Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece

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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.

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 ...

InterMu-Se Interim Project Steering Committee meeting in Paris

The InterMu-Se project—Inter-religious Coalition Building Against Anti-Muslim Hatred and Anti-Semitism—recently held its second Interim Project Steering Committee Meeting in Paris, bringing together partners from across Europe. Hosted by Coexister at Les Arches Citoyennes, the two-day gathering offered space for reflection, ...

2nd Civil Society Forum: “Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life”

The Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece participated in the 2nd Civil Society Forum, which took place on 1 – 2 April 2025 in Brussels and was organized by the European Union. The Forum aimed to strengthen active cooperation ...

“Novel Research and Ethics: from Neuroscience to AI” – CIVIS

The session of the program entitled “Novel Research and Ethics: from Neuroscience to AI”, organized by the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, within the framework of the European Academic Program CIVIS, took place on ...

“Blessed are the peacemakers” at the Conference of the Faculty of Theology.

The workshop “Blessed are the Peacemakers” by the Interorthodox Centre of the Church of Greece, with coordinators Kalliopi Mavragka, Dr. Christos Nasios and Sergios Voilas, was held on November 26th, 2024, within the framework of the international conference of the ...

“Why words matter: an interreligious perspective to combating hate speech”

A great event on the theme: “Why words matter: an interreligious perspective to combating hate speech” was held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 19th of November 2024 and was hosted by Austrian Member of the European Parliament Mr ...

Special Living Lab in the Framework of the PARTES European Program.

Α special living lab of the PARTES European program took place in Frankfurt on July 3 and 4, 2024. The PARTES program proposes an integrated prevention model for the protection of places of worship, which is based on the recording ...