On Monday, 13 November 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch had a meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Ms. Alexandra Papadopoulou. During their meeting, Ambassador Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Ms. Eleni Petroula, Director of the Deputy Minister’s Diplomatic Office, as well as Grand Ecclesiarch Archimandrite Aetios, Director of the…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia spoke about his deep conviction that unity is a precondition for Hellenism in the fifth continent to be bolstered and flourish further during the historic visit he made on Sunday, 12 November, to the headquarters of the schismatic Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). Driven by this conviction,…

Houston, TX — November 13, 2023 — The National Philoptochos Society is delighted to announce the exceptional triumph of the 19th Biennial Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon, a gathering of impassioned individuals and organizations dedicated to profoundly impacting children’s health and well-being. Chaired by Stella Piches, with tri-chairs Marian Catechis, Martha Stefanidakis, and Barbara Vittas, this…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Greek Education is excited to announce the re-release of “Ta Ellinika Mou,” now available on Orthodox Marketplace. “Ta Ellinika Mou” offers multiple levels, including, Pre-K through Level three, designed for teaching Greek Language to students in Greek Language and Culture schools within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. These…

Your Grace Bishop Andonios and Reverend Fathers, Board President Haeda Mihaltses and Trustees of Saint Michael’s, Gala Co-Chairs, Efthalia Katos and Steve Tenedios, 2023 Archangel Michael Award Laureates Angeliki and Stylianos Zervoudis, Dear Friends – Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am deeply pleased to join you once again – for this 64th Annual Saint…

13 November 2023, Vicar General Rev Fr Chrysostom Koolya co-served the Divine Liturgy with Hierodeacon Moses to celebrate the feast of the strongest and most beloved of all christian orators, St John Chrysostom _ the patron saint of the Vicar General. By the intercessions of the ecumenical teacher and hierach John Chrysostom, we wish our…

On Saturday, 11 November 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, performed the blessing and opening of the renovated Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Balinos, and its Sacred Spring, which is dedicated to the Holy Great Martyr Minas celebrated on that day, and then following this, His All-Holiness officiated at the Divine Liturgy. Present…

A commemorative event at the Phaleron War Cemetery, in Athens, was organised by the Embassy of France in Greece, on the occasion of the anniversary of the end of the First World War, which was sealed with the armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany, signed on 11 November 1918 in the French city of…

On Friday, 10 November 2023, The Ecumenical Patriarchate was visited by the new Consuls General of Greece in Smyrna, Mr. Alexandros Konstas, and of Georgia in Constantinople, Mr. Aleksandre Jishkariani, on the occasion of the recent assumption of their duties. The Consuls General were successively received by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with whom they…