On the morning of Wednesday, February 22/March 6, 2024, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos received: 1. The distinguished professor of the Arabic language literature and steward of the Kufr-Smea Community of the northern Israel region of Acre – Ptolemais, Mr Youssef Nasser, with his lawyer son, Mr Kais, who thanked His Beatitude for…

His Grace Bishop Ierotheos of Efkarpia fell asleep in the Lord today, Monday, 11 March 2024. The Bishop has been undergoing treatment for cancer in Patras over the past few months. Also known as Ioannis Zacharis, he was born in Thermo in the Province of Trichonida in the Prefecture of Aitoloakarnania. Bishop Ierotheos studied Theology…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the Divine Liturgy of the Saturday of Souls on Saturday, 9 March 2024. At the conclusion, he conducted the customary Trisagion service, during which he offered prayers of forgiveness and remembered the names of departed brethren, praying for the repose for the souls commemorated with the kollyva. On the…

On Thursday, 7 March 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with His Eminence Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios. Photographs: Nikos Papachristou / Ecumenical Patriarchate vema.com.au

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer from the Holy Sanctuary of the Venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, during the Divine Liturgy of the Saturday of the Souls on 9 March 2024. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, the customary Trisagion Memorial Service took place, during which the forgiveness prayers…

On 10 March 2024, Meatfare Sunday, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer during the Divine Liturgy, which was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Irenaios of Florina, Prespai and Eordaia at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George, Phanar. Photographs: Nikos Papachristou / Ecumenical Patriarchate vema.com.au

On 10 March, Meatfare Sunday, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Melbourne, visited the Church of Saint Athanasios in the suburb of Springvale, Melbourne, where he presided over the Divine Liturgy, and was joined in concelebration by His Grace Bishop Themistocles of Nicopolis, of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. The two Hierarchs were…

His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos presided over the Matins and the Divine Liturgy on the Saturday of the Souls, 9 March 2024, in the chapel of the Theological School of Halki. Following the Divine Liturgy, the memorial service for the repose of the departed Orthodox Christians was performed. Subsequently, the Abbot, Bishop Kassianos performed…

An encyclical to the Christ-loving plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia was released by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, to be read on Sunday, 10 March, on the occasion of two important and historical events for the Orthodox Church in Australia. The first is the one hundred years since the establishment of the…