The faithful in Athens on Tuesday joyously and solemnly greeted the arrival of the wonder-working icon of the Panaghia Soumela, which was conveyed from the dedicated Monastery of Mt. Vermio, in northern Greece, in a splendorous procession to the St. Demetrios Cathedral in the Ambelokipi district of Athens The Holy Icon was conveyed by the…

Sessions of the 32nd pan-Orthodox conference of sanctioned Orthodox Churches and Holy Metropolises dealing with heresies and cults commenced this week in the southwest Greece city of Pyrgos, in the Ilia prefecture. The sessions will continue until Thursday, following a decision by the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, and was held…

The Church today commemorates the memory of Joel the Prophet.

The proceedings of the first National Clergy Synaxis started on Tuesday the 18th of October with the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and was attended by most of the priests of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, monks, nuns, novices, candidates to the priesthood, as well as students of St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological…

His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos, is among the Hierarchs invited by the Holy Archdiocese of Australia who will attend and speak at the First Pan-Australian Clergy Synaxis, which will be held in Sydney during the next two days, October 18 and 19. Metropolitan Ieronymos, who arrived in the great city of Sydney…

On Friday, 14 October 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia welcomed to the central offices of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, in Sydney, the new High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to Australia, Mr Antonis Sammoutis Mr. Sammoutis, who recently assumed his duties in the fifth continent, was warmly received by the Archbishop,…

Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus is going through difficult times as his health condition is deteriorating. The Archbishop has been struggling with cancer for the last four years. He has been fighting with patience and bravery all this time, however as we have been informed in recent days it seems that his condition has deteriorated,…

Your Excellency, Archbishop Elpidophoros Your Excellency, Metropolitan Panteleimon Venerable Abbess Antonini Honorable representatives of the Hellenic government Honored guests and friends Thank you for the kind invitation to this celebration of the homecoming of this manuscript of the four gospels, after 105 years. I am honored to be with you in this place of devotion…

On October 18, 2022, Dr. Mounir Bouchenaki was received by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese headquarters in New York. Dr. Bouchenaki serves as Special Advisor to UNESCO regarding Turkey’s unilateral reconversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque. During the meeting, Dr. Bouchenaki briefed His Eminence on the latest developments in the…