On Thursday 1 December 2022, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, GO Youth Melbourne under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, held its fourth talk in their ongoing series, ‘Conversations: Our Calling to Christ’. The age range for this GO Youth Melbourne…

The Consecration of the Church of St Nicholas in Yarraville, Melbourne, on Saturday morning the 3rd of December was conducted with ecclesiastical splendour by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. With this blessed service, began the two-day pastoral visit of His Eminence to the Districts of Northcote and Melbourne, where he will have the opportunity…

On Friday, 2 November 2022, the leader of the Opposition Party in the New South Wales State Parliament, Mr. Chris Minns MP, and Greek-Australian Labor MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Property and Multiculturalism, Mr. Steve Kamper, visited the Headquarters of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, in Sydney. The distinguished guests were welcomed by His…

GOARCH Centennial Pilgrims made their way to the Holy Land on Thursday after paying respects to the Mother Church at the Phanar last week. The Holy City, Jerusalem, is the place where “the mystery of our salvation took place,” His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros said, addressing the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, during the pilgrims’ private…

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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…