On May 7, 2025, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens bestowed the title of Honorary Doctor upon Archbishop Makarios of Australia in a grand ceremony attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Archbishop Ieronymos II. Rector Gerasimos Siasos lauded Makarios as “an inspired hierarch” whose work revitalizes the Greek Orthodox community in Australia through education, social outreach, and theological leadership. In his keynote, Makarios addressed the challenges of digital media in shaping ecclesiastical and democratic consciousness, cementing his role as a global voice for Orthodoxy and Hellenism.
