On Sunday, 12 January 2025, on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Maximos Kavsokalyvites of Mount Athos, a Holy Vigil took place at the celebrating Monastery of Saint Maximos, located on Mount Papikio, Rhodope, where His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Maroneia and Komotini presided over the feast day services. After the Holy Vigil, a…

On Saturday afternoon, 11 January 2025, the Parish of Saints Constantine and Helen of Giannitsa welcomed with devotion and special honour, the holy Icon of Saint Kallinikos, Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella and Almopia. The Philharmonic Band of the Municipality of Pella and the Association of Friends of Crete “The Minoans” participated in the litany of…

On Monday, 31 December 2024 / 13 January 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Saint Melania the Roman at her Sacred Chapel, located at the Holy Monastery of Megali Panagia, which is attached to the Central Monastery of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church preserves the memory of Saint Melania, who lived in the 4th…

On Saturday, 29th December 2024 / 11th January 2025, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos, received: His Eminence the Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth, accompanied by a twenty-member group of priests from the Holy Metropolis of Nazareth and by the President of the Nazareth Council, Mr Bassim Asfour, to present their best wishes…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened yesterday, 10 January 2025, under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Synod reviewed all matters on its agenda and reached the appropriate decisions. During yesterday’s session, at the proposal of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and in response to a formal request by…

The new Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ankara, Ms. Sibylle Katharina Sorg, visited the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Friday, 10 January 2025, on the occasion of her recent assumption of duties. Ms. Sorg was warmly received by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with whom she had the opportunity to discuss…

On 9 January 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a heartfelt message of support to His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco in response to the devastating wildfires that have impacted his province. In his message, the Ecumenical Patriarch conveyed the sympathy of the Mother Church and his personal solidarity, offering prayers for the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who from the outset of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania’s serious health problem expressed his heartfelt brotherly support, has also sent a letter of sympathy to the hospitalised Archbishop. The Ecumenical Patriarch reiterated his wishes for Archbishop Anastasios of Albania’s speedy and full recovery, hoping for his swift return…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the Divine Liturgy on Saturday, 11 January 2025, officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos. During the service, a memorial was held for the repose of the soul of the late Leonidas Asteris, the former Protopsaltis of the Great Church of Christ. The service was attended…