On Saturday morning, January 20, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III led a delegation from the Jerusalem Orthodox Patriarchate to the Armenian Patriarchate, to exchange Christmas greetings. His Beatitude’s speech was as follow: Your Beatitude, dear Archbishop Nourhan, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Beloved Members of our Respective Brotherhoods, Dear Fathers, Christ is born! Glorify him! We…

On Saturday, 7th/20th of January 2024, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Forerunner and Baptist John. This feast means the gathering of the faithful in the Church, to honour the Holy Forerunner, as the one who preeminently officiated at the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Jordan River….

The Despotic feast of Theophany was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. At the Catholicon of the Church, His Beatitude held the service of the Great Blessing of the Water with the contrite hymns of Theophany and the prayers of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Saint Sophrony. The faithful Christians who attended the service…

On Saturday, 20 January, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary, the Treasurer and the members of the new Archdiocesan Council of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia were sworn in before his Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, as they emerged after the elections for their elevation, during the proceedings of the 12th Clergy-Laity Congress. It was an emotional…

On the Sunday of the 10 Lepers, 21 January 2024, in the chapel of Saint Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople, which is located in the Narthex of the Chapel of the Theological School of Halki, the Resurrection Matins and Divine Liturgy took place, officiated by the Abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, His Grace…

On Sunday morning, 21 January 2024, His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon officiated during the Matins and Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Chalcedon, where Protosyncellus Archimandrite Evgenios Karatzas served the Divine Liturgy along with Deacon Asterios Bardakçı. Many believers attended the church service and at the end His Eminence Metropolitan…

On Sunday, January 21, 2024, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Fr. Roman Kavchak and 35 Slavophones at the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in Gapyeong and the consecration of the waters in the river near the monastery. Also on this day was the feast of St. Maximos the Greek, one of the…

On Monday the 21st January 2024 His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided during Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Panteleimon in North West London. His Grace conveyed His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas’ paternal love and greetings to the congregation, while highlighting and sharing the Archbishop’s encouraging vision which has brought…

“The passport for our transition from the present to the eternal life will be stamped by our neighbour!” This was conveyed by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia to the new Presbyter of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, Father Dimitrios Drougas. Father Dimitrios, who was ordained a Deacon on the feast of the Entrance of…