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The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece is the educational organization and the convention centre of the Church of Greece. It belongs to the Holy Synod and is chaired by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Mr. Hieronymos II.

Metropolitan Ioannes of Thermopylae is the Director of the Interorthodox Centre.

In 1969, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece wisely selected the Holy Monastery of the Dormition of Virgin Mary, in Pendeli, as the most appropriate place to host the Interorthodox Centre. During the years 2003-2005 the Centre was fully renovated and further expanded. The Centre is only 20 minutes away from the national airport and 15 km from central Athens. It can provide hospitality to social partners, business groups and science foundations from all over the world by hosting conventions and other activities for up to 200 people.

The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece since 2009 and under the authority of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs organizes educational seminars and programs for teachers of all grades. Another main objective of the Interorthodox Centre, besides its educational cause, is to tighten in various ways the relations among Orthodox Churches throughout the world. Moreover, by organizing and hosting dialogue meetings (conventions, symposiums, seminars, workshops, visits) the Centre cultivates the mentality to deal with arousing issues concerning the contemporary multicultural social environment, through cooperation and dialogue with other orthodox churches, heterodox confessions and religious traditions. In addition to all that foreigners are given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Greek language and culture.

Enviroνment, education and spiritual responsibility

How is the environment combined with religion and education? This is the matter we discussed with the 60 students of the 3rd Gymnasium of Nea Ionia. The children, through their educational visit to the Interorthodox Centre of the Church of ...

Implementation of the educational project on Combating Antisemitism

The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece has successfully completed the implementation of an innovative interreligious and intercultural educational project focused on combating antisemitism, within the framework of the EPNA microgrant programme. The aim of the project was to ...

Schools in dialogue with religious communities

Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece successfully completed the training activity for teachers entitled “Schools in Dialogue with Religious Communities”, which was implemented on October 11, 12 and 25, 2025. Day 1 – 11/10: At the Interorthodox Centre, the ...

SAFEGUARD – CSS (Center for Security Studies)

The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece, upon invitation, took part on Friday, September 26th, 2025, in the training workshop organized by the Center for Security Studies of the Ministry of Citizen Protection. The training, which took place within ...

General Assembly Oikosnet Europe

The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece, as an active member of the Oikosnet Europe network, participated in the Annual General Assembly held in Wittenberg, Germany. The Interorthodox Centre was represented by he Scientific Associate Mr. Sergios Voilas. This ...

“Bel Espoir – MED 25” Delegation at the Interorthodox Centre – Cultivating a Mediterranean marked by mutual understanding and peace.

On Friday, 18 July 2025, the Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece, located at the Holy Monastery of the Dormition of Mary in Pendeli, had the distinct pleasure of welcoming the multicultural and interfaith youth delegation “Bel Espoir – ...

Interorthodox Centre actively participates at the International Forum of the Anna Lindh Foundation.

From the 18th to 20th of June 2025, the Anna Lindh Foundation held its international forum in Tirana, Albania, entitled: “From Knowledge to Action: Redefining Dialogue in the Euro Mediterranean Region”. The Forum was attended by hundreds of experts, representatives ...

Interorthodox Centre participates at the final event in Vienna – PARTES PROJECT

On June 15 & 16, 2025, Mr. Sergios Voilas participated on behalf of the Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece in the final event of the European project PARTES in Vienna, entitled “Protecting Religious Places: Mapping Hate, Developing Responses” ...

The Hellenic Police Postgraduate Training School visits the Holy Monastery of Pendeli and the Interorthodox Centre.

On Friday, May 30th, 2025, the Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece at the Holy Monastery of Pendeli, welcomed with great joy a group of students from Southern Greece and Cyprus from the Hellenic Police Post-graduate Training School, accompanied ...

Free Speech or Free-for-All? Tackling Hate, Misinformation and Polarisation in the Age of AI

From May 11 to 14, 2025, the Vienna Citizen Lab 2025, organized by DialoguePerspectives, convened 30 young European leaders, experts, and policymakers in Vienna to address the urgent challenges of hate speech, misinformation, and polarization in the digital era. Under ...