The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, earlier this week received the visiting World Council of Churches acting Secretary General, Archpriest Ioan Sauca, in the Russian capital. According to reports, the main topic of discussion focused on efforts to find peace for an end to the war in Ukraine. Fr. Sauca, among…
On the occasion of 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Filothei the Athenian, the patron saint of a same-name municipality in the greater Athens area, the ecclesiastical council of the Cathedral of St. Filothei is organizing a series of commemorative and devotional events next month. Additionally, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His…
The Church today venerates the memory of Hilarion the Great.
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Her Excellency Marija Kapitanović, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Bucharest, at his patriarchal residence on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. The Ambassador expressed gratitude for finally getting to visit the Patriarch of Romania, a significant figure in Romanian society, despite the delay caused by the recent coronavirus outbreak. Her…
The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will hold an online assembly on Saturday, Oct. 29, with psychologists, psychiatrists, educators and neurologists based in Romania. The session will begin at 19:30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT. A parallel translation will be available in Romanian, English, Russian, Georgian, French…
The relics of the prominent Hesychast Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, will be brought to Bucharest for this year’s festivities of St Demetrius the New. The honorable relics of Saint Gregory Palamas will be brought from Greece by a delegation arriving on Monday, October 24, for the ‘Way of the Saints’ procession. The delegation…
On Thursday afternoon, 20 October, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived at International Airport of London, England. In the Hall of Officials he was awaited and received by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, while he was welcomed by the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic in London, Mr. Ioannis Raptakis, as well…
On Wednesday 19 October 2022, a radiant Hierarchical Vespers was celebrated at the celebrating Holy Church of Saint Gerasimos the New Ascetic, in the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt, on the feast of the finding of the Holy Relics of the Saint. The faithful flooded the church, to honour the memory of the patron saint of…
On Tuesday, October 18, 2022, The Archdiocesan District Council held its Fall Meeting at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese headquarters in Manhattan. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros adminstered the Affirmation of Office to the newly elected and appointed Council, stating in his Archpastoral Exhortation: “Our Church here in America is facing tremendous opportunities and challenges. This Council…