The Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Ireland

The Holy Orthodox Metropolis of Ireland The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation is located at 46 Arbour Hill, Dublin 7, D07 C958. Rev. please note the price structure in operation.

Divine Liturgy follows Matins which start at 10:00 am every Sunday. Additional services take place according to the liturgical schedule announced each month. Fr Thomas Carroll who can be reached on 089 983 4204 for emergency situations otherwise please email your request to

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Background

The Church belong to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Theiatyra, Great Britain and Ireland, under the Ecumenical Patriarchiate of Constantinople. Our Church serves all Orthodox Christians in Ireland. We are blessed to have a pan Orthodox representations counting Greeks, Cypriots, Irish, Palestinian, Rumanian, Lebanese, Syrians, Egyptian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian,Serb, Russians, Moldovans and Georgian among our parishioners. All are welcome to celebrate the True Orthodox Christian faith as one Family under Christ.

15/08/2026

H Παναγία μας δεν θα μας απογοητεύσει ποτέ αλλά μας στηρίζει πάντα σε όλες τις εκφάνσεις της ζωής!

Praying to Panagia we will never be disappointed!

15/08/2026
WE CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THEOTOKOS FRIDAY 14.08.26 Vespers, Matins and Divine Liturgy 7:00 pm SATURDAY...
14/08/2026

WE CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THEOTOKOS

FRIDAY 14.08.26
Vespers, Matins and Divine Liturgy 7:00 pm
SATURDAY 15.08.26
Matins and Divine Liturgy 9:00 am

Join us in prayer and let us praise all together PANAGIA our Mother and thank her for her intercessions and everything She always does for us !
May God grant many years to all!

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the ordination into Diaconate of His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Ba...
13/08/2026

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the ordination into Diaconate of His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, from the Metropolis of Ireland, we offer our heartfelt prayers and warmest wishes.

May Almighty God grant His All-Holiness, our spiritual father and shepherd, many, many years in health, strength, and spiritual vigor, continuing to inspire us and to lead the Great Church of Constantinople with wisdom, humility, and love toward ever-greater spiritual success.

May he be granted many blessed and fruitful years!

ENCYCLICAL  LETTER ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THEOTOKOS Every year, on August 15, our Church celeb...
13/08/2026

ENCYCLICAL LETTER ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THEOTOKOS

Every year, on August 15, our Church celebrates with great joy and solemnity the Dormition and Translation of the Most Holy Theotokos. We honour the person of the Panagia, the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, who holds a unique and incomparable place in the history of our salvation.

The Panagia is the person who united herself completely and inseparably with God. Through her free and wholehearted acceptance of God’s will, she became the Mother of Jesus Christ. Christ came into the world to reveal the truth, to enlighten humanity, and to restore the loving relationship between the human person and his Creator and Father.

The Panagia, therefore, is inseparably united with Christ. She freely and willingly offered herself to God so that the Son and Word of God might assume human nature and become man for the salvation of the world. For this reason, she holds a primary and unique place in the life of the Church and in the heart of every believer.

At first, it may seem paradoxical that the Church celebrates with such joy an event which, from a human perspective, appears to be a funeral. Yet we celebrate the Dormition of the Panagia because her Dormition does not lead to death, but to life.

The Panagia completed her earthly journey according to the natural laws of human mortality. Yet, in her case, the corruption of the body did not follow. The Church speaks of the Translation of the Theotokos, of her entrance into the fullness of life with God.

According to the tradition of our Church, on the day of the Dormition and burial of the Panagia, the Apostle Thomas was not present. When he arrived and wished to venerate her sacred body, the tomb was opened, but her body was not found there. Only the burial cloths remained.

The Church confesses through this mystery that Christ Himself, her Son, the One who has authority over life and death, received the Panagia unto Himself and made her a participant in His divine life.

It could not have been otherwise for the woman who cooperated with God in the great mystery of the Incarnation of His Son and Word, for the purpose of bringing life and salvation to humanity.

She who became the gate through which Christ entered the world, she who offered herself completely to God, could not remain in corruption. Therefore, the Panagia participates, body and soul, in the life of Christ, already in the Kingdom of God.

The hymnography of our Church, which is the fruit of profound theology and ecclesial experience, presents to us the entire theological understanding of the person of the Panagia.

