Marrickville’s Greek community amazed on Sunday, May 30, with their special celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution this year. The celebrations were held at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Marrickville under the auspices of the National Committee of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia for the Bicentenary of the Greek Revolution….

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral   My dear Sisters and Brothers in the Risen Lord, Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! [and in response: Ἀληθῶς Ἀνέστη!] Christ is Risen! [and in response: Truly He is Risen!] I am delighted to be with this beloved Cathedral, especially on the fiftieth anniversary of the Annunciation Orthodox School….

Dear Members of the Board of Trustees, Esteemed Faculty and Administration, And most important of all, the Families and Graduates of 2021, Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! I greet all of you with the Easter joy of the Orthodox Church, which I bring as Archbishop of America, on this Fiftieth Anniversary of the Annunciation Orthodox…

As a precautionary measure, Elder Efraim has been take to the Evangelismos Hospital. Last Friday, 21 May, Elder Efraim tested positive with COVID-19. Thereupon all the fathers of the Monastery underwent medical checks. Having mild symptoms, the Elder immediately went into self-quarantine and was placed under medical supervision. The condition of his health continues to…

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The Feast Day of St. John the Russian of Evia, or St. John the Confessor, was celebrated at the chapel dedicated to the saint at the Convent of the Holy Infants, outside the Inoi township, north of Athens proper. The Gospel was peached during the service by the convent’s founder and spiritual father, the Very…

A plenary session of the Inter-Synodal Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church continued for a third straight day on Friday at the Cathedral of the Savior in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. Pastoral issues were up for discussion on Friday, with one text entitled “On…

A previously announced ceremony in Belgrade for the signing of a fundamental agreement between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the state of Montenegro did not take place on Thursday evening, as scheduled. According to an announcement by the Church in Serbian capital, Montenegro Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic presented the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije,…

The Metropolitan of Drinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa, His Eminence Andreas, this week aired his concerns over the latest developments in northern Epirus, the southern-most areas of Albania that border with Greece, referring to a mistake by ethnic Greek political parties to cooperate with larger political formations in the former country. His Eminence, whose Metropolis’ ecclesiastical…