His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will welcome his two living predecessors, their Eminences Archbishops Formerly of America, Spyridon and Demetrios, and recognize each of them as “Centennial Honorees” at the Clergy-Laity Congress Opening Ceremonies in New York City on July 4, 2022. Both Former Archbishops graciously accepted the invitation of Archbishop Elpidophoros to attend…

Prot. No. 153/2022 Archepiscopal Encyclical on the Fourth of July July 3, 2022 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek…

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A digital fellowship with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and young adults from the United States, will take place on Saturday, July 2 at 20.00 Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. Translation will be available in English, Romanian, Russian, Georgian, French and Arabic.

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Tuesday officiated at an archieratical Divine Liturgy at the historic Gračanica Monastery in Kosovo & Metohija, in memory of the fallen Serbs during the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.       

  Τhis week marks the three-year anniversary of the enthronement of the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, as the shepherd of the Greek Orthodox Church in the vast island continent.

Further to the north, the memory of the Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, was commemorated in a splendorous manner at the Holy Monastery of Lozen, near the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. The monastery is dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul. A con-celebratory archieratical Vespers was held, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Bulgaria,…

A now annual Great Synodal Vesper was celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Corinth on Tuesday, the eve of today’s feast day of Peter and Paul, the Holy Apostles. The Metropolitan Cathedral is dedicated to the Apostle Paul, who is the patron saint of Corinth. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos,…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week welcomed the president of the National Council of Austria, Wolfgang Sobotka. During the meeting, the Primate of the Mother Church and the Austrian leader had the opportunity to extensively discuss the ministry and initiatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as well as other issues…