His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, responding to an invitation from the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, travelled to Ankara on the afternoon of Wednesday, 29 October 2025, accompanied by the Grand Protosyncellus, Archimandrite Gregory. The Patriarch attended the official reception at the Presidential Palace in Beştepe and other events held on…

With the blessing and presence of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Sunday Schools of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in New South Wales will celebrate 70 years since their establishment with a special Anniversary Concert, to be held on Sunday, 14 December 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the Sports and Performing Arts Centre…

New York, NY — The FREEDOM Ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America recently brought its national human trafficking awareness and prevention training to two vibrant New York communities—Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Flushing and St. Demetrios High School in Astoria. Rev. Protopresbyter Dr. Peter Spiro, Director of the FREEDOM Ministry, visited both…

On Tuesday, 15th/28th October 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the National Anniversary of 28th October 1940 with a Doxology, which was held in the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This Doxology was offered in thanksgiving to God for His assistance to our Nation and its struggle for national defence against the Italian military…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Romanian Patriarchate were decorated on Monday by Romanian President Nicușor Dan during a solemn ceremony at Cotroceni Palace. His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Grand Cross with Collar, “as a sign of high appreciation for his tireless service to the…

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church consecrated on Sunday the mosaic iconography of Romania’s National Cathedral in Bucharest. The event marked one of the highlights celebrating the Centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate and 140 years since the Church gained autocephaly. Concelebrants for the consecration service…

The holy relics of Saint Petronius the Prodromite and Saint Dionysius of Vatopedi will be preserved on Mount Athos in gilded silver reliquaries donated by the Romanian Patriarchate. The reliquaries will be delivered to the Cell of Saint George at Colciu and to the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner (Prodromos Skete) by Athonite monks…

On Sunday, the 13th/26th of October 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the return of the holy relic of our venerable Father among the Saints, Sabbas the Sanctified. The precious relic of Saint Sabbas was transferred from Venice, where the Crusaders had taken it in the 11th century, to his Holy Monastery on the…

Exactly eighty-five years ago, the pen of history wrote in indelible letters, the word “NO.” A small word, yet so powerful that it echoed far beyond the borders of Greece and transcended the moment in which it was spoken. The historic “NO” of the 28th of October 1940 signified the clash of two contrasting worlds:…