In an atmosphere of reverence and solemnity , the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated at the Holy Center of Orthodoxy. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, presided at the Divine Liturgy which took place on Wednesday, 14 September 2022, co-presiding along with Their Eminences, Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Metropolitan Meliton…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew on Tuesday, September 13, at noon, paid a visit to the Consulate General of the United Kingdom in Constantinople, where he signed the book of condolences for the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Specifically, His All-Holiness wrote the following: «In the name of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople,…

Dear President Cantonis, Your Eminence and Your Grace, Honorable Symeon Tegos, Consul General of Greece in Boston, Deans of Hellenic College and Holy Cross, Reverend Clergy, Beloved Students, Faculty, Staff and Administration,   Today, we gather in convocation – which means that we are “called together” – or, perhaps, even better, “sharing a vocation.” This…

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On Sunday, 11th September 2022, Deacon Panteleimon Maxfield was ordained to the Holy Priesthood at the Church of The 318 Godbearing Fathers of Nicaea & John the Baptist in Shrewsbury, England. His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided during Matins and concelebrated the Divine Liturgy. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Fr. Timothy Pearce, priest-in-charge of…

Tastes, smells, sounds and colours reminiscent of Greece flooded the Parramatta suburb of Sydney on Sunday, 11 September, the day on which the famous “Let’s Go Greek Festival” of the Greek Orthodox Parish-Community of St Ioannis took place. Since 2014, the parishioners have been working with passion and dedication for the success and continuous improvement…

More attacks against Christian Serbs were reported this week in the Kosovo & Metohija province. Specifically, a father and son were stabbed by two Albanian mem on Monday evening, resulting in their hospitalization. In an announcement, the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren condemned the attack and warned of more such incidents, which it charged aims…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, on Tuesday met with the Moscow Patriarchate’s chairman of the department for external Church relations, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony, on the sidelines of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The latter is being held in the Kazakhstan city of Nur-Sultan, and sessions began…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday received Rashad Hussain, the visiting US ambassador at large for international religious freedom, at Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Phanar See. Issues discussed related to the life and ministry of the Mother Church in of Constantinople, as well as the situation of remaining Christians in Turkey….