On Wednesday, October 13/26, 2022, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the feast of the repatriation of the relics of our Holy Father Savva the Sanctified. On this holiday, the Church of Jerusalem celebrates the fact that the holy relic of Saint Savva, preserved incorruptible and intact to this day, was taken by the Crusaders to…

The website of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem conveys the thanks of the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood to the Greek Consulate General of Greece in Jerusalem for its assistance in the arduous task of harvesting the olives in the Holy Monastery of Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus, in Bethany and presents the following statement by the…

The Holy Cincture of the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, will be conveyed from the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi to the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Piraeus on Nov. 5, where the Holy Relic will remain until Nov. 13. The Holy Cincture will arrive at Greece’s largest port city, located in the greater Athens…

Numerous faithful and congregants attended the archieratical Vesper at the celebrating Cathedral of St. Demetrios, at the same-name and dedicated municipality in the central Athens, on the eve of the feast day of Demetrios the Myrrh-streamer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki. The service was officiated by the Archdiocese of Athens’ Bishop of Roges, His Grace…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia this week announced an initiative by the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, to preserve audiovisual documents as sources of the living memory of the ethnic Greek community of Australia. The initiative, with the blessing and guidance of the Archbishop of Australia, aims to create a digital museum, storing personal…

A very timely scientific conference, entitled “Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics”, commenced today at the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), on the large Mediterranean island. The conference is held under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; and is organized by the Academy’s institute of theology and ecology. A video message by the Ecumenical…

The Church today venerates Nestor, the Martyr of Thessaloniki.

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 Greek Studies Program at La Trobe University in Melbourne, which two years ago was in danger of suspending its operation, now not only continues its mission, but also shows an increase in student enrollments that exceeds 20%. The Holy Archdiocese of Australia took the lead in the mobilisation of the community caused in 2020…