The unity within the Church is a testimony of the presence of the Holy Spirit, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia pointed out emotionally, who on the morning of Thursday, 19 January 2023, the day when our Church honours the memory of Saint Makarios the Great, celebrated His Patronal Feast Day surrounded by a multitude…

On the eve of the Investiture Ceremony of the University of South Carolina’s new president, Dr. Michael Ameridis, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros celebrated a Doxology Service at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Columbia, SC. “What makes this Doxology of Thanksgiving to God so very special today, is that you – the Parish of…

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Vatopedi publications has unveiled a new tome of homilies and addresses by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim. The work comprises an Athonite testimony of man’s course towards the light of God. Additionally, an expanded edition of the tome “Miracles of the Holy Cincture” has been re-released by Vatopedi Publications, of the Holy & Great Monastery of…

Members of a delegation of Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate continued their official contacts in Athens on Thursday. Members of the Archons, who are honorees of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and selected from among the distinguished laity, are in the Greek capital for a series of contacts and meetings on issues affecting the Mother…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday afternoon attended a Trisagion prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of St. George for the repose of the soul of the late Zacharo Anastasiadou, his sister. The service was attended by hierarchs of the Patriarchal Throne, staff of the Phanar-based Patriarchate, many faithful…

Orthodox Churches that follow the Julian calendar today celebrate the great feast day of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, also known as the Epiphany. The sanctification of the Waters ceremony at Tirilye township, known for centuries as Triglia, in northwest Asia Minor, was held in the presence of the Ecumenical Patriarch…

The Church today venerates the memory of Makarios the Great of Egypt. The ecclesiastical calendar also commemorates the Removal of the Honorable Relics of St. Gregory the Theologian.

On Wednesday afternoon, 18 January 2023, at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in Redfern, Sydney, with great splendour, the Great Hierarchical Vespers on the occasion of the feast of Saint Makarios the Great, took place, marking the beginning of the celebrations of the Patronal Feast Day of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios…