The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, along with Hagiotaphite Fathers, on Monday warmly received the visiting Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, who headed a group composed of clergymen, expert scientists and pilgrims from the Holy Metropolis, which is located due east of Athens proper. Among others, the Metropolitan of Mesogaia…

Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will convene on Monday, with the main topic on the agenda being the recent tabling, in Greece’s Parliament, of draft legislation that foresees the filling of several vacant spots for Orthodox clerics in the country. The Holy Synod has expressed satisfaction with…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, today concludes a nearly week-long pastoral visit to the lake-side city of Ioannina, in northwest Greece. His All Holiness was declared an honorary professor of the University of Ioannina, during a festal ceremony at the amphitheater of the Karolos Papoulias Convention Center at the school….

The Church today commemorates the Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel. Today is also the feast day of Stephanos of the St. Savvas Monastery.

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1.The Metropolitan of Kitiou from the Church of Cyprus visits the Patriarchate. Late on Monday morning, 28 June/ 11 July 2022, a group of two-hundred and fifty Cypriots and a group of clergymen under the Metropolitan of Kitiou from the Church of Cyprus visited the Patriarchate. This large group, especially amidst the covid period, was…

n Monday morning, 28 June/ 11 July 2022, a five-member group of clergy and expert scientists along with a pious congregation under His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki visited the Patriarchate. The group was warmly received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers. At this meeting there was…

The naming ceremony of the square located at the Holy Church of St. Paisios was held today by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Metropolitan Maximos of Ioannina. The square will henceforth bear the name of the Ecumenical Patriarch. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew did not hide his emotion and thanked the Mayor of Ioannina and the City Council….

A 500-year-old Orthodox icon that was looted from a church in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus has been returned to the island. The icon of the Enthroned Christ, which Cyprus’ Antiquities Department dates to around the end of the 15th century to the early 16th century, was presented at a ceremony Tuesday to…