The 11th Synaxis, or Assembly, of the bishops of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia was held earlier this week in Sydney, under the chairmanship of His Eminence, Archbishop Makarios of Australia. Speaking to the assembled hierarchs, His Eminence conveyed the warmest best wishes and blessings of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and briefed them about the…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week extended his congratulations to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev over his re-election as the country’s head of state. In a message, the Russian Patriarch referred to the fraternal ties between the Bulgarian and Russian people, who he said are linked by common Slavic roots…

The latest provocation by Kosovo Albanians in the Kosovo & Metohija province against the remaining Serbian Orthodox community came this week, as the former prevented Petar Petković, the Republic of Serbia’s director of Kosovo and Metohija office, and his associates, from travelling to the historic Decani Monastery for festal services on the occasion of the…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, arrived in the Gulf state of Dubai on Wednesday to commence a pastoral visit to the Patriarchate’s vicarship in the United Arab Emirates. His Beatitude was welcomed at the Dubai airport by the Bishop of the Emirates and Patriarchal Vicar, Gregorios Khoury, as…

A week-long pastoral visit to Athens by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, concluded today, following a busy itinerary of meetings with Greek leadership, Church of Greece hierarchs, as well as a series of events, special Church services and celebrations in his honor throughout the past week. The pastoral visit coincides…

The Church today venerates the memory of Katherine, the Great Martyr of Alexandria.

21.11.2021 Every Sunday morning in Orthodox Countries (and elsewhere in the world where the law does not forbid it), the church bells solemnly ring to invite the faithful to come together as one family of God–in the Holy House of their Father. Everyone goes to the church for this Great Encounter, where hearts are moved…

On Thursday, 25th November, the feast-day of St Catherine the Great Martyr, the consecration service of the similarly named Parish at Mascot in Sydney took place with splendour and ecclesiastical grandeur. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia presided over the Consecration Service with the participation of their Graces Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis, Emilianos of Meloa,…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…