The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia will convene in its regular session for the Pentecostarion period, from 24 to 26 April 2025, under the presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. During the work of the Synod, the issues on the Agenda will be examined, which are pastoral, administrative, educational…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Agape Vespers at Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Merrick, New York, on the evening of Holy and Great Pascha. His Eminence celebrsted with His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos, His Grace Bishop Nektarios of Diokleia, and Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos. “In this season of Pascha,…
CHRIST IS RISEN! BELOVED IN THE LORD CHILDREN OF OUR HOLY CHURCH, The news about the Resurrection of the Son of God is joy for the human heart. Our testimony to the Victor of death, the crucified and resurrected Saviour our Lord Jesus Christ is a testimony of joy, faith and hope. And that is…
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Jerusalem, April 21, 2025 “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25) Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, With a heart heavy in sorrow yet anchored in the promise of the Risen Lord, I join the faithful around…
At midday on Easter Sunday, 7th/20th April 2025, the radiant and joyful service of the Second Resurrection, also known as the “Vespers of Love”, was held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Ninth Hour of Easter was first read in the hall of the Patriarchate, during which the Patriarch, the Hierarchs, and the…
On the night of Holy Saturday, 19th April 2025, at 11:00 p.m., the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, led by His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, descended from the Patriarchate to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. There, in the Catholicon, the Canon of Pascha was chanted until the Patriarch, the…
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9). The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem emphatically condemns the egregious violations that desecrated the sanctity of Jerusalem yesterday, particularly in the Old City and around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, during the celebration of the blessed Holy Fire Saturday. Israeli…
At noon on Holy Saturday, 6th/19th April 2025, the Ceremony of the Holy Light took place in accordance with the Typikon (liturgical order) and the Status Quo of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. According to this tradition, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, descended from the Patriarchate at 12:00/13:00 p.m. via the…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in his statement on the passing away of Pope Francis of Rome, spoke of a precious brother in Christ with whom, from the first moment of his ascension to the Papal Throne, “we had a fraternal friendship and cooperation for the further rapprochement of our Churches and for the good…