Greece’s foreign ministry this week condemned the latest vandalism in the Holy Land against a Christian place of worship. The statement refers to the incursion into a property owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the desecration of a chapel there by members of a Jewish seminary. The statement read, “…We expect appropriate…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, opened an event entitled “On the Path to Galilee”, organized by the Holy Metropolis of Mesogea and Lavreotiki, which lies east of Athens proper, and in cooperation with eight municipalities in the region. The event aims to brief public opinion on the issue of support…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Kalliope the Martyr. Today is also the commemoration of the Removal of the Relics of Theodore the Commander.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America paid a visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and had a meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Tuesday, June 8, 2022. The Archbishop stressed via a post on his social media “once again, we are at the beating heart of Orthodoxy, the Ecumenical Patriarchate, here where it all began 100 years…

An excursion to the Theological School of Halki was held today, Tuesday, June 7, 2022, by the children of the Holy Trinity Kindergarten Creative Workshop, accompanied by their parents and teachers. The children received the blessing of the Abbot, Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, took a tour of the School, and enjoyed their meal in its…

On Tuesday, June 7, the Archdiocesan Council of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia met, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, in Sydney. The President and the members of the Archdiocesan Council expressed their infinite gratitude and their deepest respect to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Mother Church for their…

Dallas, Texas – The Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, is pleased to announce the 38th Annual St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival National Finalists. They competed on Saturday, June 4th, 2022, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Dallas. This year’s…

On Sunday, June 5, 2022 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America served as a Grand Marshal of the New York City Greek Independence Day Parade, his first since his enthronement in 2019. Organized by the Federation of Hellenic American Societies of Greater NY, the parade returned on a warm and sunny afternoon after two years…

The Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, His Eminence Efstathios, the locum tenens of the Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopolis, officiated at the first con-celebratory Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Haralambos in the historic Arcadia town of Dimitsana, on the occasion of the feast day of Hieromartyr Joseph, Archbishop of Thessaloniki. Archbishop Joseph was…