On the morning of Tuesday, August 23/September 5, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the Apodosis Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, i.e. the completion of eight days from the day of the feast, and the return of this icon, which was placed in Gethsemane before the feast. Therefore, on the morning of that day, a…

Although this is the third printing of the Life of Saint Joseph the Hesychast, it is however the first since his Glorification on March 9, 2020. The only change we made to the text of our blessed Elder Joseph is the replacement of the title ‘Elder Joseph Hesychast’ with ‘Saint Joseph Hesychast’. We also take…

On Monday, 4 September 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Archaeological Museum of Pyrgos, which was the third day of his official visit to Ilia, Greece. His All-Holiness arrived at the Museum accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Ilia and Oleni and was guided around the exhibits by an archaeologist. vema.com.au  

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Paleopanagia) in Manolada and Varda in Ilia, Greece, on Tuesday, 5 September 2023. He then visited the Church of St. Demetrios in Lechaina, the Castle of Chlemoutsi, where he was guided by the archaeologists in charge, and the Monastery…

Participants in the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) held in Timișoara, Romania, walked the Friendship Procession on Saturday. The procession ended in the city’s Opera Square with a tribute to the heroes of December 1989, who drove out atheist communism by praying under bullets in the very same place. The Friendship Procession was…

The organizing committee for the 47th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. This significant gathering marks a pivotal step in preparing for the upcoming Congress, scheduled to take place in the picturesque city of San Diego, California, from June 30 to July…

On Monday, August 22 / September 4, 2023, Mr Terheş, a member of the European Parliament, visited the Patriarchate. Mr Terheş was received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and answering his questions spoke to him about the work of the Patriarchate as the oldest ecclesiastical institution in the Holy Land, about…

On Saturday, August 20th/September 2nd, 2023, about fifty members of the Joppa Community Scouts’ Body, their Leaders and younger executives visited the Patriarchate, in order to thank His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos for the help they received from the Patriarchate. His Beatitude received and blessed them, wished them progress, success and…

On Thursday, 18th / 31st of August 2023, H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos awarded the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem, Mr Evangelos Vlioras, who served successfully and now retired, a special medal cut for the renovation of the Sacred Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre in 2017, thanking him for his support…