The Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross is pleased to announce the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University, opening a new chapter of academic and cultural collaboration between the two institutions. Building on an ongoing dialogue and a shared interest in strengthening…

NEW YORK — His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sept. 23 to the annual Greek-American Community “Oli Mazi” (“Όλοι Μαζί”) Luncheon in Manhattan, hosted by The Hellenic Initiative and 27 Greek American organizations. Mitsotakis is in New York for the high-level week of the 81st U.N. General Assembly….

Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On this Sunday after the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, the Lord addresses each one of us with a clear and demanding invitation: “Whoever wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Saint John Chrysostom draws our…

The commemoration of the Nativity of the Theotokos, celebrated according to the Church’s Typikon on 8 September, was moved this year to Sunday, 7/20 September 2026, and celebrated at the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. On this feast, the Church commemorates that the Theotokos was…

NEW YORK — His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla to the Archdiocese headquarters in Manhattan on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Rodríguez, who is in New York for the high-level week of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de…

The Parish of Saint Stylianos, Saints Peter and Paul and Saint Gregory Palamas, in the Sydney suburb of Gymea, is organising a Pre-loved Homewares sale to raise funds in support of its planned projects. Through donations from members and friends of the Parish, a large number of good-quality items have been collected and will be…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, 20 September, at the Church of Saint Sophrony the Athonite, at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Saint John the Baptist in Essex. In attendance were the Hierarchs accompanying His All-Holiness, Their Eminences Elder Metropolitan Dimitrios of the Princes’ Islands; Metropolitan Maximos…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with His Majesty King Charles III on the morning of Monday, 21 September, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. This was their second meeting since the British Monarch’s accession to the Throne. Their first took place in October 2022, while in the past His All-Holiness and the then Prince of…

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa received the newly appointed Consul General of Greece in Alexandria, His Excellency Vasileios Zarbalis, during his first courtesy visit to the Patriarchal See. The meeting highlighted the historic presence of Hellenism in Alexandria and the longstanding ties between Greece and the Patriarchate of…