The Great Feast Day of the Annunciation, as based on the Julian calendar, was solemnly commemorated on Thursday at the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi – on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos. The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Hilandar, the Elder Archimandrite Methodios, officiated at the Holy Vigil, co-officiated by the…
The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, was warmly received this week by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at No. 10 Downing St. During a reception, His Eminence and members of a delegation accompanying him exchanged best wishes and views with Johnson, as well as with other Christian leaders in attendance, ministers…
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday received at the Patriarchate see pupils of two high schools from the south-central Greece city of Lamia. The pupils were accompanied by the Metropolitan of Fthiotida, His Eminence Symeon, and their teachers. In welcoming the visiting high school students, His All Holiness again…
The Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece and the theological academies of Athens and Thessaloniki have reportedly agreed over a common course regarding a proposed restructuring of the higher education sector by the relevant ministry in the country. According to reports by the Orthodoxia news agency, the chairman of the Holy Synod,…
The Church today venerates the memory of Agavos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion and Hermes of the 70 Apostles. Today is also the feast day of St. Celestine, Pope of Rome.
On Tuesday, 5th April 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain accompanied by the V. Rev. Archimandrite Nephon Tsimalis, Director of The Archbishop’s Office, Mr. Joshua Caminiti, and Dr. Billy Christmas, King’s College London, were warmly received at a reception celebrating Easter hosted at No. 10 by the Rt. Honourable Boris Johnson,…
The 7th Delphi Economic Forum takes place from 6-9 April 2022 and is under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent the message of solidarity and social cohesion as an antidote to crises, whether economic, geopolitical or climatic. In his online greeting, the Ecumenical Patriarch stressed that…
The Orthodox Catechism programs have been running for decades in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote. These programs are suited for those who are searching their faith or have decided to be baptised Orthodox. This year and for the first time, an official Doxology was organised at the end of the program for those who participated…
The University of Balamand Lebanon (UOB) and the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UClan Cyprus) signed a letter of intent during a meeting held on the premises of the University of Balamand in Al Koura campus, in presence of Mr. Andreas Vyras, the Mayor of Larnaca, Mr. Floros Voniatis, CEO and Chair of the Council…