Metropolitan Alexios is deeply grateful to be part of the Patriarchal Delegation at the Holy and Great Council. He wants the faithful to know what a blessing it has been for Him to be part of this historic gathering. Here, Metropolitan Alexios is signing the first official documents and afterwards meeting at dinner with His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and those in His delegation.

Metropolitan Alexios announced today the launching of the new Diakonia Retreat Center website, www.diakoniaretreatcenter.org

Metropolitan of Atlanta, US, Alexios, is speaking exclusively on Pemptousia and OCN, for his experiences from Holy and Great Council

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America visited yesterday, June 22, the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN, the largest US Supercarrier of the Nimitz class, which has docked for a few days in Souda Bay Naval Base.

The official texts of the opening speeches and adresses for the Holy and Great Council are available at https://www.holycouncil.org/documents in their original languages. Translations will be posted as they become available.

CRETE — On the second day of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, the Divine Liturgy was held at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Gonia, with His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem presiding from the throne. Afterward, the Hierarchs continued their work in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sessions of the Council.

View daily video updates from the Holy & Great Council in Crete

His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios is part of the Patriarchal Delegation, attending meetings, briefings, church services, and social functions of the Holy & Great Council in Crete.

Several events of the Holy and Great Council, an historic gathering for the Orthodox Christian Churches and the first of its kind in 1200 years, are available to the public via livestreaming.

Orthodox Christian leaders meeting for a historic council aimed at promoting unity made a last-minute appeal Friday to the Russian Orthodox Church and three others to attend the gathering, the first such meeting in more than a millennium.

His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios responds to the Tragedy in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, June 12, 2016.

Archbishop Demetrios of America with all the participants in the 2016 Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival in Charlotte, North Carolina

Resolution of the Department of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) Regarding the Convening of the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Churches

Metropolitan Alexios, who is serving as a member of the Holy and Great Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, speaks to Pemptousia about the Holy and Great Synod

June 6, NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has received the text of an important announcement from the Ecumenical Patriarchate about the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church, which is presented below. His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios attended this extraordinary session.

With Byzantine grandeur and splendor and with the presence of representatives of the Orthodox Patriarchates and Autocephalous Churches, His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veroia (working and planning since 1994) consecrated the ancient Church of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul on Sunday, June 5. This Church is a gem with its unique frescoes of many different periods spanning 400 years. His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, representing His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, presided over the Vespers on Saturday, June 4, with Metropolitan Panteleimon earlier having transferred the sacred relics to be enshrined in the Holy Altar during the Consecration that took place on Sunday.

A website, www.orthodoxcouncil.org, provides background information on the Holy and Great Council, which will meet in Crete June 16-27