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This morning, the Holy and Sacred Synod elected The V. Rev. Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Athenagoras Ziliaskopoulos, Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod and Chaplain of the Holy Cross Theological School, as the Bishop of Nazianzos, assistant Bishop of His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, who placed him at the disposal of His Eminence…

“There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change.” This quote from Saint Basil the Great was the theme for the 2021 Clergy-Laity Assembly for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco. Held virtually on April 16 – 17, clergy and lay leaders from parishes in all seven states…

On Tuesday morning, 5/18 May 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr Nikolaos Dendias visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by the Ambassador of Greece in Israel Mr Panayiotis Sarris and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr Evangelos Vlioras. His Excellency the Minister Mr Dedias was warmly received by H.H.B. our Father and…

The Metropolitan of Axum, His Eminence Daniel, this week officiated at the dedication of the renovated cemetery chapel of the St. George in Addis Ababa, a project funded by the ethnic Greek community in the capital of Ethiopia. The project and dedication had the blessing of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa,…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week participated in a plenary session of the Russian Duma, which was devoted to an international education seminar. His Holiness touched on the theme of volunteerism beyond times of emergency and crisis.

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Wednesday received Kremlin-backed Abkhaz leader Aslan Bzhania, at the Patriarchal residence in Damascus. According to the Antioch Patriarchate, the Abkhaz delegation also visited the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus. A statement issued by the Antioch Patriarchate mentioned Bzhania as the “…president of the…

Ethnic Greek Pontian groups around the world on Wednesday marked the annual remembrance day of the Greek Pontian Genocide, honoring the roughly 353,000 victims massacred at the hands of the Ottomans and Turkish nationalist forces in northeast Asia Minor, the historic and ancient land of Pontus. The massacres commenced against the leaders of the ethnic…

The Church today venerates the memory of Patrick the Hieromartyr and Bishop of Prusa, along with His Fellow Martyrs Acacius, Menander and Polyaenus.