The Panagia remains Ever-Virgin, before and after the birth of the God-Man, Christ. And after her Dormition, according to the faith of the Church, she does not abandon the world.

She remains mysteriously yet truly close to us, interceding, helping and supporting every person who turns to her. She cooperates with the grace of God so that each one of us may come to know the Truth, that is, Christ, and become a participant in His life.

The Panagia leads us to Christ. Through her intercessions, through her prayer and through her entire life, she becomes for us a model of love, humility, obedience, peace and holiness. She shows us the way toward transformation and renewal.

And this renewal cannot concern only our relationship with God. Our relationship with God is restored when our relationship with our fellow human beings is also restored, on the foundation of love, forgiveness, peace and reconciliation.

In our own days, the world continues to experience great turmoil. Wars and armed conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and other parts of the world bring pain, fear and insecurity. At the same time, natural disasters continue to test countless people and, in a single moment, can change their lives completely.

In the midst of this reality, the presence of the Panagia in our lives remains a profound and urgent need. We need her protection, her comfort and her intercession. We need to turn to her not only with our words, but above all through our lives, seeking to follow her example and to be led to Christ.

The Panagia is the fullness of love, tenderness and understanding. She is the Mother of Life because she became the Mother of Christ, and through Christ she has become for all of us a Mother of salvation.

Let us therefore make even the smallest effort to know more deeply the greatness of our Panagia. Let us approach her with faith, humility and trust. And when there is even the slightest desire on our part to turn to her, she hastens with motherly love to stretch out her hand and lead us, through the grace of God, toward salvation, change, transformation and renewal.

Let us ask the Panagia to intercede for all of us—for our families, for our communities, for our countries, and for the whole world—and especially for those who are suffering because of war, displacement, illness, poverty, loneliness and every form of human suffering.

And let us always remember that the Panagia does not keep us for herself; she leads us to Christ. Her entire life is a continual pointing toward Him. In Him we find true life, true peace, true hope and the salvation of humanity.

May you all have a blessed and joyful Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos!

May our Panagia strengthen us, enlighten us, protect us and always lead us to Christ through her life, her love and her motherly intercessions.
AMEN !
With paternal blessings
+ Metropolitan Iakovos of Ireland

ΕΓΚΎΚΛΙΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΟΜΗΤΟΡΙΚΉ ΕΟΡΤΉ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΜΉΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΌΚΟΥ Αδελφοί μου,  Στις 15 Αυγούστου κάθε χρόνο, η Εκκλησία μα...
13/08/2026

ΕΓΚΎΚΛΙΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΘΕΟΜΗΤΟΡΙΚΉ ΕΟΡΤΉ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΜΉΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΌΚΟΥ
Αδελφοί μου,
Στις 15 Αυγούστου κάθε χρόνο, η Εκκλησία μας εορτάζει με ιδιαίτερη λαμπρότητα την Κοίμηση και τη Μετάσταση της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. Τιμά το πρόσωπο της Παναγίας, της Μητέρας του Θεανθρώπου Χριστού, εκείνης που κατέχει μοναδική και ανεπανάληπτη θέση στην ιστορία της σωτηρίας του ανθρώπου.

Η Παναγία μας είναι το πρόσωπο εκείνο που συνέδεσε άρρηκτα τον εαυτό της με τον Θεό και, μέσα από την ελεύθερη και ολοκληρωτική συγκατάθεσή της στο θέλημα του Θεού, έγινε η Μητέρα του Ιησού Χριστού. Ο Χριστός ήρθε στον κόσμο για να αποκαλύψει την αλήθεια, να φωτίσει τον άνθρωπο και να αποκαταστήσει την αγαπητική σχέση του με τον Δημιουργό και Πατέρα του.

Η Παναγία, λοιπόν, συνδέθηκε άρρηκτα με τον Χριστό. Δάνεισε εκούσια και θεληματικά τον εαυτό της στον Θεό, ώστε ο Υιός και Λόγος του Θεού να προσλάβει την ανθρώπινη φύση και να γίνει άνθρωπος για τη σωτηρία του κόσμου. Γι’ αυτό και κατέχει πρωταρχική θέση στη ζωή της Εκκλησίας και στην καρδιά κάθε πιστού.

