On the 8 March 2022, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis met with the ladies of the former central Philoptochos. His Grace thanked the ladies for their many years of tireless and committed dedication to the archdioceses and the Philoptochos in general. His Grace informed the ladies of the new initiative of the district of…

On Sunday, 6 March 2022, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis officiated at the Lenten Vespers of Forgiveness at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Efstathios in South Melbourne, accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Ezekiel of Dervis and the Clergy of the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos conveyed to the faithful the…

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The French Ambassador to Ankara, Hervé Magro, visited the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar, followed by Gen. Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Constantinople, Johannes Regenbrecht, who was accompanied by Paul Dege, Attaché for Human Rights, on March 7, 2022. The Ecumenical Patriarch received the high-ranking diplomats, with whom he…

On the occasion of today’s International Women’s Day (IWD), which is annually commemorated on March 8, Athens University’s school of theology will organize a special two-day seminar on Friday and Saturday, entitled “The Status of Women: Christian Tradition and Contemporary Reality”, an event that comes amid increasing instances of violence against women around the world…

After two years of pandemic, pilgrimage sites welcomed their first pilgrims from Romania, a journey organized by the Patriarchate of Romania’s Basilica Travel Agency. Among other holy sites and pilgrimages, the Romanian faithful were welcomed by the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church representation in the Holy Land, Archimandrite Theofil.

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week continued his pastoral visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo. On Monday, His Most Divine Beatitude visited the theological school of the Orthodox University in the capital of Kinshasa, where faculty members, seminary students and many Orthodox faithful…

War continued for a 13th straight day on the European continent on Tuesday, as a Russian invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine, grinded on, bringing death and devastation to the predominately Orthodox country. In the latest news, the Ukrainian government has agreed over an evacuation corridor for civilians fleeing from the northeast city of Sumy, which…

The Church today venerates the memory of Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea. Today is also the feast day of Hermas, the Apostle of the 70.