Today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros appointed the Very Reverend Archimandrite Chrysostomos Gilbert as the new Dean of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City. Fr. Chrysostomos, who succeeds the Rev. Fr. Nikolas Karloutsos, had previously served eight years as the presiding priest of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Manhattan. In…

The Central Youth “St. Stephen the Protomartyr” of the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide is organising, on September 26, 2022, the 10th State Youth Conference. The theme of the conference is: “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33), while His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia will also be present for the conference,…

Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, officiated at the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the restored Cathedral of St. Nicholas, on the islet of Ammouliani, off Halkidiki prefecture in northern Greece. The cathedral, a previous glebe of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, has undergone restoration works…

Today marked the commencement of the 2022-2023 academic year, with pupils returning to classrooms in several countries, including in predominately Orthodox Christian Greece, where annual blessing ceremonies were held in the morning, many attended by local Metropolitans and Bishops, as well as office-holders. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All- Holiness Bartholomew I, on the…

In the context of the recently inaugurated 86th Thessaloniki International Trade Fair (TIF), by the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in collaboration with the organisation of Byzantine Thessaloniki, a photographic exhibition at the booth of the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce, was organised by the Holy Theological School of Halki, on the subject of…

On Monday, September 12, an Agiasmos blessing for the start of the new school year for the teachers and students of the Zappeion School, was held at the facilities of the Holy Trinity Church dinning hall, of the Great Greek Orthodox Community of Stavrodromi. The Agiasmos blessing service was performed by Archiepiscopal Vicar of Stavrodromi,…

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On Wednesday, August 25/September 7, 2022, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem convened in its regular session under the Presidency of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III. In this session, the Holy and Sacred Synod examined various matters of the Patriarchate, such as the feasts related to the…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Sunday spoke and participated in a memorial service at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New York City on the very dour occasion of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Archbishop Elpidophoros told congregants that “…We are gathered on this solemn and painful day in order to…