On Cheesefare Sunday, 17 March 2024, the forty-day Memorial Service of the Late Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne Father Nicolaos Bozikis was held at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in Sydney. The memorial service was presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who previously presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy,…

Shortly before his departure from Sofia, in a special Hall of the city’s International Airport, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met and had an extensive discussion with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Mr. Nikolai Denkov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms. Mariya Gabriel. His Holiness was farewelled warmly by the Ambassadors of Turkey and…

The Sunday of Forgiveness, the Divine Liturgy at Holy Resurrection Cathedral – Jinja was celebrated by the Vicar General, Fr Chrysostom Koolya, assisted by Hierodeacon Moses Ssekubunga. The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam’s exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not…

BOCA RATON, FL – After the fruitful deliberations of the Holy Eparchial Synod, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh, and His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos celebrated the Divine Liturgy for Cheesefare Sunday at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton, FL on Sunday, March 17,…

+ BARTHOLOMEW BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH ALL Most honorable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, The grace of our God…

The Holy Antiochian Synod, presided by His Beatitude Patriarch JOHN X (Yazigi), held its eighteenth extraordinary session in Balamand from March 13 to March 14, 2024, in the presence of Their Eminences: Elias (Archdiocese of Beirut and dependencies); Elias (Archdiocese of Tyre, Sidon and dependencies); Saba (Archdiocese of New York and All North America); Silouan…

On Thursday, March 1/14, 2024, H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos visited the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, located in West Jerusalem, opposite the Jewish Knesset. During this visit, His Beatitude assigned the abbotship of the Monastery to the Reverend Archimandrite Christodoulos, ministering to the Patriarchate on secondment from the Holy Metropolis…

OSLO, Norway – Under the leadership and oversight of His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, along with the diligent efforts of the parish priests of the Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Oslo Very Rev. Archimandrite Fr. Alexandros Loukatos and Rev. Economos Fr. Maxime Lesage, and the members of…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew engaged in a telephone conversation with the President of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, who was about to embarked on a visit to Mount Athos. During their discussion, President Christodoulides sought the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch before his pilgrimage visit to Mount Athos. vema.com.au