On Tuesday, 24 October 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr. Georgios Kotsiras, responsible for the issues of Greeks Abroad. During the meeting, which was held in a cordial and constructive atmosphere, issues related to the needs of the Greeks of Australia were discussed,…
On Sunday, 22nd October 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain made his inaugural pastoral visit to the Parish of St John of Kronstadt in Bath. His Eminence presided over the Divine Liturgy, marking a significant moment for the entire community. The choir, with its exceptional rendition of hymns, greatly contributed to…
With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide again run a Sunday School camp for children aged 10-12 years of age, from 10th to the 12 of October 2023. This camp built on the success of the previous years’ camps and brought Sunday-School aged children together from across…
With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Savas, the Metropolis of Pittsburgh welcomed close to 300 young adults from across the country and Canada to their third YAL Conference, this year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 13-15, 2023. The theme for the conference was Reignite: Renewing our Faith, Refreshing our Souls which focused on building…
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce the publication by the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA of the Homelessness Guidebook for Orthodox Parishes. This guidebook was cultivated as a resource for Orthodox Christians on how to respond to homelessness by understanding the Church’s theology and tradition in serving the…
His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia presented His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with his newly published two-volume study entitled The Unpublished Correspondence of St. Nectarios of Pentapolis. Metropolitan Cleopas traveled to Constantinople at the invitation of Patriarch Bartholmew to participate in the celebrations commemorating his 32nd anniversary of election to Orthodox Christianity’s…
The 1st Bioethics Conference of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which took place in Rethymno, Crete, under the hospitable care and love of the local Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, was successfully concluded. On Sunday, 22 October 2023, the feast of the Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus and the Synaxis of All the Holy Doctors, a…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has landed in Israel for an anticipated meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said. Mitsotakis’ scheduled visit to Israel on Thursday was postponed due to security concerns. As reported in Sunday’s Kathimerini, some Israeli officials had expressed their disappointment regarding Mitsotakis’ decision to postpone that meeting. They…
On Monday morning, 23 October 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, marked the opening of the work of the Second International Scientific Conference of Chalcedon, which takes place under his auspices. The topic of the conference is the following: “Ecumenical Patriarchate, XV – XVI Centuries – The Era of Reconstruction”. The conference is co-organised by…