On the last sunday of September, The Holy Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala honours the Holy and glorious Hieromartyr Seraphim, Archbishop of Phanarios and Neochorio, in Fanari of Karditsa (the place of the martyrdom of the Saint). This Feast was instituted in 1936 by the blessed Metropolitan Ezekiel of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala. On Saturday evening,…

During the two days of October 18 and 19, 2022, at the initiative of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the first Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis will be held in Sydney with the theme: “Priesthood: From Secularization to Ecclesiastical Attitude”. Speakers from Constantinople, Greece and Australia have been invited to the Synaxis, and will attend to…

His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain was received at Buckingham Palace by His Majesty King Charles III. King Charles III invited the UK’s Religious Leaders to the Palace on Friday, September 16, 2022. Archbishop Nikitas expressed his thanks on behalf of the pious people of the Holy Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great…

On Tuesday 20 September 2022, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis performed the Blessing for the New Academic Year of our Byzantine Music School. His Excellency Mr. Odysseas Odysseos General Consul of the Republic of Cyprus, Dr. Eirini Veroni Head of Education Office at the Embassy of Greece and Mr. Peter Demetriou, President of the…

Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Community Center Seattle, Washington Your Eminence, my beloved Brother in Christ and Concelebrant in the Holy Spirit, Metropolitan Gerasimos, Your Grace Bishop John and Reverend Clergy, Esteemed Parish Council, Philoptochos, and Parish Organization Heads, Dear Centennial Celebration Sponsors and All who have worked to bring about this brilliant weekend, Beloved…

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Pemptousia platform will sponsor oa performance of excerpts of the trilogy “Great Hours”, by composer Andreas Katsigiannis, at the Herod Atticus Odeon on Thursday. The performance is a collaboration with the State Orchestra of Athens. The excerpts will be interpreted by performers Glykeria, Dimitris Bassis and Jonathan Jackson, the noted US musician and actor, along…

Vatopedi publications has unveiled a new tome of homilies and addresses by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. The work comprises an Athonite testimony of man’s course towards the light of God.  

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, donated blood over the weekend during a blood drive in Belgrade, while calling on the faithful to follow his example. The blood drive was organized by the Serbian Red Cross and the Institute for Blood Transfusion of Serbia. In a later statement, His Holiness noted that “…With this…