The feast of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine the All-wise was celebrated in the Patriarchate on Sunday, November 25 / December 8, 2024. On this feast, the Church remembers that Saint Catherine came from the city of Alexandria, she was highly educated in philosophy, but also in Christ-like life and education, as the Church sings…

On Saturday, November 24 / December 7, 2024, His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theofilos, visited the Holy Monastery of the Cross, accompanied by the Elder Chief-Secretary His Eminence Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr Dimitrios Angelosopoulos, the professor Mr Phaedon Kydoniatis and Archimandrite Bartholomew. They were…

On Friday, 6 December 2024, the Holy Theological School of Halki welcomed a delegation of 30 members from the Thomas Morus Academy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne, led by Dr. Matthias Kopp, Secretary of the German Bishops’ Conference. The delegation was received by the Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos in the Great…

On Saturday, 7 December, the established annual end of year concert of the Byzantine Music School of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia took place, marking the end of this year’s academic year. The event was hosted at the Church of Our Lady “Axion Esti”, in Northcote, Melbourne, in the Holy Diocese of Chora. The event…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa awarded the Grand Cross of Saint Mark to the Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, during the latter’s visit to the Patriarchate of Alexandria on Sunday. In a related social media post, Pierrakakis described the award as “the highest honour” and emphasised…

On Saturday evening, 7 December, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia attended the official dinner of the Youth Conference of the Holy Diocese of Brisbane, which was hosted by the Parish-Community of Saint George, Brisbane. The beautiful evening was graced by the dance groups of the Parish – Community of St. George ‘The Hellenic Dancers’…

On Sunday, 8 December 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew conducted the inauguration of the Roman Catholic Church of Santa Maria, which was granted to the Orthodox Community of Smyrna by His Holiness Pope Francis for the needs of Orthodox Christians. This Church will now be the Holy Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent the following Message, in French, on the occasion of the inauguration of the restored Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris, which was broadcast during a special ceremony on Sunday, 8 December 2024. The Patriarchal Message, in English translation, is as follows: President of the French Republic, Your Eminence, dear Archbishop of…

On Sunday, 8 December, at the Church of Saint Paraskevi, in the Brisbane suburb of Taigum, a Tri-Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated, which was presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, and concelebrated by Their Graces, Bishop Bartholomew of Brisbane and Bishop Silouan of Adelaide, and by clergy from the city of Brisbane….