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Submissions for Byzanfest International Orthodox Christian Film Festival are closing 1st August 2022. Last chance to enter your short, features and unproduced screenplays. Byzanfest is thrilled to be returning back to cinemas after two years of lockdowns. This year, the Festival is planning one of its biggest events with several screenings scheduled for its hometown…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived on Sunday, July 10, in the late afternoon, at the “King Pyrrhos” airport of Ioannina, where he was received by Metropolitan Maximos of Ioannina. Shortly after his arrival, the Ecumenical Patriarch visited the Holy Metochion of the Monastery of Saint Catherine of Sinai, where he was received by Archbishop…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Feast Day of Saint Paisios the Athonite, of whom is the Patron Saint of the Central Youth of the District, will be celebrated with the following programme at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Anthony, 66 Armstrong Street, Sunshine, VIC, where there is a…

The Holy Archbishopric of Ohrid on Thursday commemorated the Nativity of St. John the Baptist at the dedicated Monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski, as based on the Julian calendar. The Great Vespers service and the morning Orthros were officiated by the Bishop of Amorion, His Grace Nikiforos, the Abbot of the Stavropegic and Patriarchal Monastery…

Greek lawmakers on Thursday ratified, by majority, a law designating April 6 as a Day of Remembrance for Thracian Hellenism. The development was greeted with satisfaction by the National Federation of Thracian Societies, whose members had long pressed for the recognition.

A graduation ceremony was held on Wednesday evening for the four graduates of the Arab-speaking School of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Yafo (ancient Joppa), near Tel Aviv. The graduation ceremony was held in the school’s courtyard, and was honored by the presence of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos, and other hierarchs of…

  US President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 worthy recipients, including cleric Fr. Alex Karloutsos, the former vicar general of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Fr. Karloutsos was honored during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday. During his speech, President Biden described Karloutsos as an “incredible leader”…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday announced his invitation, extended by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to participate in the Holy and Great Synod of Constantinople for this upcoming year. The Archbishop’s tenure will begin in September. His Eminence made the announcement to participants at the conclusion of the Archdiocese of America’s…