The 156th Anniversary of the Arkadi Sacrifice of 1866 was commemorated in Sydney on Sunday, with a tribute paid to the heroes who fought and sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Crete. The annual event was organized by the Cretan Brotherhood of Sydney and New South Wales, and took place at the Holy Cathedral…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus convened on Monday, a week after the repose in the Lord of Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II. The upcoming election for a new Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus will be the first under the Cypriot Church’s new charter, which was approved and enacted…

International political and religious leaders sent condolences on Monday to Turkish leadership, in the wake of Sunday’s bomb explosion in one of the most prominent outdoor areas of Constantinople, an attack that left six dead and dozens wounded. In his message, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, expressed deep sadness, as…

The Holy Cincture of the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, returns to Mount Athos today, nine days after being solemnly conveyed to the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Piraeus for veneration by the faithful and clergy. The Pemptousia television platform on Monday morning again live-streamed the Orthros service and Divine Liturgy from the cathedral, conducted before…

The Church today venerates the memory of Philip the Apostle, one of the 12. Today is also the feast day of Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, and the Holy Great New Martyr Constantine of Hydra.

On November 10, 2022, at the Holy Church of the Apostle Paul in Side, the first synaxis of the clergy of the Holy Metropolis of Pisidia took place. It was preceded by a Divine Liturgy performed by the new Shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Job of Pisidia, with co-celebrants His Grace Bishop Ambrosios of Eudokia, the…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, at the Archdiocesan District of Northcote, Victoria, the memory of Saint John the Merciful was celebrated, with the conducting of a Holy Vigil, on Friday, 11 November 2022, at the Holy Church of Saint Paraskevi, where his Holy Relics are kept. His Grace Bishop Evmenios…

The ordination to the diaconate of subdeacon Mark Donnelly, was conducted by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia during his visit to the Parish of the Holy Apostles in Newcastle, New South Wales, on Sunday, November 13. The new Deacon, who is a graduate of Saint Andrew’s Theological College, Sydney, is the father of three…

In an atmosphere of emotion and pride, the 156th Anniversary of the Arkadi Voluntary Sacrifice of 1866 was celebrated in Sydney on Sunday, 13 November 2022, and tribute was paid to the Heroes who fought and sacrificed for the liberation of Crete. The annual event of memory and honour for the Holocaust of the Holy…