Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will convene in person on Tuesday in Athens. One of the most prominent items on the agenda is the election of four new Metropolitans for a same-number of metropolises around the country, and specifically the ecclesiastical jurisdictions of Gortynia-Megaloupoli, Aetolia-Akarnania, Drama and Ilia.

The Church today venerates the memory of Dionysios the Areopagite, the patron saint of Athens, the Greek capital.

On the 2nd Sunday of Luke, 2 October 2022, at the Holy Church of Saints Anargyri, in Oakleigh of Melbourne, The Matins and Divine Liturgy took place, presided over and officiated by His Grace Bishop Christodoulos of Magnesia, who was also joined in prayer by His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Melbourne….

In the Chapel of the Theological School of Halki, On Sunday 2nd October 2022, The Resurrectional Orthros and Divine Liturgy took place, presided over, at the parathronion by His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of The Holy Trinity. After the conclusion of the Divine Litiurgy, a Memorial Service (Trisagion) was…

“At the end of the day, it is love that leads us to the light, while hate leads us to darkness and decay.” This was the central message of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, during the sermon he delivered before the faithful of Saint Nektarios Parish, Perth. His Eminence, who is visiting the capital…

On Sunday, October 2, the 62nd anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Cyprus was celebrated with splendor in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote of Victoria. As part of the anniversary events organised by the Cypriot Community of Melbourne and Victoria, at the Parish of The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, in the…

The new High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to Australia, Mr. Antonis Sammoutis made a visit to the headquarters of the Archdiocesan District of Northcote in Victoria on Monday morning, October 3 2022. Mr. Sammoutis was welcomed, on behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, by the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, His Grace…

On Saturday, 1 October 2022, with great splendour the consecration of the Katholikon of the Holy Monastery of Saint John of the Mountain, in Perth, Western Australia, was conducted by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, and their Graces Bishop Emilianos of Meloa and Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Perth. At the end…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Sunday, October 2, received in the afternoon, Mrs. Olena Zelenska, the wife of the President of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was accompanied by Mr. Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President, Mrs. Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Andrii Sybiha, Deputy Head of…