His Beatitude Patriarch John X received at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Damascus, Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman of Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, and envoy of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus Kirill, at the head of a Russian church delegation. Along with His Beatitude, the auxiliary bishops in Damascus attended. The meeting discussed…

On Clean Monday, 7 March, 2022, at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint George, Yellow Rock of NSW, the service of the Great Compline was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, accompanied by His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis along with the participation of many pious pilgrims, despite the heavy rain fall during…

On sunday evening, 6 March, 2022, His Grace celebrated the Vespers of Forgiveness at the church of St Nicholas in Canberra. His Grace was assisted by all the priests of the Archdiocesan District of Canberra. In his sermon His Grace emphasised the importance of Great Lent as a period of renewal and change. Through prayer…

His Grace Bishop Kyriakos served the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Catherine’s in Malvern, Victoria. During the Liturgy His Grace read a catechetical homily written by His All-holiness Patriarch Bartholomew for the beginning of Great and Holy Lent. An encyclical by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios was also read in which He called upon…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…

Celebrated annually on March 8, International Women’s Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness about women’s equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities. As Christian women, we encourage Mothers to do as Romans 12:10 instructs, “outdo one another with honor.” In…

Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis: Watch Pemptousia TV Live HERE

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Sunday officiated at the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After the Divine Liturgy, the Patriarch of Alexandria officiated at the enthronement of…

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness & Beatitude Ilia II, spoke on the great virtue of forgiveness, as he said, in a sermon to congregants on Sunday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia also referred directly to the war in Ukraine, underlining that “… we pray, we attempt to…