During her visit to Alexandria, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, had the honor of meeting with His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa at the Patriarchate. President Sakellaropoulou commended the dedication with which Patriarch Theodore fulfills his spiritual leadership role over the African continent despite the numerous…

A significant number of Muslim pilgrims gathered at the Chora Monastery for the Friday noon prayer, an important ritual in the Islamic tradition, marking the first such occasion following the conversion of the Monastery into a mosque. Last Monday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially reopened the former Byzantine church of Constantinople as a mosque in a…

The memory of Saints Methodius and Cyril was celebrated with due ecclesiastical splendour in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote, specifically at the celebrating Church of Saints Methodius and Cyril in the suburb of Preston in Melbourne. On the eve of the Feast Day, Friday of Bright week, 10 May 2024, the Great Vespers took place…

On the Sunday of Thomas, 12 May 2024, in the morning, at the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Transfiguration of Christ our Saviour, on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy 2000 New Martyrs of Naoussa who were martyred in 1822, a Poly-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by…

“Let us never take the blessings of Freedom for granted but let us always strive to be worthy of the sacrifices made for it. Let us be inspired by the heroes of the Battle of Crete and be guided by their example as we face the challenges of our time.” This was the central message…

My Dear Friends: Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! I am so very pleased to be with you this evening – here in the joyous and beautiful Bright Week, to share in this amazing musical program that speaks across the centuries about the Queen of Cities, our beloved and precious Constantinople. I want to…

During this year’s Saturday of Lazarus Youth Retreat, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity hosted the inaugural pilot of the Green GOYA initiative, a continuation of the Greening the Parish effort of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. This marks a significant step toward environmentally conscious practices within Orthodox communities across the…

With ecclesiastical splendour and in an atmosphere of Paschal joy, the fifth anniversary of the election of His Eminence Archbishop of Australia Makarios was celebrated on Thursday of Bright Week, May 9, at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Sydney. It was on the same day in 2019 when the Holy…

Orthodox Romanians and Serbs observed Holy Saturday night by traditionally proclaiming the Resurrection of the Lord in the heart of Vršac, where the administrative centres of the Diocese of Dacia Felix and the Diocese of Banat of the Serbian Patriarchate are situated. After offering the Holy Fire at the cathedral, Bishop Ieronim of Dacia Felix…