The history of immigrants of Kytherian origin in Australia constitutes a special chapter of the collective history of Greeks in the Antipodes. Important aspects of this historic chapter are highlighted throughout the book, entitled: “EKATO: Kytherian Association of Australia 1922-2022 – The First Fifty Years”. This is the first volume of the Anniversary History Book…

STOCKHOLM – In a recent decision, a Swedish court directed that the Swedish labor union “Vision” pay an additional compensation to the Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia following the retraction of a lawsuit filed by the former. Specifically, a former clergyman of the Church of Greece serving on loan at the Holy Metropolis…

The Melisma Ensemble has taken the initiative in organising a concert with works of Australian composers of Byzantine music. The following is the relative announcement and call for submissions from the Director of the Melisma Ensemble, Mr. Dimitri Koubaroulis: Melisma Ensemble is delighted to be organising a Byzantine Chant concert showcasing the works of Australian…

Representatives of the Bigorsky Monastery (Archdiocese of Ohrid) were at the Phanar last weekend to participate in the celebration of the name day of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. In particular, Archimandrite Kirillos and Hieromonk Erasmos traveled to Constantinople as representatives of the monastic community, with the blessing of Abbot, His Grace Bishop Parthenios of…

The Medal of the Order of the Christ-Loving, the highest honour of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, was awarded by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia to expatriate businessman and benefactor from Melbourne, Mr. Andreas Andrianopoulos. Over many dedicated years, Mr. Andrianopoulos has developed and sustained many multifaceted community actions within the Greek Community and…

On the 400th anniversary of the birth of Holy Hierarch Dositheus, Metropolitan of Moldavia, the Archdiocese of Iași will republish one of his most famous works, the Psalter in Verses. The activity is part of a project entitled “Restitutio. Scholar Metropolitan Dositheus – 400 years from his birth. Psalter in Verses (1673)” and implemented by…

Having the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada has received a particle of the relics of Saint Callinicus of Cernica, Bishop of Râmnic. The relic was accompanied across the ocean by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, who was Patriarch Daniel’s delegate at the Fifth Congress…

On Sunday, June 9, the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS) in Cambridge celebrated its 25th anniversary since it officially registered as a company in the UK. Fr. Dragoș Herescu, a Romanian, currently serves as the educational institution’s director. On this occasion, the Institute commissioned an anniversary icon of the Saviour Jesus Christ, which includes…

His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești welcomed His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, in an audience on Friday, June 7, at the Patriarchal Palace. According to a press release by the Department for Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations, during the…