On Tuesday morning, 5/18 May 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr Nikolaos Dendias visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by the Ambassador of Greece in Israel Mr Panayiotis Sarris and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr Evangelos Vlioras. His Excellency the Minister Mr Dedias was warmly received by H.H.B. our Father and…

The Metropolitan of Axum, His Eminence Daniel, this week officiated at the dedication of the renovated cemetery chapel of the St. George in Addis Ababa, a project funded by the ethnic Greek community in the capital of Ethiopia. The project and dedication had the blessing of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa,…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week participated in a plenary session of the Russian Duma, which was devoted to an international education seminar. His Holiness touched on the theme of volunteerism beyond times of emergency and crisis.

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Wednesday received Kremlin-backed Abkhaz leader Aslan Bzhania, at the Patriarchal residence in Damascus. According to the Antioch Patriarchate, the Abkhaz delegation also visited the Mariamite Cathedral in Damascus. A statement issued by the Antioch Patriarchate mentioned Bzhania as the “…president of the…

Ethnic Greek Pontian groups around the world on Wednesday marked the annual remembrance day of the Greek Pontian Genocide, honoring the roughly 353,000 victims massacred at the hands of the Ottomans and Turkish nationalist forces in northeast Asia Minor, the historic and ancient land of Pontus. The massacres commenced against the leaders of the ethnic…

The Church today venerates the memory of Patrick the Hieromartyr and Bishop of Prusa, along with His Fellow Martyrs Acacius, Menander and Polyaenus.

More and more parishes of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia are systematically incorporating within their social ministries, feeding programs for isolated people and families in need of support. These activities are constantly being expanded with the initiative and blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia in order to help, as much as possible, those…

The subject of homily and discussion: “The healing of the souls’ diseases” Thursday, May 27, 2021, 07:30 PM Athens time Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the ” 2nd e-Synaxis with Bishop Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and the faithful of St Nicholas & St John the Apostle Students Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania”,…

At its session in February, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church resolved to begin the canonization process of several Romanian confessors and missionaries under communism to mark the 140th anniversary of autocephaly and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Patriarchate in 2025. In March, His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploești named…