Preparations are continuing on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus for the first round of an election to select a trio of eligible hierarchs of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus to succeed reposed Archbishop Chrysostomos II. The election will take place on 18 December with eligible voters being citizens of the Republic of Cyprus…

From the sweet and melodious voices of the students of two Greek Orthodox Colleges in Sydney, as well as the Youth and Teachers of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society, Sydney, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, heard the first Traditional Christmas Carols, for this year’s festive season. Specifically, on Thursday morning, 1 December 2022, His…

The memory of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle was celebrated in Adelaide, with splendour and ecclesiastical magnificence. The centre of the celebration was the Holy Church of Saint Andrew in the suburb of Noarlunga, where the holy Services were presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. On the eve of the feast day,…

In a spirit of great festal joy, on Wednesday the 30th of November 2022, the feast day of St Andrew the First-Called Apostle was celebrated at the Greek Orthodox School of St Andrew’s Grammar in Perth WA. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Divine liturgy was conducted by Fr Terry…

NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the official reopening of the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music (ASBM) and the beginning of online registration for the 2022 new year. Under the direction of Georgios Theodoridis, Archon Music Instructor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, ASBM has been re-imagined…

Rev. Protopresbyter Georgios Oikonomou received the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America upon his assignment as Proistamenos of St. Nicholas Church in Baltimore, MD beginning December 1, 2022. Fr. Oikonomou visited Archdiocese headquarters with Prebytera Anastasia and his family. goarch.org

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The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Wednesday co-officiated at a Patriarchal and Synodical Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. George, within the see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. In a statement, His Eminence noted that he was “…overjoyed to witness the investiture of a new class of Archons at the Ecumenical…

On the occasion of Wednesday’s feast day of Andrew, the First-Called Apostle, an outdoor Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Metropolitan of Buenos Aires and South America, His Eminence Iosif, atop Mount Corcovado, where the iconic statue Christ the Redeemer overlooks Rio de Janeiro. The Metropolitan of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East…