Recent legislative changes that affect the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece were on the agenda of a government Cabinet meeting on Thursday in Athens, with the relevant education and religious affairs minister briefing other ministers over the resolution of a decades-old request by the Church that vacant clerical positions in the provinces be filled with…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday spoke by phone with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the occasion of the Day of the Christianization of the Kyivan Rus, and the Day of Ukrainian Statehood. During the conversation, President Zelensky expressed his thanks for the prayers for his country,…

The Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday sharply criticized a decision this week by Lithuania’s interior ministry to bar the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, from entering the Baltic country. The reason for the ban, according to the Lithuanian ministry, was due to support extended by the Patriarch for Russia’s invasion of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Kallinikos, the Martyr of Asia Minor.

The Archdiocesan District of Perth conducts Children Bible Study Classes every Thursday afternoon at the Church of St Nektarios in Dianella. The classes are taken by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea with the purpose of teaching the children the basics of the Orthodox Faith in a fun and exciting environment. This week students learnt…

Feeling Stuck? Looking for new ideas to include in your youth and young adult ministries? Join us for Parish Ministry Idea Swap Sessions! Open to anyone involved in their youth and young adult ministries, this Microsoft Teams Meeting will offer an opportunity for collaboration among all parishes across our Metropolis. We are blessed with incredible…

On Sunday, July 17, 2022, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was represented by Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos at the festivities of the Association of Chiotes at the St. Markella Chapel in upper-state New York. Bishop Athenagoras celebrated Divine Liturgy with Fr. Vasilios Louros, and the night before, they celebrated Vespers with Fr. George Kazoulis. It was…

This week, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate lifted the suspension of the Charter of the Archdiocese. The charter was initially placed in abeyance, by the decision of the Holy and Sacred Synod on October 8, 2020, for the purpose of developing a new charter for the Archdiocese that would strengthen the…

STOCKHOLM – The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia announced its latest bilingual publication in Greek and English entitled “Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the 50th Anniversary of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden,” dedicated to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Stockholm in 2019 on the occasion of the semi-centennial of the establishment of…