Message of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew On World Oceans Day 2020 On World Oceans Day 2020, we renew our call to the global community to work collectively in addressing the threats to our planet’s oceans, seas and rivers. Since 1995, we have initiated nine inter-religious and inter-disciplinary symposia throughout the world, assembling international scientists…

It is indeed tragic to witness in Boston and in cities throughout America the consequences of injustice, inequality, and hopelessness which have been exacerbated by the horrific killing of George Floyd. For several months we have been battling the dangerous pandemic of the Covid-19 virus and are now confronted with an even more dangerous pandemic…

According to sources of the Orthodoxia News Agency, filming on “Man of God,” a movie on the life and struggles of St. Nektarios of Aegina, is set to begin today. The film by Yelena Popovic focuses on the many persecutions the great saint suffered without ceasing his pastoral ministry, including slander and exile. Filming will…

June 8, 2020 Beloved Faithful in Christ, Greetings and blessings to you and your families in the Name of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ! As we wrote in our pastoral letter for Pentecost, these holiest of days have been difficult and heartrending. We have experienced the unprecedented restrictions on the gathering of our…

An icon of the Old Testament Holy Trinity, donated to the Holy Trinity church in Bansko was consecrated yesterday, Pentecost. The valuable icon was painted by monks from Docheiariou monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where the original of the icon, painted in 1425 by Andrei Rublev is kept. The icon is among the most…

The Russian Orthodox Church official hopes that current museum status of St. Sophia Cathedral won’t be changed and the church won’t be turned in a mosque again. On May 29, when the anniversary of Constantinople fall is celebrated, the Koran was read in St. Sophia. A week after, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the…

The Russian Orthodox Church official urges Russians not to hurry with pilgrimage to abroad shrine, in spite of abolished quarantine restrictions. “I highly recommend and advise our Russian citizens not to go abroad until it becomes entirely safe,” head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion said on air Church and the…

Investigations over the Byzantine flag that was placed on a mosque in Larnaca are ongoing, police said on Monday. Officers are trying to chase up leads over who placed the flag there, the conditions over which it happened and whether a criminal offence was committed. Police spokesman Christos Andreou told the Cyprus News Agency that…

On Monday, May, 26/June 8, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to the Disciples and Apostles who were gathered at the Upper Room of the Holy Zion. This day, the following after Pentecost, is celebrated as a day especially dedicated to the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Holy Trinity,…