On Wednesday, 2 November 2022, The Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Mr. Yannis Mallikourtis, visited the Parish-Community of Saint Spyridon in Kingsford. The Greek diplomat, who assumed his duties in the Grand Australian City of Sydney about a month ago, was warmly welcomed by the Proistamenos of the Holy Church of Saint Spyridon Father…

On Monday, 31 October 2022, an official visit to the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was made by His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of Dimitrias and Almyros, together with the newly elected Metropolitan Damaskinos of Aitolia and Akarnania, whom he presented to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The new shepherd of this great and sanctified ecclesiastical…

Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” -John 8:12 New York, NY – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, and Chairman of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society reappointed Arlene Siavelis Kehl as…

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A digital fellowship with Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and members of France’s MEDSCIF Association will take place today at 19.30 Athens time or 17.30 GMT. The digital fellowship is organized by the web platform Pemptousia, the French portal Orthodoxie.com and MEDSCIF, which stands for the Medicine,…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, will arrive in the eastern Thrace city of Selymbria on Monday to officiate at a Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the eve of the feast day of St. Nektarios of Aegina, who was born in the ancient city, just west of the Imperial metropolis,…

The Honest Head of St. Gregory of Nyssa was conveyed on Monday to the celebrating Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Unmercenaries, Cosmas and Damian, in the west Athens municipality of Nea Ionia, for veneration by the clergy and faithful. The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Aneon, His Eminence Makarios, officiated at a festal Vesper, co-officiated by…

The relevant Greek Deputy Interior Minister for Macedonia-Thrace, Stavros Kalafatis, this week inaugurated an event in the northern city of Thessaloniki devoted to psaltic musical tradition. The event was organized by the ministry, the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, where it was hosted, and the Society of Chanters of Thessaloniki.  

The newly elected Metropolitans of four separate Metropolises of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will be enthroned this month. Specifically, the new Metropolitans will assume the thrones of Gortynia & Megalopoli, Aetolia & Akarnania, Drama and Ilia, namely, the Metropolitans Nikiforos, Damaskinos, Dorotheos and Athanasios, respectively. As per standing tradition, all four hierarchs will…