On Sunday, 19 October 2025 (Third Sunday of Luke), a Grand Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place at the Pilgrimage Church of Saint Dimitrios, the Patron Saint of Thessaloniki. During the service of Matins, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioustinos of Nea Krini and Kalamaria presided. The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was led by His Eminence Metropolitan Vasileios of…

With due splendour, on Sunday, 19 October 2025, a Hierarchical Concelebration and the ordination to the episcopacy of the newly elected Bishop of Epidaurus, Nikodimos Farmakis, General Director of the Central Ecclesiastical Financial Service (EKYO) of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, took place at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. During Matins, His…

The Holy and Venerable Belt of the Theotokos, the only surviving and most precious relic from the earthly life of our Lady, the Most Holy Theotokos, was received with exceptional solemnity at the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos on Saturday, 18 October 2025, the eve of the annual Feast of the Panagia Hodegetria. With banners, incense,…

“Inner change cannot be imposed but it must be inspired,” emphasises His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia in a message shared on his Instagram social media account. “Live beautifully,” the Archbishop encourages in the same message, “and those around you will be inspired by your example and will imitate you.” Below is the Archbishop of…

On Sunday, 12 October 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain made a pastoral visit to the Cathedral of All Saints in Camden, a historic community of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in London. His Eminence presided over Matins and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, assisted by the Cathedral’s parish priest, the…

Atop Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary’s “hill of hope” in Brookline, Mass., on Oct. 14 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was installed as the new Chair of the Governing Board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S. (NCC). As the first Eastern Orthodox hierarch and head of a jurisdiction to…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York. Commissioner Tzitzikostas was in the city to address the Skift Transatlantic Summit. The two share a long-standing friendship dating back to their years in Thessaloniki, where…

In an official announcement, the Metropolis of Symi announced the election of Archimandrite Antonios Patros as the new Bishop of Rodostolos, by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which is currently in session at the Phanar. The nomination of Archimandrite Antonios, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Archangel Michael of Panormitis, was…

The consecration of the Bucharest National Cathedral (People’s Salvation Cathedral) is scheduled for Sunday, 26 October 2025. The ceremony will be led by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The National Cathedral in Bucharest is preparing to accommodate large gatherings by enabling the Divine Liturgy to…