A large crowd had gathered on Tuesday afternoon to welcome His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch at the Church of the Pantokrator in the central market of Lefkada. The bells of the Church of the Pantokrator, in Lefkada, rang merrily. The people on Tuesday afternoon had filled the central market around the church, where the His All-Holiness…

On Sunday, 23 June 2024, the Church of St. Basil in Lusaka celebrated the feast day of Pentecost with grandeur and due ecclesiastical splendour. His Eminence Metropolitan John of Zambia performed the Artoklasia, a special blessing of bread, for the health of athletes and delivered a sermon emphasising the vital connection between religion and sports….

On June 18, 2024, the Global Sustainability Network (GSN) held its annual conference in London and brought together religious leaders, academics, activists, and experts to address the pervasive issue of modern slavery and human trafficking. The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain was represented by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and Dr Petre Breazu from the…

On 23rd June 2024, Sunday of Pentecost, with the blessing and patronage of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, Christian Orthodox Thyateira Youth (COTY) hosted their 2nd Annual Pentecost Picnic Hyde Park, following the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom. The diverse group of Young…

Patriarch John X celebrated Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of Pentecost at the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus. Reverend bishops Romanos (Al Hannat), Youhanna (Batash), Arsenios (Dahdal), and Moses (Al Khasi) were concelebrating, as well as a many priests and deacons. During the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude ordained Deacon Nektarios Abu Sabia to priesthood. The Liturgy…

Unfortunately, in many corners of our world, bloody conflicts rage, shaking us deeply and we pray daily for their cessation and for peace to reign. Simultaneously, however, an undeclared and often invisible war rages in all modern societies, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives each year and spreading pain, sorrow, and despair in countless homes….

At a reception hosted by the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Ms. Jane Lomax-Smith, in honour of the Orthodox Church in Australia for the 100th anniversary of its foundation, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia attended the event as the guest of honour, who is currently undertaking a pastoral visit to the “City of Churches”, in…

During the pastoral visit of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia to South Australia, and specifically in the “city of Churches”, Adelaide, a Priestly Synaxis of the clergy of the district was held, on the theme of the feasts of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit. The main speaker was Archbishop Makarios, who analysed the deeper…

On Tuesday, June 12th/25th 2024, the commemoration of our Holy Father Onuphrius of Egypt was celebrated by the Patriarchate in the Holy Monastery named after him in the site south of Siloam’s pool and in the place of Alcedama, i.e. the field of “the price of blood” which the Jews bought to bury the foreigners…