The great Despotic feast of the Transfiguration of Christ our Lord and Saviour was celebrated with solemnity and splendor in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote, Victoria. The Divine Services at the celebrating Holy Church in the suburb of Thomastown were presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who is on a pastoral tour…

With feelings of pain caused by the images of the fire in the building complex of the nursing home and hospital of Valouklis, but the news of his timely evacuation also brought relief, comments His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, in his statement about this shocking event of August 4. “And then, came as balsm,…

My beloved in the Lord, I am so pleased to be with you today, especially because my travels to our Ecumenical Patriarchate and to Pontus, in order to celebrate the feast of the Dormition at Panagia Soumela with His All-Holiness, will keep me from you this year. Nevertheless, I will carry you and the whole…

My beloved Deacon Alexander, Today, you stand in the Holy House of your upbringing – the wonderful community of Zoodohos Peghe – in the presence of your family, friends, and your brothers and sisters in Christ. These are the days of the Virgin’s Fast and Feast – the Holy Dormition. But within these fifteen days…

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Right Reverend Bishops, Reverend Parish Priests, Honourable Presidents and Esteemed Members of the Boards of Directors, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of the Philoptochos Societies, Teachers, Students and Youth Members of the Communities, and to the Entire Plenitude of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada. Beloved in the Lord, As I write this encyclical…

On Thursday, July 22/August 4, 2022, the Greek football team “Aris” from Thessaloniki visited the Patriarchate. This group came and asked for His Beatitude’s blessing for its football match. His Beatitude blessed them and wished them spiritual and football success. From Secretariat–General en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info

On Thursday, August 4th / July 22nd, 2022, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Charalambos Lalousis, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by Lieutenant General Christos Boufis, Brigadier General Konstantinos Karamanidis, Captain Mr Ioannou Stylianopoulos, and Chief of Staff Mr Petrou and Mr Theodoros Tsiros. The supreme leader of the General Army…

Church of Crete Archimandrite Titos, the First Secretary of the Holy Metropolis of Petra and Heronissos, officiated at today’s Orthros and Divine Liturgy services at the elderly care center at the Aghia Paraskevi settlement in the Metropolis. Still on the large island, the Orthodox Academy of Crete, in partnership with the Michigan Interfaith Power and…