+ B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH ALL * * *…
Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today, we reflect on one of the most profound passages in the Holy Gospel, the Parable of the Last Judgment; a vision, where Christ, seated on His glorious throne, separates the righteous from the siners, as a shepherd separates sheep from goats. In this moment, all the nations…
Bishop Policarp Morușcă, the first hierarch of Orthodox Romanians in North America, was commemorated Sunday at the Romanian Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St. Ephraim the New in Mono, Canada. The monastery’s abbot, Hieromonk Policarp Atenagora, officiated the memorial service after the Divine Liturgy. The service reflected that Romanians in the…
On February 25, 1958, the miraculous “Syriac” Icon of the Mother of God was brought to Ghighiu Monastery by Metropolitan Basil Samaha of Sergiopolis from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. For 67 years, many faithful who have prayed before the icon at Ghighiu Monastery have testified to receiving swift aid, healing, and…
On Sunday, 23 February 2025, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa presided over the first-ever Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in South Sudan. The service took place in the courtyard of the Chapel of St. Panteleimon, located within the polyclinic of Dr. Linderman. Concelebrating with His Beatitude was His Eminence Metropolitan…
As 24 February 2025, marks three years since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the Chancellery of the Metropolitan of the Polish Orthodox Church issued a heartfelt communiqué, urging the faithful to pray for peace and support war victims. The statement vividly describes the devastation caused by the conflict, highlighting its human toll: “Monday, 24…
“Forever, my love for you and my blessing…”, was the wish given by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to a group of students and graduates of the catechetical groups of Efpalios and Eratini of the Holy Metropolis of Phocis, after the photo they took with His All-Holiness at his own invitation. With the wishes and…
On Thursday, February 13, the camping excursion of elementary, middle and high school students to Chunchon continued. In the morning the Divine Liturgy was celebrated and all the campers participated and received the Holy Communion after all had confessed the previous evening. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch…
On Monday, 24 February, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia conducted the Sanctification Service (Agiasmos) to mark the beginning of the new year of activities of the Youth Groups of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in New South Wales (NSW GO Youth Fellowships). The service took place, in an atmosphere of spiritual joy and enthusiasm,…