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…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and with the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, Saint Haralambos Parish in Templestowe, participated in their second round of hot meals and sandwich making for the ‘Five Loaves Initiative’ last week. The Saint Haralambos Parish volunteers cooked close to 200 meals for…

With the Blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis visited Canberra for the patronal feast of St Nicholas the Wonderworker. Monday evening His Grace Bishop Bartholomew celebrated Vespers and yesterday Matins and the Divine Liturgy. Assisting His Grace was Parish Priest Very Reverend Petros Kipouros, Very Reverend Iakovos…

A small stone monastic hut believed to be the first monastic habitation of St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) during his time on the Holy Mountain was recently discovered by a group of monks who were cutting back the thickets of the monastery forest. The monks then invited Sergei Shumilo, Director of the International Institute of the Athonite…

Two of the most significant Romanian elders of the 20th century were honoured on Friday with the laying of the foundation stone of a future monastery to be dedicated in their honour. The blessing of the foundation stone was officiated by Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuți and by Auxiliary Bishop Damaschin of Dorna. His…