The Elder Archimandrite Dositheos Kannelos, the founder and Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Tattarni, in Evritania prefecture, reposed in the Lord this week at the age of 87. The Elder Dositheos was distinguished for cultivating brotherly relations between the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the central Greece monastery. The beloved Archimandrite was also associated…

Israel’s central bureau of statistics recently reported that approximately 185,000 Christians live in country, where they comprise about 1.9 percent of the state of Israel’s population. Additionally, the statistics service, in a publication released on Christmas Eve last month, said the Christian population grew by 2 percent in 2021. Moreover, 75.8 percent of Christians in…

The Church today observes the Eve of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today is also the feast day of Theopemptos, Bishop of Nicomedea, and Theonas, the Martyrs.

His All-Holines Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed on Tuesday, 3 January 2023, the Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey, Sahak Masalyan, and his honourable entourage. The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed his wishes to the Patriarch for the festive period of Christmas and the New Year. More photos: Nikos Papachristou / Ecumenical Patriarchate vema.com.au

The 3rd of January marks the occasion of the discovery of the Holy Relics of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri, in 1950. This 15th century saint achieved the crown of martyrdom after refusing to renounce his faith at the hands of invading Muslim raiders, in an area east of modern Athens. Thousands of pilgrims from…

‘May 2023 bring health, peace, unity, and progress, and let us all live closer to Christ’; with this prayer, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, blessed and cut the New Year Vasilopites of the Archdiocesan Districts of Melbourne and Northcote, in the state of Victoria, where His Eminence is currently conducting a four-day pastoral visit,…

On Saturday, 7 January 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia will visit, for the first time, Jervis Bay in New South Wales and will liturgise at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist. The following is the announcement of the Archdiocesan District of Canberra, regarding the visit of His Eminence…

On Tuesday, 3 January 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea conducted the annual official blessing and cutting of the Vasilopita in the Conference Room at the Archdiocesan District of Perth offices in Dianella. Over two hundred people attended the event, including approximately fifty representatives…

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