On Sunday 19th May 2024, John Brydges was ordained to the Holy Diaconate at the Church of Ss Constantine and Helen in Croydon, South London. His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy joined by Revd Oeconomos Georgios Christidis, Priest-in-charge of the Parish. The Revd Deacon Georgios Ntallas also…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the cultural event entitled “The worldwide Kazantzakis and His Impact in Turkey”, co-organised by the Consulate General of Greece in Constantinople and the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis, on Tuesday afternoon, 21 May 2024, at the Sismanoglio Hall. Prior to the event, the Ecumenical Patriarch met with…

The Archdiocesan District of Adelaide is blessed to have two churches dedicated to the memory of the Emperor Constantine and his devout mother Helen – in the regional centres of Whyalla and Renmark. The church in Renmark in particular is blessed to be the centre of a thriving Orthodox community in the Riverland that has…

On the occasion of the feast of the memory of Saints Constantine and Helen, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy at the namesake Church in the Hypsomatheia District on Tuesday, 21 May 2024. The Holy Sermon was preached by the Patriarchal Deacon Father Barnabas. The Ecumenical Patriarch was warmly welcomed by…

Beloved friend, Savas Tsivicos, Supreme President of the Order of AHEPA, General Chairman, Philip Christopher, Most Honorable Senators and Representatives of the United States Congress, Your Excellency Ekaterini Nassika, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the United States, Your Excellency Evangelos Savva, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States, Representatives of Greece…

The Patriarchal Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy is in its 26th year of operation. Sixty-three (63) young men have graduated. Thirty-seven (37) have been ordained and serve in our churches in Canada. Four young men graduated from our Theological Academy this year. Two of them are already married and have been ordained priests. The graduation ceremony…

On Tuesday, 21 May 2024, at the Church of Saint Nicholas, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Athens, on the occasion of the feast day of the Equal of the Apostles Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen, a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Theodoritos of Laodicea, Director of the Representative…

By the grace of God and of the Most Holy Theotokos, pilgrims from the Karaköy Metochion of the Vatopedi Monastery of Mount Athos, in Constantinople, led by the Parish Priest of the Church, The Grand Preacher Archimandrite Panaretos Psaraftis, visited the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Trinity Tzagarolon, in Crete. The local…

On 19th May the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers. Archbishop Ioannis of Zambia officiated Divine Liturgy at St Basilios & Demetrios Parish in Lusaka , immediately after the Divine Liturgy a group of children joined into the Orthodox Faith through the Mystery of Baptism. The honily if his Eminence Archbishop Ioannis on the Sunday of…