deputy General Secretary of NATO, Mircea Geoană, attended the Divine Liturgy held in the Hall of Crosses at the Munich Church Centre. The distinguished guest was given a tour of the establishment, after which he posted a message of appreciation on his Facebook and Instagram profiles. Mircea Geoană wrote that the Church…

With the help of God the winter camp of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea was held at the Camp facilities of St. Boris in Chuncheon from Friday 17/2 to Sunday 19/2. A total of 30 persons, members of the Sunday School and the youth group called “Syndesmos”, participated from the parishes of Seoul, Incheon, Ulsan,…

Father John Chryssavgis, the internationally renowned theologian who serves as Theological Advisor to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, will offer the annual Washington Theological Consortium Lecture on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Father John is this year’s recipient of the Washington Theological Consortium’s Ecumenism Award. His lecture is…

Nearly 100 parishes now have access to high-tech learning tools for their students. The Department of Greek Education, with the generosity of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, for a second year, was able to purchase Interactive Panels, SMART TVs, and Chromebooks for parishes that teach the Greek language. Additional funding was also made available for the…

The parish of St. Polycarpos in western Thessaloniki, as of yesterday, enjoys and the blessing and intercession of the Holy Icon of the Cincture of the Panaghia, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, as an exact replica of the wonder-working icon was Translated this week from the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. Dozens of faithful and…

Inter-Orthodox developments continued this month regarding the Archdiocese of Ohrid, which was restored to eucharistic communion by the Ecumenical Patriarchate last year, and subsequently recognized as a canonical Autocephalous Church by other Orthodox Churches, all in the wake of the historic decision by the Mother Church’s Sacred and Holy Synod. Nevertheless, a standing question mark…