On the occasion of the feast day of the glorious Great Martyr, Saint Anastasia the Deliverer from Poisons, the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Saint Anastasia, which is located in Chalkidiki, celebrated the feast with due ecclesiastical splendour. The Great Vespers were officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of Miletus, who is also the…

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

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was warmly welcomed to St. John’s Greek Orthodox Church in Blue Point, New York by Rev. Fr. Dean A. Panagos and the faithful, for the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday before the Nativity, Dec 22, 2024. It was a full day for the community as they held a Christmas…

On the occasion of the feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by Saint Anna, according to the Julian Calendar, His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Selyvria presided over the feast day service at the Iviron Cell of Saint Anna in Karyes, Mount Athos The elder of Holy Cell is Hieromonk Antipas, a great…

On the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, 22 December 2024, the feast day of Saint Anastasia the Great Martyr, the Deliverer from Poisons, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised at All Saints Church, in the Sydney Suburb of Belmore, and was joined by Father Chris Triantafyllou, who served for fifty years at the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily at the Divine Liturgy on the Sunday before the Nativity December 22, 2024 Saint John’s Greek Orthodox Church Blue Point, Connecticut Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I rejoice to be with you for the Divine Service today, which is the very special Sunday before Christmas. Saint John’s is a…

+ B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO ALL THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE FROM THE SAVIOR CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM Most honorable brother hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, With the grace from above,…

On Thursday, December 6/19, 2024, the feast of our Holy Father Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia the Wonderworker, was celebrated by the Patriarchate. On this feast day, the Church remembers that Saint Nicholas lived during the time of Emperor Constantine the Great, participated in the First Ecumenical Council in 325, defended the consubstantiality of…

On Wednesday, December 5/18, 2024, the feast of our venerable Father Sabas the Sanctified was celebrated at the Patriarchate. During this feast, the whole Church, especially that of Jerusalem, recalls that according to the Synaxarion and other sources, the venerable Sabas was born in Mutalasca, Cappadocia, and came to the Holy Land around 456 at…