The memory of Saint Evmenios, Bishop of Gortyna the Wonderworker, was celebrated with splendor in Northcote, Victoria, on the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the day when His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta celebrates his Name Day feast. On the eve of the feast, Saturday September 17, at the Archdiocesan Church of…

On behalf of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia and representing His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, on Friday, September 16, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis and His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, Archiepiscopal Vicars of the Archdiocesan Districts of Melbourne and Northcote respectively, visited Government House in Victoria, Australia, and signed the book of…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia the Holy Monastery of St George Yellow Rock has organised a series of commemorative events in celebration of the 60th anniversary. On 4th October 1962, the founders of the Monastery, Dimitrianos and Eleni Freiderikou, purchased the Monastery grounds with the blessing of the late Archbishop…

Your Grace and dear Reverend Clergy, Esteemed Consul of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Demetrios Papageorgiou, Beloved sisters and brothers in Christ, This hallowed tradition of the Κατάδυσις of the Precious Cross, here in New Jersey, is a most venerable praxis, dating back seventy-five years, which is three quarters of the life of our Sacred Archdiocese….

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The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on Thursday announced that it has granted more than 300,000 dollars, in academic scholarships, to 38 students for the 2022-2023 academic year. The grant committees, appointed each year by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, consisted of individuals with a wide variety of ministerial and professional experience. Funds for…

The customary blessing service for the commencement of the new academic year was held this week at the Greek National School in Vienna. The ceremony was officiated by the Archieratical Vicar of the Ecumenical Throne to the Metropolis of Austria, Fr. Ioannis Nikolitsis, the school deputy director, under the blessing of the Metropolitan of Austria,…

The 7th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions ended this week in the Kazakhstan capital of Nur-Sultan. Among the participants was the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III. A joint declaration, the main document of the congress, contained principles of religious pluralism and tolerance based on the equality of all people…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, on Thursday inaugurated a new school of the Holy Metropolis of Northern Madagascar, as he continued a pastoral visit to the large Indian Ocean island nation. A day earlier, His Beatitude was received by the President of the Republic of Madagascar, Andry…