Ίσως, εκ πρώτης όψεως, να φαίνεται παράδοξο το γεγονός ότι η Εκκλησία εορτάζει με τόση χαρά ένα γεγονός που, στην ανθρώπινη λογική, μοιάζει να είναι μια κηδεία. Εορτάζει όμως την Κοίμηση της Παναγίας, διότι αυτή η Κοίμηση δεν οδηγεί στον θάνατο, αλλά στη ζωή. Η Παναγία ολοκληρώνει την επίγεια πορεία της ακολουθώντας τους φυσικούς νόμους του βιολογικού θανάτου· όμως στο πρόσωπό της δεν ακολουθεί η φθορά του σώματος.

Η Εκκλησία μας μιλά για τη Μετάσταση της Θεοτόκου, για την ανάληψή της στη ζωή του Θεού. Σύμφωνα με την εκκλησιαστική παράδοση, κατά την ημέρα της Κοιμήσεως και της ταφής της Παναγίας, ο Απόστολος Θωμάς δεν ήταν παρών. Όταν έφθασε και θέλησε να προσκυνήσει το τίμιο σώμα της, ο τάφος ανοίχθηκε και δεν βρέθηκε εκεί το σώμα της, αλλά μόνο τα εντάφια ιμάτια.

Η Εκκλησία ομολογεί με αυτόν τον τρόπο ότι ο ίδιος ο Χριστός, ο Υιός της, Εκείνος που εξουσιάζει τη ζωή και τον θάνατο, παρέλαβε την Παναγία κοντά Του και την κατέστησε κοινωνό της ζωής Του. Δεν θα μπορούσε να γίνει διαφορετικά για εκείνη η οποία συνεργάστηκε με τον Θεό στο μέγα μυστήριο της ενανθρωπήσεως του Υιού και Λόγου Του, με σκοπό τη ζωοποίηση και τη σωτηρία του ανθρώπου.

Εκείνη που έγινε η πύλη από την οποία ο Χριστός εισήλθε στον κόσμο, εκείνη που προσέφερε τον εαυτό της ολοκληρωτικά στον Θεό, δεν θα μπορούσε να παραμείνει στη φθορά. Γι’ αυτό η Παναγία συμμετέχει, ψυχή τε και σώματι, στη ζωή του Χριστού, ήδη στη Βασιλεία του Θεού.

Η υμνολογία της Εκκλησίας μας, καρπός βαθιάς θεολογίας και εκκλησιαστικής εμπειρίας, μας παραθέτει με μοναδικό τρόπο όλη αυτή τη θεολογία γύρω από το πρόσωπο της Παναγίας. Η Παναγία παραμένει Παρθένος πριν και μετά τον τόκο του Θεανθρώπου Χριστού. Και μετά την Κοίμησή της, κατά την πίστη της Εκκλησίας, δεν εγκαταλείπει τον κόσμο.

Παραμένει με τρόπο μυστικό αλλά πραγματικό κοντά μας, πρεσβεύοντας, βοηθώντας και στηρίζοντας κάθε άνθρωπο που στρέφεται προς αυτήν. Συνεργάζεται με τη χάρη του Θεού, ώστε ο καθένας μας να μπορέσει να γνωρίσει την Αλήθεια, δηλαδή τον Χριστό, και να γίνει κοινωνός της ζωής Του.

Η Παναγία μάς οδηγεί στον Χριστό. Με τις πρεσβείες της, με την προσευχή της, με ολόκληρη τη ζωή της, γίνεται για εμάς υπόδειγμα αγάπης, ταπεινώσεως, υπακοής, ειρήνης και αγιότητας. Μας δείχνει τον δρόμο προς τη μεταμόρφωση και την αναγέννηση του ανθρώπου.

Και αυτή η αναγέννηση δεν μπορεί να αφορά μόνο τη σχέση μας με τον Θεό. Η σχέση μας με τον Θεό αποκαθίσταται όταν αποκαθίσταται και η σχέση μας με τον συνάνθρωπό μας, στη βάση της αγάπης, της συγχωρητικότητας, της ειρήνης και της καταλλαγής.

Στις ημέρες μας, ο κόσμος εξακολουθεί να βρίσκεται σε μεγάλη ταραχή. Πόλεμοι και ένοπλες συγκρούσεις, στην Ουκρανία, στη Μέση Ανατολή και σε άλλα σημεία της γης, προκαλούν πόνο, φόβο και ανασφάλεια. Παράλληλα, φυσικές καταστροφές δοκιμάζουν αμέτρητους ανθρώπους και μέσα σε μια στιγμή μπορούν να αλλάξουν ολοκληρωτικά τη ζωή τους.

