The eleventh Synaxis (Assembly) of Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia was held on the 22nd and 23rd November in Sydney, under the Presidency of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. At the Assembly, His Eminence conveyed the warm wishes and blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the God-loving Bishops and informed…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, was honored on Wednesday evening during an event at the Athens Concert Hall, where addresses given by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The event was organized by the religious association Panaghia Pammakaristos. Attendees included official title-holders bestowed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate,…

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The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi has unveiled a commemorate edition of Vatopedi feast of Christmas hymns, based on the Byzantine musical tradition, and on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the repose of Matthew of Vatopedi. The psaltic hymns are performed by a choir of Vatopedi elders. For more information or to…

The annual feast day of St. Catherine will be celebrated without pilgrims in the coming days at the Greek Orthodox monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai, which is dedicated to the saint, and due to the ongoing pandemic. An announcement by the Holy Monastery clarifies that only external areas, the SA-christy, which is the chapel…

An online and multi-session conference focusing on the Greek Revolution of 1821, co-organized by the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi and the Holy Metropolis of Nea Krinis and Kalamaria on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution’s beginning, continued this week. In one session, University of Athens professor of Byzantine philology Dionysios…

A Greek government spokesman on Wednesday reiterated that state services will conduct sample checks on people entering houses of worship, days after new and stricter measures to avoid the spread of the coronavirus in Greece came into effect. The spokesman also said the Greek government has not changed its position on the matter, following an…

Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete on Wednesday unanimously voted to relieve the Archbishop of Crete, His Eminence Irineos, of his duties due to serious health problems plaguing the hierarch. The Holy Eparchial Synod, in an announcement, said the very painful decision was taken in a unanimous manner with all…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday evening was presented with a commemorative tome by the University of Athens’ faculty of theology, on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of His election to the throne of the Mother Church. A celebratory event was held at the university’s main ceremonial hall…