St. Augustine, FL: The Trustees of the St. Photios Foundation, Inc. proudly share the results of the Fourth Annual Drawing Contest of St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine. Held in conjunction with the annual commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople, students, ages 9-12 of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, are encouraged to learn about…

The Maliotis Cultural Center (MCC) welcomed and is hosting the 10th International Summer University “Greek Language, Culture, and Mass Media” on its premises this summer, with the special theme: “Spreading and Teaching the Greek Language in the Greek Diaspora in the U.S.A.” From May 28 to June 2, 2024, Panhellenic educators, students, and graduate researchers…

June 2, 2024 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, Presvyteres and Diakonisses, Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and entirety of the Christ-loving Plenitude of…

St. George Cathedral of Stockholm Sunday, May 26, 2024 Your Eminences, Your Excellencies, Your Graces, Reverend Members of the Clergy, Honorable Ambassadors & Consuls General, Esteemed Guests, Dearly Beloved People of God, Χριστός Ανέστη – Christ is Risen! I give praise to the Risen Lord for the ten years in the episcopacy that He has…

His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the Most blessed and Reverend, has concluded his pastoral visit to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Latakia and its dependencies, at the invitation of its Shepherd, Metropolitan Athanasios (Fahed). The visit included many important stops at educational, intellectual, cultural, national, and church regeneration that were chronicled in the records of…

As humanity faces a growing wave of religious persecution, oppression, and violence, the First International Conference of Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate provides a basis for coordinated, substantive, and dynamic action worldwide in defense of religious freedom and human rights. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed the Archons of the Great Church of Christ via…

On the eve of Mid-Pentecost, 29 May 2024, the Agia Sophia Cathedral in Warsaw hosted a solemn Divine Liturgy. Presiding over the service was His Beatitude Archbishop Sawa of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, with His Eminence Archbishop Gregory of Bielsk delivering the homily. In his address, Metropolitan Sawa emphasised the divine purpose of…

On Thursday, 30 May 2024, the Theological School of Halki resonated with the joyful voices of 30 children from two Greek Diaspora childcare centres in Constantinople: the Creative Workshop of the Holy Trinity and the Kindergarten of Chalcedon. Accompanied by their parents and teachers, the children were warmly welcomed by the Abbot of the Monastery…

On Thursday, 30 May 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew paid a visit to the Greek High School of Imbros, in the village of Agrida, and was joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos. His All-Holiness was warmly welcomed by the teachers and students of the School, which, it is worth noting,…