On Sunday, May 22, the official Doxology took place at the Cathedral of Saint Efstathios in the suburb of South Melbourne, officiated by His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis for the 81st Anniversary of the Battle of Crete. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos cordially welcomed the National Armed Forces and in particular its Deputy Chief of…

During the pastoral visit of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia in Queensland, in an atmosphere of spiritual joy and excitement, the elevation of the Proistamenos of the Holy Church of Saint George, Brisbane, Very Rev. Father Dimitri Tsakas, to Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, was performed. The elevation was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop…

The Greek students of our community have put their stamp in this year’s events for the commemoration of the 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe, with a talk organised by the Hellenic Society of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). UTS Hellenic’s event took place last Monday evening in a university lecture theatre on…

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The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, on Saturday attended the graduation ceremony at the Patriarchate’s St. George School, which took place in the city of Ramallah. His Beatitude was accompanied by Patriarchate hierarchs, clerics from the Church of Greece, foreign diplomats and local office-holders at the celebratory ceremony for 33 graduates of the…

A second equally historic archieratical Divine Liturgy was performed today by the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Clement in the city of Skopje, with the resident Archbishop of Ohrid, His Beatitude Stefan, co-officiating. The Patriarch of Serbia arrived in the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia at…

The Holy Community of Mount Athos, the venerable semi-autonomous monastic community in northern Greece, this week issued an announcement regarding the tragedy of war in Ukraine. The announcement comes only a days before the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, is due to visit Mount Athos. The Holy Community expressed its deep…

Α Greek government spokesman on Monday evening dismissed the latest, but even more egregious statements by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the southeast European country’s leadership. Erdogan apparently took umbrage with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ recent high-profile visit and statements in Washington D.C. Government spokesman Yannis Economou underlined that Mitsotakis is “…strongly and…

The Church today venerates the memory of Symeon, the Stylite of the Mountain.