Members of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s Holy Synod on Friday elected Archimandrite Ieronymos Karmas as the new Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeias, an ecclesiastical bishopric in the northwest Peloponnese, in southern Greece. Additionally, the Church of Greece’s hierarchs elected Archimandrite Ierotheos Kalogeropoulos as the new Metropolitan of Limnos and Aghios Efstratios, two islands…

With great splendor and majesty, today, October 9, 2019, the Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy was held at the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Savva of the Holy See in Alexandria, with the participation of all the Hierarchs of Africa, who “with one mouth and one heart”, in complete dedication to their Venerable Primate, came…

The DVD of the Enthronement of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain has been released. It can be obtained from the Offices of the Archdiocese. Cost: £10. All the proceeds will go towards raising funds for the Archdiocese.   Source: thyateira.org.uk

His Eminence to Conduct Archpastoral Visit to Nassau, Grand Bahama Island His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will arrive in the Bahamas on October 13 for a pastoral visit to areas recently affected by Hurricane Dorian. Leading a delegation from the Archdiocese, His Eminence is scheduled to celebrate a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at the parish…

The Autocephalous Church of Greece’s Bishop of Thespies, His Grace Simeon, on Friday was elected by members of the Church’s Holy Synod as the new Metropolitan of Fthiotida, an ecclesiastical bishopric based in the south-central city of Lamia, the capital of Fthiotida prefecture. His Grace received 62 votes by Holy Synod hierarchs, to eight votes…

Under the patronage of His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios, children and adults from St Paul’s parish, Dandenong Victoria, travelled to St Michael’s Monastery in Goulburn, NSW for their third annual parish Family Camp. Led by St Paul’s Youth Committee under the guidance of Father Jean and Kh. Rita Mawal, families gathered together for a 5-day retreat…

He who has lost sensibility is a brainless philosopher, a self-condemned commentator, a self-contradictory windbag, a blind man who teaches others to see. He talks about healing a wound, and does not stop irritating it. He complains of sickness, and does not stop eating what is harmful. He prays against it, and immediately goes and…

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Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday’s received the country’s citizens protection minister, Michalis Chrysohoidis, at the Church of Greece’s synodical building, with talks focusing directly on efforts to deal with the resurgent migrant crisis plaguing the east Mediterranean country. Increased landings by groups of third country nationals being smuggled onto…