STOCKHOLM – With temperatures hovering around negative 15 degrees Celsius, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, accompanied by the Very. Rev. Archimandrite Alexandros Loukatos, Presiding Priest of the Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Oslo, made his seventh pastoral visit to Reykjavik, Iceland on the weekend of January 14-15,…

On Sunday, 15 January 2023, at the Holy Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, of the Bosphorus Vafeochori Community of Constantinople, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy which was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Kydonia, overseer of the Bosphorus District, took place. Following the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, the blessing and the…

On Tuesday, 17 January 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, The Great Vespers on the occasion of the feast of Saint Athanasios the Great, at the Holy Church of Saint Athanasios in the suburb of Springvale, Melbourne, took place. The Vespers Service was attended by Father Eustathios Ladas, Father Stavros…

The Feast of Saint Anthony the Great was celebrated with ecclesiastical splendour in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote in Victoria with the focus of the holy services events at the Church of Saint Anthony in the suburb of Sunshine, Melbourne, where His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, representing His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, officiated…

The office of Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne was received by Father Dimitri Kokkinos, Proistamenos of the Holy Church of Saint Ioannis, in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, through the hands of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, with the permission and blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. This is the highest office awarded…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomes to the Archdiocese the Mayor of Chania, Crete Mr. Panagiotis Semandirakis.   goarch.org

St. Photios National Shrine reported the results of the 2022 Essay Program during the St. Photios Foundation Annual Meeting. In the Senior Division, the judges chose the essay of Vasilia Boukis of LaGrange, KY as the winner whose essay met the criteria most fully as she compared her family immigration history with the immigration story…

NEW YORK – On February 4th, 2023 the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America will celebrate the Feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan. The celebration is organized by the Office of Greek Education. Our fathers among the…

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