As of late 2021, the numbers of people with no income, seeking emergency relief was more than double pre-pandemic levels (Victorian Council of Social Services 05/2022). With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Markarios, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis with members of the Five Loaves Volunteers visited Eleni Andrianakis at the Queen Victoria Market….

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received on Tuesday, July 19, Mr. Giorgio Marrapodi, Ambassador of Italy to Turkey. The Italian Ambassador was accompanied by Mr. Luca Carpintieri, head of the Political Affairs Office of the Embassy. vema.com.au

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 Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…

On Wednesday afternoon, 7/20 July 2022, the Chief of the Greek Navy, Vice admiral Stylianos Petrakis visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by a delegation of his associates and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr Evangelos Vlioras. They were received by H.H.B., our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers. During this meeting,…

On Wednesday, 7/20 July 2022, the new future Ambassador of Israel in Greece, Mr Noam Gatz, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by Mrs Tani from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel. H.H.B., our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers received the new Ambassador and his companions. During this visit, the Ambassador was…

Computer Science faculty members from Serres, Greece, attended church services at the St. George Cathedral of Stockholm during their visit to Stockholm while participating in the European program KA102, which was organized within the framework of the Erasmus+ program for professional training and development entitled “The Development of Robotics in Conjunction with Artificial Intelligence” on…

On Tuesday, 6/19 July 2022, the President of Bosnia, Mr Milorad Dodik, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by his wife, associates, and the staff of the Embassy of Bosnia in Israel. His Excellency, the President of Bosnia, was received by His Beatitude and Hagiotaphite Fathers. At this visit, the President expressed his joy and thanksgiving for…

With a lot of love in the air, “Cazzie House”, as it is affectionately known, reopened last Sunday, 17th July 2022, after 14 months of renovations. Castellorizian House in Mt Hawthorn has been the home of the Castellorizian Association of Western Australia (CAWA) for 40 of the 110 years of the Association’s existence. His Grace…

  Today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened the Holy Eparchial Synod and presented for its consideration a request from His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver for the election of the Very Rev. Archimandrite Constantine Moralis, Dean of the Annunciation Cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland, as his assistant Bishop. The Archbishop and the members of…