“We love the place that God gave us and the sacrifices of our ancestors and we must honourably do what is necessary for the decency, stability, security, progress, cultural growth, honour, glory and splendour of our country”. These comments were emphasised, among others, by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in his response to the mayor…

On Sunday 3 September 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint George, Yellow Rock, Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Ieronymos Voultsidis, visited the Ukrainian Parish-Community of Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos in the suburb of Banksia in Sydney, and also presided over…

In an atmosphere of deep emotion, the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sunday in the Holy Church of Saint Dimitrios in Thessaloniki, in the presence of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece, where the 20th Patronal Feast Day of Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki was celebrated. The events were also met with…

The first Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Pyrgos, Greece. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in the presence of Metropolitan Athanasios II of Ilia and Oleni. It is noteworthy that the Ecumenical Patriarch visited the capital of Elis, Pyrgos, 20 years ago before…

Westfield, New Jersey – On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at the invitation of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey accompanied His All Holiness to the historic Monastery of Panagia Soumela in Trabzon, Turkey for the auspicious occasion of the celebration of the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for the feastday…

Sauturday Aug 12, 2023, 07:30-09:00 PM Athens Time Interpretation will be available in Romanian, English, French, Georgian. Arabic and Russian. The e-Synaxis is organised by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA and the Evgenios Voulgaris Digital Academy. Please register in advance for this meeting by clicking on the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpf-Copz0vEtfCBW8Ow8zyCVO4vNmrAJn5 After registering, you will receive a…

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the feast of Saint John Jacob the New Chozebite on August 10. This year, on the feast of Saint John Jacob, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem presided over the all-night vigil at Chozeba Monastery, having as concelebrants Metropolitan Hesychios of Capitolias and Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantine. The three hierarchs participated…

With the help of God and the blessing of our Virgin Mary, the planned project of painting the dome and niche of the church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the city of Jeonju, South Korea, was successfully completed. This great work in scope and importance was done in only twenty working days, for…

The 25th World Scout Jamboree was held in Saemangeum of Korea in the first week of August 2023, during which about forty thousand scouts participated. A large group of Orthodox scouts from many countries also participated in this. His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a significant patriarchal Message to the International Link of…