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The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, this week received the visiting President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in the courtyard of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, the Archdiocese Cathedral. His Beatitude later guided the German head of state on a tour of the magnificent Metropolitan Cathedral, one of the…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Thursday chaired a session of the Patriarchate’s Holy Synod of Bishops, which convened at the Patriarchal summer residence. Further to the east, the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, this week participated at events held at the presidential mansion in Bucharest on the occasion of Great…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday received former Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borisov at the Mother Church’s Phanar district see. Borisov was accompanied by the Bulgarian ambassador to Turkey, Angel Cholakov, other diplomats and members of former’s delegation. During the cordial meeting, issues of mutual interest were discussed. On…

The Church today venerates the memory of Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia. Porphyrios was declared a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in November 2013. St. Porphyrios, a native of the large island of Evia, served as the chaplain at the Polyclinic Hospital in central Athens for roughly 33 years until 1973. During his tenure he…

Preparations are continuing on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus for the first round of an election to select a trio of eligible hierarchs of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus to succeed reposed Archbishop Chrysostomos II. The election will take place on 18 December with eligible voters being citizens of the Republic of Cyprus…

From the sweet and melodious voices of the students of two Greek Orthodox Colleges in Sydney, as well as the Youth and Teachers of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, Sydney, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, heard the first Traditional Christmas Carols, for this year’s festive season. Specifically, on Thursday morning, 1 December 2022, His…

The memory of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle was celebrated in Adelaide, with splendour and ecclesiastical magnificence. The centre of the celebration was the Holy Church of Saint Andrew in the suburb of Noarlunga, where the holy Services were presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. On the eve of the feast day,…

In a spirit of great festal joy, on Wednesday the 30th of November 2022, the feast day of St Andrew the First-Called Apostle was celebrated at the Greek Orthodox School of St Andrew’s Grammar in Perth WA. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Divine liturgy was conducted by Fr Terry…