Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended the ecumenical service before the start of the new Parliamentary year that was held on Tuesday at the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas in Canberra. The event was also attended by Archbishop Makarios of Australia. In his speech at St Nicholas, Mr Morrison thanked Archbishop Makarios who he and…

For the second time in recent months, on the weekend of 5th and 6th of February 2022, His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope together with Fr Jeremy Krieg, CEO of the Greek Welfare Centre S.A, embarked on a missionary trip to Port Lincoln. Following a pledge after last October’s visit to come back soon, this…

Reactions are provoked by a video clip shot by a foreign band in the historic monastery of Panagia Soumela. Specifically, the video clip was shot in the courtyard of the historic monastery, where the service is being held on August 15 by the Ecumenical Patriarch. As soon as the specific video clip was shown, there…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America honored Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology with his visit on the weekend of February 5-6 to bless the students and the entire community as the spring semester got underway. His Eminence officiated at Great Vespers in Holy Cross Chapel on Saturday, the eve of the…

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Last summer, we witnessed with shock and sadness the horrific wild fires that devastated our beloved Motherland Greece. In response to these events, our Holy Archdiocese issued encyclicals to each parish community requesting that funds be collected for the sole purpose of assisting our affected brothers and sisters in Greece. We committed that all funds…

Greek correspondent in Egypt Nikolaos Katsikas passed away over the weekend in Cairo at the age of 57. Katsikas was the correspondent of the Athens News Agency, Greek public television and Cypriot public television for the Mideast country. The deceased, who held a degree in Byzantine music, served as the vice-president of the Greek Cultural…

Members of the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod will convene this week for three days, until Wednesday, for their regular assembly during the month of February. According to a communique by the Holy Synod, administrative issues will be on the agenda. In a related development, the patron saint of the Holy Synod of the Church…

The association of theologians on the large island of Crete this week expressed support and solidarity with a group of teachers in the city of Irakleio, who, on the occasion of the feast day of the Three Hierarchs, the patrons of Greek learning and letters, allowed pupils to attend a Divine Liturgy service. The educators…