The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s Treasurer Elaine Allen reviewed the audited 2021 financial results at the recently concluded Clergy-Laity Congress and expressed her gratitude to all those involved who contributed to the positive financial results for the Archdiocese. In reviewing the financial results, Ms. Allen noted that without the support of parishes across the country, the…

Rev. Archdeacon John Chryssavgis, Senior Advisor to the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations was recently interviewed by Jovan Tripkovic of Religion Unplugged. In the article, Fr. John delves into the environmental mission of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and how it is linked to several aspects of our lives. The article also touches…

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A large group of Serbian theologians and seminary school students, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, arrived late last week for a visit to the Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini & Platamon, in north central Greece. The group of pilgrims will remain in Greece until the great Feast Day of the…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, officiated at the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Panaghia of Island Park Cathedral, in lower New York state. Archbishop Elpidophoros will travel to Constantinople this week and arrive at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in order to convey the concern and support of the Archdiocese of America’s Philoptochos fund…

Radical squatters of unknown origin on Sunday evening briefly occupied a property at the Holy Zion site, which belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. According to reports, the squatters gathered around the chapel and near the school building, bringing tables and a bed covers, ostensibly in order to settle permanently. The Patriarchate strongly…

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the canonization of St. Kallinikos, Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopias, as well as the 38th anniversary of the hierarch’s repose in the Lord. The canonization of St. Kallinikos was announced by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in June 2020, a decision greeted with joy…

The Church today venerates the memory Our Holy Father Myronos the Wonderworker, Bishop of Crete.  

At noon on Saturday, July 24 / August 6, 2022, a thirty-member group of the Greek Navy, i.e. the crew of the tanker “Ikaria”, visited the Patriarchate in the presence of the representative of the Greek Consulate General, Mrs Christina Zacharioudaki. The leader of this group, Mr Georgios Manzouris, in the presence of the military…