Μέσα σε αυτή την πραγματικότητα, η παρουσία της Παναγίας στη ζωή μας παραμένει μια βαθιά και επιτακτική ανάγκη. Χρειαζόμαστε την προστασία, την παρηγοριά και τη μεσιτεία της. Χρειαζόμαστε να στραφούμε προς εκείνη όχι μόνο με τα λόγια, αλλά κυρίως με τη ζωή μας, προσπαθώντας να ακολουθήσουμε το παράδειγμά της και να οδηγηθούμε στον Χριστό.

Η Παναγία είναι η απέραντη αγάπη, η στοργή και η κατανόηση. Είναι η Μητέρα της Ζωής, επειδή έγινε Μητέρα του Χριστού, και μέσα από τον Χριστό έγινε για όλους μας Μητέρα της σωτηρίας.

Ας καταβάλουμε, λοιπόν, την παραμικρή προσπάθεια να γνωρίσουμε βαθύτερα το μεγαλείο της Παναγίας μας. Ας την πλησιάσουμε με πίστη, ταπείνωση και εμπιστοσύνη. Και όταν από την πλευρά μας υπάρχει έστω και η μικρότερη διάθεση να επικοινωνήσουμε μαζί της, εκείνη σπεύδει με μητρική αγάπη να απλώσει το χέρι της και να μας οδηγήσει, με τη χάρη του Θεού, προς τη σωτηρία, την αλλαγή, τη μεταμόρφωση και την αναγέννηση.

Ας ζητήσουμε, λοιπόν, από την Παναγία να πρεσβεύει για όλους μας, για τις οικογένειές μας, για την πατρίδα μας, για ολόκληρο τον κόσμο και ιδιαίτερα για εκείνους που δοκιμάζονται από τον πόλεμο, την προσφυγιά, την ασθένεια, τη φτώχεια, τη μοναξιά και κάθε μορφή πόνου.

Και ας θυμόμαστε πάντοτε ότι η Παναγία δεν κρατά τον άνθρωπο για τον εαυτό της· τον οδηγεί στον Χριστό. Όλη η ζωή της είναι μια διαρκής υπόδειξη προς Εκείνον. Εκεί βρίσκεται η αληθινή ζωή, η αληθινή ειρήνη, η αληθινή ελπίδα και η σωτηρία του ανθρώπου.

Χρόνια πολλά και ευλογημένα σε όλους!

Η Παναγία μας να μας ενισχύει, να μας φωτίζει, να μας προστατεύει και να μας οδηγεί πάντοτε στον Χριστό, με τη ζωή της, με την αγάπη της και με τις μητρικές πρεσβείες της.
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Εορτή της Μεταμορφώσεως του ΚυρίουΣας προσκαλούμε να συμμετάσχετε στον Εσπερινό, τον Όρθρο και τη Θεία Λειτουργία επί τη...
03/08/2026

Εορτή της Μεταμορφώσεως του Κυρίου

Σας προσκαλούμε να συμμετάσχετε στον Εσπερινό, τον Όρθρο και τη Θεία Λειτουργία επί τη λαμπρά εορτή της Μεταμορφώσεως του Κυρίου.

Τετάρτη 5 Αυγούστου
Ώρα: 7:00 μ.μ.

Ελάτε να προσευχηθούμε όλοι μαζί, ώστε το άκτιστο φως του Χριστού να φωτίσει τον νου και την καρδιά μας και να αξιωθούμε να βιώσουμε την παρουσία του Θεού στη ζωή μας.

Σας περιμένουμε με χαρά!

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our LordYou are warmly invited to join us for the celebration of the Feast of the Transf...
03/08/2026

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord

You are warmly invited to join us for the celebration of the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord.

Wednesday, August 5
7:00 p.m.
Great Vespers, Orthros, and the Divine Liturgy

Come and pray with us as we celebrate the glorious Transfiguration of Christ. May the light of His divine glory enlighten our minds and hearts, and may we experience His living presence in our lives.

All are welcome.

Announcement From August 3 to August 13, every evening at 7:00 p.m., excluding weekends, the Supplicatory Canon (Parakle...
03/08/2026

Announcement

From August 3 to August 13, every evening at 7:00 p.m., excluding weekends, the Supplicatory Canon (Paraklesis) to the Most Holy Theotokos will be celebrated.

