The Patriarchate of Jerusalem thanks the Government of the country of Hungary for granting scholarships to Christian Palestinians to study in Hungary this year. The granting of these scholarships is proof of the practical support and protection of the country of Hungary towards the Christians of the Holy Land. Those interested in these studies in…

On Saturday, November 26/ December 9, 2023, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos honoured the Head of the Rum Orthodox Community of Bir Zeit, reverend Priest Stavros Aranki with the medal of the Cross-bearer, in recognition of his dedicated Priestly ministry. His Beatitude praised the Priest for his prosperous ministry so far and wished…

On Friday, November 25/December 8, 2023, the feast of the holy glorious martyr Catherine the All-wise was celebrated by the Patriarchate in her Holy Monastery, located a stone’s throw northeast of the Patriarchate. During this feast, the Church is reminded and strengthened in its faith in Christ, commemorating that Saint Catherine came from Alexandria, the…

The new book of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, was recently published by the well-known and historical Publishing House “Livanis”. The book is entitled: “The Ecumenical Patriarchate – the Ruling and Suffering Church”, and is prefaced by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The new multi-page work of the distinguished Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne…

On Sunday, 10 December 2023, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea travelled to the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas in Bunbury, located 170km south of Perth, for its annual parish celebrations. The day commenced with the Matins and Hierarchal Divine Liturgy followed by a delicious seafood lunch in the church hall. Present at this…

On Sunday, 10 December 2023, at the chapel of the Theological School of Halki, the Resurrection Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place, presided over by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, during which the ordination to the diaconate of the new clergyman of the…

In the latest video message of spiritual benefit that His Eminence addresses through the Instagram social media platform, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia focuses on the phenomenon of loneliness, and the extent to which in modern times it is characterised as pandemical. “I have said many times, that loneliness is a pandemical phenomenon of…

On Thursday, 7 December 2023, a memorial service (Trisagion) was performed in the courtyard of the Holy Archdiocese of Cyprus in Nicosia, honouring the Late Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus. On the anniversary of 7 December, the day of his return to Cyprus following the 1974 coup, wreaths were respectfully laid at the statue of…

The Metropolis of Sweden and all Scandinavia made an announcement saying that His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden will perform an Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Holy Trinity Parish in Göteborg on Sunday, December 17, 2023, at 10 am. Archimandrite Sosipatros Stefanoudis will also participate in the Divine Liturgy. vema.com.au