With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne led a spiritually enriching pilgrimage to Tasmania from June 6–9, 2025, for the celebration of the great feast of Holy Pentecost. Accompanied by Fr Andrew Joannou of Holy Trinity Parish in Hobart and Fr Dimitrios Katsis of the Church…

On Monday, 9 June 2025, the Feast of the Holy Spirit, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his heartfelt hope that the completion of renovation works at the Halki Theological School would coincide with the long-awaited reopening of the seminary and the return of students to its renewed facilities. Speaking in the ceremonial hall of…

The great feast day of Pentecost, the day on which our Holy Church gloriously celebrates its Birthday, was celebrated magnificently, with due ecclesiastical splendour, at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Tzagarolon. The solemn Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and the Vespers service, during which the prayers of kneeling are recited, were…

On the Sunday of Pentecost, 8 June 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy which took place at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, and was joined in concelebration by Their Eminences, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, Metropolitan Irinaios of Myriophytos and Peristasis, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Myra, Metropolitan Nicholas of Philippoupolis, Hierarch…

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, received yesterday Mr. Sokratis Famellos, President of the SYRIZA Party, accompanied by members of his delegation and the Honourable Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr. Dimitrios Angelosopoulos, at the Patriarchate. In a spirit of fraternal joy, His Beatitude recalled that…

Metropolitan Tychikos has filed a church appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, following the decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus on 22 May 2025, to relieve him of his duties in the Metropolis of Paphos. The multi-page church appeal, submitted yesterday to the Secretariat of the Holy Synod, activates the highest legal…

The possibilities of utilising the space of the Prinkipo Orphanage were examined by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on Tuesday, 3 June 2025, during its last regular meeting for this month, following a detailed briefing by the Archon Grand Hartofylax of the Great Church of Christ and Community supporter Mr. Panteleimon…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is in Munich, Germany, to receive two Bavarian awards. For the first time, two Roman Catholic Institutions in Bavaria, the Catholic Academy of Bavaria and the Benedictine Monastery of Niederaltaich, will jointly present this year’s awards to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, for his contribution to Ecumenical Dialogue, that is,…

The consecration of the Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, the historic and illustrious parish of Antwerp, was celebrated with splendour and due ecclesiastical order on Saturday, 31 May 2025. After the necessary renovation and beautification works of recent years, the first consecration of the parish church was held by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras…