Through an announcement made by the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, together with Fr. Stavros Kakavas and the Council of the Parish – Community of Saints Anargiri Oakleigh, wish to update the faithful about the sad event of the fire in the Greek Orthodox church in the early hours of…

His Grace Bishop Evmenios officiated at the Holy Chapel of Saint Nicholas On Saturday, 10 December 2022, on the occasion of the recent feast of Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, visited the Holy Chapel of St. Nicholas…

Extensive material damage has been caused to the Holy Church of Saints Anargiri, in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, as a result of a fire that occurred in the morning hours on Saturday,10 December 2022. According to the first details, the fire, which was extinguished by the Fire and Rescue Services that rushed to the…

On December 7, 2022, after Divine Liturgy at St. Paul Chapel in the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos humbly prayed a memorial service for Elder Ephraim of Philotheou & Arizona of blessed memory, who departed in the Lord three years ago. Elder Ephraim’s contribution to the Greek Orthodox…

The 11th Academic Consultation between Judaism and Orthodox Christianity took place December 4-6, 2022, in Vienna, Austria. The theme was “Jewish-Orthodox Christian Dialogue: Navigating Our Relations to the World and to Each Other.” The Consultation was co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC). The Orthodox Christian delegation to…

On Thursday, November 25/December 8, 2022, the feast of the glorious great martyr Catherine the all-wise was celebrated by the Patriarchate. On this feast, the Church commemorates that Saint Catherine lived in Alexandria under Maximian, the oppressive and implacable tyrant of Alexandria and that she was a young lady of great beauty, most prudent and…

The Greek judicial system dealt accordingly with the matter regarding the continuous slander campaign in which Mrs Vasso Morali engaged for a long time, obliging her to restore the offence she caused with her repeated false and slanderous publications through the posts she uploaded on the Facebook social media platform. More specifically, the multi-member Kavala…

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco underwent successful mitral valve replacement surgery today. He will remain in the hospital for the next week and is expected to make a full recovery. We are grateful to God for keeping Metropolitan Gerasimos under His watchful care and for the medical team that is providing His Eminence…

THE DIVINE LITURGY ILLUSTRATED IS BACK IN STOCK The Divine Liturgy Illustrated (ages 5-10) is a publication from the Department of Religious Education (DRE) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. It contains the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in Greek and English, according to the current 2015 translation developed by the Greek Orthodox…