One of the key components of the $27 million long-term plan to upgrade the Archdiocesan site in Redfern, Sydney, includes a significant upgrade to the infrastructure of St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College on the site. The plans promise great benefits for the college to bring it in line with 21st Century needs and to…

NEW YORK – On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened the Holy Eparchial Synod via videoconference for a regularly scheduled meeting. The discussion focused on the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Pertinent to this discussion, the following items of the agenda were reviewed and discussed: 1) A…

At the December 15, 2020 Archdiocesan Council meeting, the Archdiocesan budget for 2021 was approved. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros expressed his appreciation for the work done by all to accomplish this important task. “I wish to thank our faithful for all the effort put into building this balanced budget. In this year of personal and…

Dear friends, We would like to announce that the Web Magazine Pemptousia organizes the “1st e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Neurologists“ which will take place on Friday, February 5 at 19:30 (Greek Time). Elder Ephraim will speak for 30-40 minutes and then a dialogue with the participants will follow. The total…

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In a bid to meet the requests of numerous Russian-speaking faithful from around the world, the online platform Pemptousia hosted the second online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Thursday, February 4, 2021. The online assembly was conducted in Greek and Russian. Also,…

On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, the newly appointed Consul-General of Greece in Victoria Mr Emmanuel Kakavelakis visited the Archdiocesan offices for the District of Northcote. During his visit he met with the Archiepiscopal Vicar, Fr Evmenios who then gave him a tour of the Holy Monastery of Axion Esti and in particular the book centre….

The Patriarchate of Moscow’s deputy chairman for Church Relations with Society and Mass Media, Aleksandr Schipkov, this week referred to the use of social media by clerics. Schipkov noted that if a cleric chooses to enter and engage in a social media format, he must do so only with one purpose, namely, to bring a…

The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America convened at the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, for a regularly scheduled teleconference. Among others, hierarchs of the Holy Eparchial Synod unanimously approved the appointment of the Very Rev. Athenagoras Ziliaskopoulos, an Archimandrite of the Ecumenical throne, to the post of the Synod’s…