On Tuesday, 6 May 2025, at a special ceremony held to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Marmara Grupu Vakfi Foundation, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was awarded the “Ahmet Samsunlu” award for his contribution to the field of ecology. The ceremony, accompanied by a gala dinner, was attended by many personalities…

On Thursday evening, at the end of his address at the event organised in his honour by the Basil and Eliza Goulandris Foundation, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the new Pope of Rome, Leo XIV, whose name had been announced a little earlier. Among other things, His All-Holiness stated that he intends to…

On the evening of Wednesday, 7 May, in a brilliant ceremony, which was honoured with the distinguished and blessed presence of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Theology and the Department of Social Theology and Religious Studies of the School of…

On Tuesday, 23rd April / 6th May 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Saint George the Great Martyr and Trophy-Bearer. This feast and this Saint are among the most popular in the Holy Land, due to his maternal origin from the city of Lydda, where his tomb is located, the many miracles he performed,…

“Come, let us reason together” New Digital Fellowship Series with Elder Ephraim At the first e-meeting of the new series, Elder Ephraim engages in a discussion with an international Georgian-speaking audience Thursday May 8 at 19:30 EET Greek Time   Pemptousia and the the Elevation of the Cross Parish in Tbilisi, Georgia would like to…

NEW YORK, May 7 – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos, Geron of Derkon, to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Headquarters. The two Hierarchs, who share a longstanding personal and ecclesiastical association through their service at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, held a meeting and exchanged gifts. Among them was a…

The 2025 Clergy-Laity Assembly for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco convened on May 5 at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA. The theme of the Assembly focused on “Our Faith Can Move Mountains”. The Assembly began with an opening prayer service led by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, who…

Archbishop Atanasie of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will be enthroned on Saturday at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of Great Martyr George the Trophy-bearer in London, United Kingdom. The Divine Liturgy and enthronement ceremony will begin at 09:00 AM and will be celebrated by an assembly of hierarchs from both Romania and abroad, led by His…

On the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, 4 May 2025, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place at the Church of the Holy Twelve Apostles, of the Feriköy Community, in Constantinople. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, Patriarchal Supervisor of the Tataoula District, and who also preached…