Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to make an official two-day visit to Mount Athos on Friday and Saturday – his first official visit to the autonomous monastic community, also known as “Agion Oros” (Holy Mountain), since taking office in 2019. During the visit, the prime minister will travel to Karyes, the administrative center…

On Tuesday, 2 July 2025, the solemn feast of the Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos was celebrated with great reverence at the Holy Church and Healing Spring of Panagia Vlacherna in Constantinople. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi following the urging of…

The Primate of the Church of Cyprus, His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios, paid a visit to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saints Elias the Younger and Philaret the Gardener, in the town of Seminara in Calabria, Italy. The historic, as it was described, visit of the Archbishop of Cyprus to the Monastery of Seminara is part…

A grid-forming battery energy storage system of 3 MW was put into trial operation at the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos. The project is part of the green energy transition of the monastic republic in northern Greece. The Sacred Patriarchal and Stavopegial Monastery of Vatopedi, founded in the 10th century, has a microgrid. Engineering, procurement…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Sacred Archdiocese…

On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Divine Liturgy took place with spiritual joy at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helene, in Constantinople, where a group of pilgrims from Sydney, Australia were present, led by Father Savas Pizanias. The renowned Stavrodromi Community expressed heartfelt thanks to the devout pilgrims, who, with their presence and prayerful…

The Pilgrimage Church of Panagia Blachernae celebrated on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, in the Phanar- Golden Horn District, the feast of the Deposition of the Holy Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Divine Liturgy and the procession around the Church were presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi. His Grace Bishop…

With reverence and solemnity, the Parish of Sts. Anargiri, Cosmas and Damian in Oakleigh joyfully celebrated the Feast of the Holy Wonderworking Unmercenary Physicians, Cosmas and Damian of Rome. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne presided over the festal services, beginning with Great Vespers on the evening of Monday, 30 June, followed by Matins and…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in his birthplace, Imbros, on Wednesday, 2 July 2025. His All-Holiness was accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Vasilios of Constantia and Ammochostos, Hierarch of the Holy Church of Cyprus, and Patriarchal Deacons Anatolios Doxastakis and Photios Poulopoulos. At the island’s port, they were warmly welcomed by the local Shepherd,…