Patriarch JOHN X’s Address at the Conference on Developing the Understanding of Peaceful Coexistence, Al-Maghtas – Jordan, December 9, 2025 Your Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, may God protect him, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Your Excellency, the Honorable Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, Beloved friends, It gives me great joy,…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America offered the opening prayer at The Hellenic Initiative’s 13th annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, where distinguished entrepreneur and philanthropist John Pagiavlas, founder of AVI Food Systems Inc. and former president of Leadership 100, was honored. Read His Eminence’s prayer and remarks here.   orthodoxobserver.org

With full splendour, the Feast of the Church of Saint Nicholas of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Athens (at Vasilissis Sofias & Ploutarchou 1) was celebrated. On Friday, 5 December, at the Great Hierarchical Vespers, His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Thavmakos presided, concelebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Theodoritos of Laodicea, with the participation of clergy of…

On Sunday, 7 December, during his visit to the Parish of Saint Nicholas in Marrickville, Sydney, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia had the joy of participating in a modest yet heartfelt event held in honour of the children completing their attendance in the Early Childhood Groups of the Greek Welfare Centre and preparing to…

On Monday, the 25th of November/8th of December 2025, the Patriarchate solemnly celebrated the commemoration of Saint Catherine the all-wise Great-Martyr at her holy Monastery, situated but a stone’s throw to the north of the Patriarchate. The Church, in the Synaxarion, hands down concerning Saint Catherine the all-wise, that she was born in Alexandria, the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided on Sunday, 7 December, in the Most Sacred Patriarchal Church at the Divine Liturgy, at the conclusion of which a Doxology was offered marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the mutual lifting of the Anathemas of 1054 by the late Pope Paul VI and the late Ecumenical…

On Sunday, 7 December, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the celebrating Parish of Saint Nicholas in the “Greek-rooted” suburb of Marrickville in Sydney. Concelebrating with the Archbishop were Their Graces Bishop Elpidios of Perth and Bishop Christophoros of Kerasounta, Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia. At the request…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Greece’s Deputy Prime Minister, Kostis Hatzidakis, to the Archdiocese headquarters on December 7, 2025. During their open and sincere conversation, both expressed gratitude for the opportunity to reconnect after many years and agreed to expand their relationship for the benefit of Greece and the Greek diaspora. The Archbishop…

Elder Ephraim engages in a discussion with Bishop of Limassol Athanasios on the topic: ” The Acquisition of Divine Grace ” The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English, Romanian, Arabic, Georgian, Italian, French, Russian There will be time for questions and answers Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lClXE5-BQxSU9PVEPTW1uA Please note that our maximum number…