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…

On the day of the National and Religious Celebration of March 25, a poetry competition was organized by the students of the Greek Community Schools in the United Kingdom on the theme of freedom. The event took place at the ambassadorial residence in the presence of the new Ambassador of Greece to the United Kingdom,…

The Annunciation of the Theotokos and the Greek National Anniversary of 1821 were festively celebrated in Ireland. In the celebrating Community of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in Dublin, His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene presided over and led the Divine Liturgy. After the Doxology, His Grace conveyed the wishes of His Eminence Archbishop…