Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete today elected the Bishop Prodromos of Knossos, the First Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod, as the new Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos. The session was the first since the election, by the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Sacred and Holy Synod, of new Archbishop of Crete,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Leo the Great, Pope of Rome. Today is also the feast day of the Martyrs Dorotheos and Theodoulos, the Venerable Cosmas, and St. Nicholas, Patriarch of Georgia.

2021 was a major disappointment for the pro-life movement in South Australia. In spite of a 5,000-strong crowd turning out for last year’s event in pouring rain and with COVID restrictions in place, less than two weeks later the South Australian lower house of parliament thumbed their collective noses at the participants – passing liberalised…

The wish of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia to the students of St Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney, on the occasion of the beginning of the new academic year, was that the transforming experience of Theology becomes a personal experience for everyone. On Thursday morning, 17 February, the College students, including 20 first-year students…

To read the entire newsletter click here My Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ, At the beginning of this month of February, we remembered in the Church the person and ministry of Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. February 6, 891 AD). This brilliant Ecumenical Patriarch is famous for a multitude of reasons,…

Dear Presvytera Christine, Beloved Sons of Father George: Peter, Dean, Michael, John, and Paul – and your dear families and children, Your Grace, Reverend Fathers and Beloved Flock of this Archangels Church, We come together on this day, in order to honor and indeed to celebrate a legendary priest, father, grandfather, friend, and visionary of…

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The online platform Pemptousia will host a theological and spiritual dialogue from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and students and friends of the St. Tyhonas seminary, tomorrow, at 20.00 Athens time.

The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, met on Wednesday in London with visiting Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis. The latter, who holds the expatriate Greek and ecclesiastical diplomacy portfolio, was warmly received by the Greek Orthodox Archbishop, with talks focusing on the significant Church, education and social work conducted by…