With ecclesiastical splendour and with the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Translation of the Holy Relics of the great modern Saint of our Orthodox Church were culminated on Sunday, 10 September 2023, at the Parish-Community of Saint Nectarios in the suburb of Burwood in…

By Patriarchal Letter dated 7 September 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced new appointments to the Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union. His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium, who was previously its supervisor, is now appointed president of the Office. Archimandrite Emilianos Boyiannou, who was initially (since 2004) secretary of the…

Your Excellency Archbishop Ulloa, beloved brother in Christ, Most Reverend Hierarchs, Her Excellency Janaina Tewaney, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Jamira Gozaine, National Director of Immigration Your Excellency Miroslava Rosas, Ambassador of Panama to the Holy See, Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Lord Today is a day that will be enshrined in the…

Your Excellency Archbishop Ulloa, Director Espinosa, Professor Blanco, Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am profoundly grateful for this occasion to address such an esteemed ecumenical gathering, and I want to express special thanks to all of the dedicated persons of Aid to the Church in Need. For over three quarters of a century, you have…

Centuries ago the icon of Panagia Tsambika was located at the Holy Monastery Panagia Kykkos in Cyprus. In a miraculous manner, the icon would leave Cyprus and go to the mountain Zambiki of the Archangel in Rhodes. This would upset the monks of Kykkos and they went to all lengths within their power to confine…

The memory of our Holy Father Saint Daniel of Katounakia was celebrated with due splendour and with the appropriate reverence in the Holy Metropolis of Derkoi and specifically in the Holy Church of Saint George of the Makrochorion Community. On the eve of the feast, Vespers were celebrated, while on the main day of the…

On Thursday afternoon, 7 September 2023, on the eve of the feast day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Great Hierarchical Vespers were celebrated with due splendour and with the participation of a large number of faithful at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani in Red Hill, near Melbourne. His Eminence Archbishop…

Five hundred and fifty-six meters above the Gulf of Morou, on the southeastern peak of Mount Nirito, the highest spot of Ithaca, is the Monastery of Katharon (or Kathara). It was built in 1696. The katholikon of the monastery, dated about 100 years earlier, is called Panagia Kathariotissa after the miraculous icon found there, and…

Dear Rabbi Gustavo (Kraselnik) – our host today, Your Excellency Archbishop Ulloa, Dear Sisters and Brothers, The Abrahamic hospitality of this fellowship today is such a cause of joy and gratitude for me, because your embrace of my presence here in wondrous Panama is an example of the best and the brightest in true interfaith…