Upon learning of the tragic event of the fire at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Sydney, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew had telephone communication with Archbishop Makarios of Australia. The Archbishop of Australia briefed the Ecumenical Patriarch on the initial estimates of the extent of the damage caused to the Cathedral by the fire, and thanked…

The Greek-language volument “Hymnography, Saints and Feast Days of the Church of Crete,” written by the Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Fr. Chrysostomos Papadakis, has been unveiled by the publication house of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. For more information or to order please visit the website www.vatopedi.gr

The latest images of abandoned and vandalized Orthodox chapels on the northeast Aegean Island of Imvros causes pain and sadness to the faithful. The island, inhabited by ethnic Greeks since the dawn of history and for millennia a center of Hellenism, was awarded to predominately Muslim Turkey with the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. Beginning in…

The Synaxis of the All-Holy Theotokos Gorgoepikoou, was celebrated with splendorous ecclesiastical rite at the cathedral of the Prophet Elijah, in Thessaloniki’s Pilea district, in which the wonder-working icon dedicated to the Virgin Mary is preserved and venerated.

The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Joanikije, on Thursday visited the Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos, in the town Brskut, and on the occasion of the feast day – based on the Julian calendar – of St. Sophia and her daughters Pisti, Elpida and Agapi, or, in English, Faith,…

Thursday marked 14 years since the enthronement of His Beatitude Daniel as Patriarch of All Romania. For the Romanian Orthodox Church, the subsequent years have been memorable, with efforts to keep pace with an ever-changing world while preserving its saving values. The works and personality of His Beatitude at the helm of the Romanian Orthodox…

The Archdiocese of Australia said a fire broke out within the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Sydney. The Archdiocese referred to significant damage to the interior of the historic and heritage-listed church and in particular to parts of the roof over the holy altar and the chapel of St John the…

Friday marked the 61st anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus’ independence. Speaking at an annual military parade, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said he would be happier if Turkish Cypriots were present at the celebrations, while expressing a wish that in the future such events will be commemorated on a free-of-occupation island. The Greek government was…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, met today with the leadership of the country’s health ministry, with talks focusing almost exclusively on the management of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in Greece. Both the minister and deputy minister thanked the Archbishop for the Church of Greece’s statements in favor of people getting…