The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, was due to receive today, in Lebanon, a synodal delegation of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, headed by the Church’s Primate, His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos. The Church of Greece delegation is accompanying a shipment of humanitarian aid collected for quake-stricken residents of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Philemon and Domninos. Today is also the feast day of James the Confessor and Thomas I, Patriarch of Constantinople.

On 21 March, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who is on a visit to Lithuania for the first time at the invitation of the Head of Government. “We sincerely welcome Your All-Holiness’ first visit to Lithuania and are grateful for the attention you are paying to the Lithuanian Orthodox…

On Sunday, 19 March 2023, the third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, Phanar. Along with His All-Holiness, Their Eminences, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, Metropolitan Irenaios of Myriophytos and…

On Saturday, 18 March 2023, at the premises of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in Melbourne, with great success and spiritual benefit, the Clergy Synaxis of the clergy of the Archdiocesan Districts of Melbourne and Northcote was held, presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Also present for the Synaxis, in addition to…

The Greek Omogéneia of Victoria, led by its youth, honoured with emotion and pride the Heroes of the Greek Struggle for Independence, on the occasion of this year’s Greek National Anniversary of March 25, 1821. The official celebrations of the Anniversary in the Greek city of Melbourne began on Saturday, March 18, with the conducting…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, after being asked by Parade Chairman Philip Christopher for the Archdiocese to cover the costs of the Evzones again this year, formally requested from the President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the presence of the Presidential Guard for the 2023 New York City Greek Independence Parade. His Eminence this week…

The volume “Hagia Sophia: Cathedrals of the Holy Wisdom Around the World”, was jointly presented on Sunday at the ceremonial hall of the Holy Metropolis of Limassol, by the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, the Republic of Cyprus’ House of Representatives and the resident Metropolis. The volume focuses on the 37 cathedrals around the world dedicated…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, officiated at the con-celebratory Sunday of the Holy Cross service and the Salutations to the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, at the eponymous cathedral dedicated to the Theotokos, in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, co-officiated by the resident Metropolitan, His Eminence Nikodimos.