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On Wednesday, 30 June/ 13 July 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Glorious twelve Apostles at the Holy Church dedicated to them on the west shore of the sea of Tiberias, at the centre of the town of Tiberias. On this feast the Church gathers, namely, it keeps the…

The publication house of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi has issued a new edition of homilies by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The work is an Athonite testimony of man’s path towards the light of God.  

The Metropolitan of Syros, His Eminence Dorotheos II, on Wednesday officiated at the opening of a new chapel on the island of Mykonos dedicated to St. Spyridonas and Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos. The chapel was built in the Kalafatis site of the Cyclades Island, a donation of the Papaioannou family. Several Mount Athos…

The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy held at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Haringey, North London. After the celebration, an annual memorial service for the victims of the 1974 invasion of Cyprus was held.  

More than 80 children gathered together at the parish of Sts Constantine and Helen in Perth on Monday, for a school holiday activity in support of homeless in the western Australian city. With the blessing of Archbishop Makarios of Australia, for the second year in a row the specific Greek Orthodox parish teamed up with…

The press spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate this week clarified the position of the Church regarding a resurgent debate over the issue of abortion. According to spokesman Vasile Bănescu, the Church has the obligation to promote moral responsibility, respect for life and the fundamental right to life and a culture of life.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday evening concluded His nearly week-long pastoral visit to the northwest Greece city of Ioannina. His All Holiness was declared an honorary professor of the University of Ioannina, during a festal ceremony at the amphitheater of the Karolos Papoulias Convention Center at the school….

The Church today venerates the memory of Aquila the Apostle among the 70. Today is also the feast day of Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos.