The Church today venerates the memory of Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens.  

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On Monday, 3 October 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia visited both The Consulate of Greece in Perth and “Saint Andrew’s” Nursing Home of the Greek Community of Western Australia. During the visit to the Greek Consulate, His Eminence and his entourage, consisting among others His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea and His Grace…

Elders Dionisie Ignat and Petroniu Tănase’s canonisation was debated last week by the Synod (Assembly of Bishops) of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja. Another canonisation request was revealed at the conclusion of the meeting: Wallachia’s Metropolitan Neophyte of Crete (1690-1753). “He was described as a Greek more Romanianlike than Romanians. He was poisoned by…

As announced by the Ecumenical Patriarchate during today’s meeting of the Holy and Sacred Synod, His All-Holiness designated as members of the Joint Committee on the Charter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Their Eminences Metropolitan Geron Emmanuel of Chalcedon and Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain,…

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The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross was celebrated on Sunday at the Holy Cross Monastery, located in West Jerusalem. The occasion, as based on the Julian calendar, was celebrated in memory and honor of the tradition by which the area of ​​the Monastery, under Biblical Lot, was where the three-composite…

Sunday marked the 31st anniversary of the repose in the Lord of Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios, who served as the Shepherd of the Mother Church for 19 years. On the occasion, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday afternoon visited the grave of the his predecessor and officiated at a Trisagion…

An awards ceremony for the cast of the hugely popular Greek-language television series “From Farasa to the Heavens”, which recounts the life and works of 20th century St. Paisios, was held over the weekend at the municipal center of the Athens-area Aghios Demetrios municipality. The cast-members received a blessing from the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the…