You are warmly invited to join us in this prayer service as we offer our supplications to the Mother of God.

Ανακοίνωση

Από 3 έως 13 Αυγούστου, κάθε απόγευμα στις 7:00 μ.μ., εκτός Σαββατοκύριακου, θα τελείται ο Παρακλητικός Κανόνας προς την Υπεραγία Θεοτόκο.

Σας προσκαλούμε να συμμετάσχετε στην ιερή αυτή ακολουθία, προσευχόμενοι όλοι μαζί προς τη Μητέρα του Κυρίου μας.

Yesterday and today the 11-12.07 our Church honored two great contemporary figures of modern ecclesiastical history, who...
11/07/2026

Yesterday and today the 11-12.07 our Church honored two great contemporary figures of modern ecclesiastical history, who played and continue to play an important role in the catechesis and spiritual life of the faithful: Saint Sophrony of Essex and Saint Paisios the Athonite.
The Church is the workshop of holiness. Our participation in her holy Mysteries cleanses us, enlightens us, and sanctifies us. It unites us with the Risen Christ and, by extension, with God the Father. Holiness is not an event belonging only to the past, but a daily journey within the Church, a reality that will continue until the end of the ages.
This is also the role of the Holy Spirit: to sanctify creation and humanity, to unite people with God, and to form Christ freely within their hearts, without coercion, but with absolute respect for human freedom.
Both Saint Sophrony and Saint Paisios began their spiritual journey from a very young age within the Church. There they were spiritually nurtured, there they were formed, and they were blessed to live beside sanctified people who decisively marked their lives. Saint Sophrony was nurtured near Saint Silouan the Athonite, while Saint Paisios was nurtured near Saint Tikhon.
The spiritual fathers of these two Saints did not rely on many words. They lived Christ and transmitted His grace to their young disciples through their personal example. Thus, Saints Sophrony and Paisios learned that true theology is not primarily words, but life; not theory, but the experience of the grace of God, which transforms the human being and leads him to holiness.
This very experience of grace became the foundation of their entire lives. They did not keep God’s gift only for themselves, but cultivated it through unceasing struggle and offered it as a blessing to the whole Church.
They lived as monks on Mount Athos, devoted to unceasing prayer, repentance, and spiritual struggle. With every human effort, yet always by the grace of God, they labored to purify their hearts and to know Christ more deeply.
Later they lived outside Mount Athos, not because they followed their own will, but because the will of God led them there. Their purpose was to help other people through their example, so that they too might become imitators of the life of Christ and of the Church.
Saint Sophrony settled in Essex, England, where he founded the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Baptist. With great effort, much prayer, many difficulties and hardships, but with complete trust in the will, providence, and presence of God, he created a multicultural monastic brotherhood that remains to this day a spiritual beacon for all of Great Britain, as well as for us here in Ireland. In a way, it continues the missionary tradition of the great Saints of the Celtic Church, offering the light of Orthodoxy to the modern human being.
Saint Paisios, on the other hand, became associated with the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Souroti, Thessaloniki. His presence there became a source of consolation and hope for hundreds of thousands of people. He listened with love to their pain, strengthened them in their struggles, helped them find peace of heart, and ultimately to encounter Christ. For only when a person finds Christ does he also find his true self.
Both Saints performed many miracles by the grace of God during their earthly lives and continue even today to work wonders for those who approach them with faith and invoke their intercessions.
It is noteworthy that, although both deeply loved Mount Athos, God allowed them to complete their earthly journey outside it. Their tombs are located in the Monasteries they themselves founded or supported, so that many people may visit them, lay down their pain, find consolation, and, above all, come to know through the lives of the Saints Christ Himself.
My brothers and sisters, the Saints do not ask us to stand before them, but to follow the path they followed. They are the friends of Christ and our spiritual compasses. Through their lives they show us the way, and that way is Christ Himself. He is the One who redeems us, frees us from our passions and weaknesses, teaches us selfless and sacrificial love, and grants us true life.
Let us therefore ask Saint Sophrony of Essex and Saint Paisios the Athonite to intercede unceasingly for all of us, so that the Lord may grant us to live within the Church as true disciples of His and to walk daily on the path of holiness. Amen.
+Metropolitan Iakovos of Ireland

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