On the Monday of the Holy Spirit, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit the island of Halki and attend the holy feast of the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Theological School of Halki. The following is the relevant press release from the Theological School of Halki: It is with pleasure that we…

On Tuesday, 21st May / 3rd June 2025, the Patriarchate commemorated the memory of the Holy, Glorious, and Great Divinely-Crowned Sovereigns and Equals-to-the-Apostles, Saints Constantine and Helen, at their Patriarchal and Monastic Church in Jerusalem. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, with the Overseer…

On Sunday, 19th May / 1st June 2025, the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III visited the Community of Turan in Southern Galilee, located near the city of Nazareth, where He presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Church of…

The Holy Great Church of Christ honoured, on Sunday, 1 June 2025, the 1700th anniversary of the convening of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, with the celebration of a Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy. By auspicious coincidence, this year the Holy Fathers who convened the Second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople and are honoured annually…

With a strong and clear voice, His Beatitude Archbishop George of Cyprus joins the Orthodox Church in defending the historical rights of the Holy Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai, which is currently facing serious challenges. As he pointedly states, “Is it possible, in the 21st century… for the self-evident to be questioned?” In his…

“We cannot allow it”, the Archbishop stressed, expressing immense sadness and understandable anger – He called on the Greek and international authorities to intervene – Appeal to the Prime Minister not to abolish the Monastery “We cannot allow this to happen,” stressed His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece, expressing deep sorrow and…

On Thursday, 29 May, on the feast day of the Ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in Nichorion on the Bosphorus, the Divine Liturgy took place and was presided over by Father Konstantinos Bartholomeou, Proistamenos of the Nichorion Community. At the same time, as every year, the custom of Malliari was revived. Parishioners…

On Saturday, 24 May 2025, the official anniversary event for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Parish of Saint Dimitrios in the suburb of Moonee Ponds in Melbourne was held with ecclesiastical splendour and in an atmosphere of great emotion. Representing His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Chora,…

“Show mercy to those who honor my memory” St Catherine of Alexandria The Patriarchate of Jerusalem was deeply troubled to hear of moves by the Egyptian Court Order to seize lands surrounding our monastery of St Catherine on Mount Sinai. The site where God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and home to the…