On Sunday, 26 November 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received a group of Roman Catholic hierarchs and clergy from Italy, Greece and Turkey. On the previous day, the Catholic Hierarchs participated in the ordination of the new Catholic Bishop in the area of Alexandretta, Bishop Antuan Ilgit, which took place at the Catholic Church…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed the wish for everyone’s efforts to be dedicated to the creation of a world where justice, compassion, and the sanctity of life will be protected as sacred values, after the Divine Liturgy, which he presided over on Sunday, 26 November 2023, at the Church of St. Nicholas in Tzivali,…

On Thursday the 23rd of November 2023 the annual ‘Constantinople Lecture’ of the AECA (Anglican & Eastern Churches Association) took place at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom in Bayswater, London. This year’s lecture was delivered by the esteemed theologian and chaplain of HM King Charles, Rev Dr Canon Jamie Hawkey. The Canon of…

The St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Topic Tips & Resources. The Topics Tips & Resources includes a bibliography with expansive resources such as books, articles, videos, websites, and liturgical documents. It also includes helpful…

On Saturday, 25 November 2023, with particular splendour and all solemnity, in the presence of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece, a multitude of other Hierarchs, a delegation from Mount Athos, representatives of military authorities, politicians and a large crowd of believers, the enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki, took…

With the blessing of our Father and Shepherd, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the new Church of the Holy Cross, in Glenelg, Adelaide, on Sunday 19 November 2023. This touched the hearts of the many faithful who attended in prayer, reverence and spiritual joy. The Church of…

With ecclesiastical splendour, the memory of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr was celebrated at the Parish of Saint Catherine in the Sydney suburb of Mascot. On Friday, 24 November 2023, on the eve of the feast day, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Gregorios of Mesaoria, from the…

On Sunday, 26 November 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Gregorios of Mesaoria, of the Church of Cyprus, visited the Church of Saint Euphemia, in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown, and officiated at the Matins and presided over the Divine Liturgy. At the conclusion of the Divine…

On Sunday 26 November 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia visited the Ukrainian Orthodox Parish-Community of Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos, in the suburb of Banksia in Sydney. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised, being joined by the Parish Priest, Father Sava Pizanias and Father Miltiades Chryssavgis and Father Edward Waters. At…