The Year 6 students of All Saints Grammar, Belmore, were warmly welcomed to the Holy Monastery of St George, Yellow Rock, by the Abbot of the Monastery, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis. At All Saints Grammar, students are encouraged and provided with opportunities to live out their Orthodox faith and deepen their understanding of…

An appeal for the protection of civilians, the dignified treatment and release of prisoners of war, the safe return of displaced children, and the immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine was made by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, following the Divine Liturgy over which he presided on Saturday, 22 November 2025, at the Church of St….

In a deeply emotional atmosphere and in the presence of a large crowd, the funeral service of the distinguished academic Charilaos Platanakis, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens, was held in his hometown, Heraklion. The funeral took place on Thursday, 20 November, at the Metropolitan…

High – level Meeting with Religious Leaders – 17 Nov, 2025 It is my honour to represent the Conference of European Churches, more commonly referred to as CEC, and share a few thoughts with you. The tone of public conversation has become more divisive and harsher in recent years, as evidenced in so many ways….

On Sunday, 16 November 2025, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa received a high-level delegation from the Hellenic Bible Society at the Patriarchal See in Alexandria. The delegation was headed by the Society’s Director General, Mr. Michail Chatzigiannis. During the meeting, the Patriarch was thoroughly briefed on the important…

On 18 November 2025, Archimandrite Prodromos (Lavriotis), abbot of the Holy Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Athos, and monks from the Monastery of Saint Athanasius the Athonite visited the Patriarchate of Georgia. They were received by the Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne of All Georgia, Metropolitan Shio Mujiri; the Bishop of the Catholicos-Patriarch; Metropolitan…

Yesterday, Mount Athos celebrated the first feast of the translation of the holy relics of Saint Dionysios of Kolitsou (of Vatopaidi) following his recent canonisation. At the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, according to Athonite tradition, a festal all-night vigil was held. Participating were His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, Assistant Bishop to His Beatitude…

We are called to raise our voices against an abhorrent phenomenon, the abuse of children, which constitutes a brutal violation of our Christian values and an assault upon the future of humanity. As Orthodox Christians, who place at the core of our faith and values love for our neighbour and respect for the human person,…

In an atmosphere of warmth and mutual respect, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne welcomed to the Melbourne Diocesan Offices, Ms Georgia Dimopoulou, the newly appointed Head of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) Office in Australia, together with Ms Dimitra Georgantzoglou, Consul General of the Hellenic Republic in Melbourne. At the beginning of the…