The mother of 10 in the Kosovo & Metohije province this week was handed the keys to a new home, during a blessing ceremony officiated by the Bishop of Razka and Prizren, His Grace Theodosije, and with the blessing of the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije. Construction of the home for the family of…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, this week received Greece’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, Costas Vlassis, at the patriarchal residence in Balamand, Lebanon. The meeting was also attended by the Greek ambassador to Lebanon, Greece’s Chargé d’ Affairs at its embassy in Damascus and other diplomats and Church…

Session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, entitled “The Future of Europe and the World after the Pandemic”, commenced on Thursday in western Crete, and will continue until Sunday. Lawmakers from 25 countries from around the world are attending the assembly. Along with some 100 Christian Orthodox elected officials, representatives of Orthodox Churches, parliamentary organizations…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday cited an article of Greece’s constitution in stressing that the state requires of citizens to fulfill their duty in term so social and national solidarity, in again referring to the need for people to get vaccinated for the Covid-19 virus. He spoke during a meeting with the country’s…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Ezekiel the Prophet, one of the Great Prophets of the Old Testament.

At the end of the meeting of the Holy Synod, on Wednesday, the hierarchs held a festivity in honour of Patriarch Daniel, who turned 70. The members of the Holy Synod offered the Patriarch an amphora and a set of engolpia. Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina addressed the Patriarch on behalf of all the…

The Reverend Priests, the Honourable Presidents and the Members of the Parish Councils, Ladies Auxiliary Associations and School Committees and the devout Flock of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain ARCHBISHOP’S ENCYCLICAL ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE JULY-AUGUST 1974 INVASION OF CYPRUS Beloved in the Lord, Certain points in history stand out in our…

On Thursday the 22nd of July 2021, the Defence Attaché of the Republic of Cyprus Lt Col Theocharis Onoufriou visited His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas at the Archdiocesan Headquarters. The cordial meeting was an opportunity to discuss matters of mutual interest, collaboration and cooperation between the Holy Archdiocese and the High Commission of the Republic of…

On Tuesday the 20th of July 2021, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. During the session, the transfer of His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain was unanimously approved. His Grace will…