From Friday, January 12 to Sunday, January 14, 2024, the Winter Camp Retreat of the youth group “SYNDESMOS” took place in Chuncheon, which many Orthodox believers and Catechumens from the parishes of Seoul, Joenju, Ulsan and Chuncheon attended. The program was rich in liturgical opportunities, with sermons, Bible Study, and discussions on the central theme:…

On 18 January 2024, the Synaxis of Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia took place in Sydney under the Chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. During the Synaxis, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia conveyed the warm wishes and blessings of His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Their Graces the Holy…

By Father Christophoros Krikelis Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia Celebrating today the feast day of that great ascetic saint of the desert, St Makarios the Great, whose fervent and unfluctuating desire, during his life here on earth in the fourth century, was none other than to experience the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America arrives at the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos at Mount Athos where he will spend four days and officiate a vigil and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the Feast Day of the Epiphany as well as the blessing of the waters on January 19. Photos: GOARCH/Dimitrios Panagos goarch.org

Yesterday, 17 January 2024 marked twenty seven years since the first ever Metropolitan of Uganda Orthodox Church, Theodoros Nankyama fell asleep. His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu presided over the memorial service at Holy Resurrection Cathedral – Jinja, along with Rev Fr Philemonos Ochom and Rev Fr Thomas Wananda after the Divine Liturgy which was co-served…

On Wednesday, 17 January 2023, the Inauguration of the new office of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (EOT) in Constantinople took place. The sanctification of the waters service was conducted by the Hierarchical Superior of Stavrodromi District, His Eminence Metropolitan Andreas of Forty Churches. Also present for the opening was His Grace Bishop Benjamin of…

On Tuesday morning, 16 January 2024, a 60-member group of pilgrims, under the leadership of Archimandrite Theologos Demos, visited for the first time, the Thracian city of Silivria. The pilgrims went to the Acropolis of Silivria (Kale Park), to the site of the house of Saint Nektarios, before which they prayed, whilst they also visited…

West Babylon, New York—Every Tuesday and Thursday, volunteers from Philoptochos, Greek School parents, GOYANS and several members of the parish of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in West Babylon, New York gather to work at the St. Nicholas Food Pantry. Before the food pantry was established, the St. Nicholas parish provided gift cards to their…

On Sunday, January 14, 2024, the GOYA from Ascension Greek Orthodox Church in Fairview, New Jersey visited the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the WTC. This second annual day retreat to Saint Nicholas was marked by spiritual uplifting, meaningful and relatable messages, and the call to do the word of God….