On Saturday, 9 December 2023, the closing celebration of the 2023 school year for the Greek Language and Culture Institute of Evangelismos took place at the premises of the North Perth Primary School. The event was brightened by the presence of students, parents, and relatives, as well as His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea, Archiepiscopal…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the Christmas Concert organised by the Consulate General of Poland in Constantinople at the Catholic Church of St. Anthony of Padua, in Peran, on Saturday afternoon, December 9, 2023. vema.com.au
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Friday, 8 December 2023, at the Phanar, declared the opening of the work of the 3rd International Conference on “Bioethics and Young People”, organised jointly by the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Laboratory of Applied Philosophy of the University of Athens, the Greek…
On Monday, December 4, 2023, at 6 p.m., the National Council of Churches of Korea (NCCK) held a “Prayer for Peace in Palestine” at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul. Many Koreans attended to support peace in the Middle East, including two Palestinians. Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan, before the prayer service began,…
On Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 5 p.m., members of the Embassy of Ukraine in Seoul and Ukrainian citizens living in Korea, as well as Koreans, participated in the Memorial Service for the repose of the victims of the genocide of the Great Famine of Ukraine, the so-called Holodomor on the occasion of the 90th…
On Sunday, December 3, 2023, the worship events in honor of St. Nicholas in Seoul have begun. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan, assisted by Rev. Fr. Roman Kavchak and Rev. Fr. Antonios Lim, carried the Holy Relics and the icon of St. Nicholas to the…
By the grace of God, this year again, believers and catechumens had the extraordinary blessing to participate in the All-Night Vigil in honor of the holy and glorious Apostle Andrew the First-Called at the monastery of St. Andrew in Yangu. The Vigil was presided over by Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan with…
Rev. Dr. Eugen J. Pentiuc has been appointed Dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, effective January 1, 2024. His appointment follows an external international search coupled with a decanal nomination by the Faculty of Holy Cross. Fr. Pentiuc joined the Holy Cross faculty in 1998, became tenured Professor of Old Testament and…
My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I am so very glad to join you for the observance of your One Hundred and Tenth Anniversary! We shall have more to say on this at the luncheon, but for now, let us all pause and give thanks to God for this wonderful milestone. Your parish is…