The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate made the decision to register Elder Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis in the Diptychs of the Orthodox Church. The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate made the decision to register Elder Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis in the Diptychs of the Orthodox Church. The Monk Gerasimos the Mikragiannanite (September 5, 1905 –…
With the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and after a multi-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, on Saturday, January 7, 2023, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia celebrated the Annual Maryland Region Epiphany Celebration in Ocean City, Maryland. The event began Saturday morning with the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at St. George…
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The former king of Greece, Constantine, passed away on Tuesday evening in Athens at the age of 82. He was being treated in a private hospital’s ICU ward for nearly a week after suffering a serious stroke. Constantine was born on June 2, 1940 at a royal residence in the Athens district of Paleo Psychiko,…
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on Tuesday declared its full support for the venerable Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa and its Primate, the His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II. A statement referred to the Alexandria Patriarchate’s “… just struggle for canonical order”. The decision is directly related…
The former Patriarch of Jerusalem Irinaios was laid to rest on his native island of Samos on Wednesday, with interment held at the Holy Monastery of the True Cross. The former Patriarch reposed in the Lord this week at the age of 84. An exodios funeral service was also held on Samos, officiated by the…
The Church today venerates the memory of Theodosios the Great, the Cenobite.
On Sunday, 8th January 2023, the 58th annual Blessing of the Seas took place in Margate. This long standing tradition of over 50 years had over 30 Mayors in attendance, Lord Deputy Lieutenant, Sir Roger Gale, the Hon. Heather Keen, Mayor of Margate, The Hon. Christos Goulas, Consul of the Hellenic Republic, the Hon. Odyeas…
Isolated, poor and needy Sydney siders shared a roast chicken lunch at the Parish of St. Constantine and St. Helen at Newtown NSW, continuing a 40 year legacy of philanthropy and outreach. The epidemic of loneliness, homelessness substance abuse and mental illness is something thousands of people live with every day in Sydney. On feast…