In a deeply prayerful and reverent atmosphere, on the afternoon of Cheesefare Sunday, 22 February, the First Lenten Vespers of Holy and Great Lent, known as the Vespers of Forgiveness, was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Sydney. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia presided over the service. Present also…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, contacted His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, by telephone, where he warmly congratulated Him on the 18th anniversary of his election, and wished him health and longevity, along with a blessed primatial ministry, as he has exercised up to the present day. File photo   vema.com.au

The local Church of Smyrna honored the memory of Saint Bucolus (Voukolos), Bishop of Smyrna, who was a disciple and hearer of Saint John the Theologian and Evangelist. Saint John ordained him and appointed him Bishop of Smyrna. For pastoral reasons and following a decision of the Metropolitan, the feast was transferred from its canonical…

With ecclesiastical order, humility, and profound spiritual compunction, the memory of Saint Photios the Great, Archbishop of Constantinople, the wise and God-inspired hierarch, luminary of Orthodoxy, and tireless defender of the truth of the faith, was celebrated at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Saint Anastasia Pharmakolytria, in Vasilika of Thessaloniki. The Eucharistic Synaxis…

On Friday, 6 February 2026, the feast of Saint Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople, a Synodal Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the katholikon of the Holy Monastery of Penteli, in the presence of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by the Vice President of the Holy Synod,…

Icons of the Theotokos and Christ Child and of Saint Dimitrios the Great Martyr were installed on Tuesday at the new laboratory of the Bulgarian research base “St. Clement of Ohrid” on Livingston Island. The icons were donated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Professor Christo Pimpirev, head…

Architect Buse Ceren Gul is on a mission: restore a 166-year-old Greek Orthodox church that was long a beacon of her hometown’s multicultural past. She believes restoring the church left mostly in ruins by the earthquakes in southern Turkey three years ago will help locals reconnect to their city. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake on 6…

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, today received Consuls General and members of the diplomatic corps at the headquarters of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. During the meeting, His Beatitude addressed the urgent moral responsibilities confronting the land and its people. In…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce that His Beatitude Archbishop Ioan of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania will be visiting the United States of America. At the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, His Beatitude will offer the keynote address at the International Conference organized by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at…