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Composer Andreas Katsigiannis, in collaboration with the State Orchestra of Athens, will present excerpts from his trilogy “Great Hours”, during a much-anticipated performance on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Herod Atticus Odeon, at the foot of the Acropolis in central Athens. The excerpts are reminiscent of a reverent prayer, the rustling of wind from the…

Monday marked the 15-year anniversary of the election of Patriarch of All Romania Daniel. His Beatitude was elected on Sept. 12, 2007, by members of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Romania, as the fifth successive Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, and Patriarch of All Romania. One of the most prominent…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday inaugurated sessions of the international theology conference entitled “St. Gennadios Scholarios – Between East and West.” The conference is taking place in the ancient city of Chalcedon, and is jointly organized by the Holy Metropolis of Chalcedon and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki’s…

The Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi today joyously celebrates the Placing of the Holy Cincture, or Holy Sash, of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Holy Relic of the Mother-of-God has been preserved for centuries at the venerable Mount Athos Monastery. As part of reverent and solemn celebrations on the eve of the festal occasion,…

The Church today observes the Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. Today also marks the Consecration of the Church of the Holy Resurrection, or Holy Sepulchre. Finally, today is the feast day of Cornelius the Centurion & Martyr.

On the evening of Sunday, August 29/September 11, 2022, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Michalis Hatzipandelas, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by a group of his colleagues, Dr Christina Vassiliou Giannaki, Director General of the Ministry of Health, Mrs Theodora Konstantinidou, Ambassador of Cyprus to Israel, and Mr Konstantinos Athanasiou, Dr…

n Sunday, August 29/September 11, 2022, the commemoration of the beheading of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist John was held at the Patriarchate. During this feast, the Church, especially that of Jerusalem, remembers that Saint John the Baptist, “clothed with a mantle and eating locusts and wild honey”, (Matthew 3:4), calls the multitudes to repentance,…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed Mr. Demetri Papacostas and Mr. Dimitrios Katsiklis to the Archdiocese today, where they received their respecitve appointments as Parish Council President and Head Cantor of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. Present at the meeting were the Archdiocesan Chancellor, Archimandrite Nektarios Papazafiropoulos, and the Proistamenos of St….