On the evening of Saturday, 29 November, the Community of Saint Dimitrios of Tatavla (Tataoula), in Constantinople, welcomed His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, who is presently in Constantinople at the fraternal invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Patriarch of Alexandria is taking part—together with His Holiness…

A Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sunday, 30 November 2025, at the Phanar, for the Thronal Feast of the Mother Church of Constantinople, commemorating the founder of the Church in Byzantium, Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle. The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided, concelebrating with His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria. Present also…

November 30, 2025, the Feast of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle, brother of the Apostle Peter and patron of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, was crowned with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George at the Phanar, following yesterday’s Patriarchal Doxology of thanksgiving. In the fullness of the Church’s liturgical life,…

This evening, in the Venerable Patriarchal Church of St. George at the Phanar, a Doxology service brought together His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in a profound manifestation of the “dialogue of love” between the Sister Churches of East and West. In the solemn and luminous atmosphere of the Thronal…

Faithful participating in the pilgrimage “A Journey to Meet the Ecumenical Patriarch & the Pope of Rome” continued their travels in Constantinople with a boat ride along the Bosphorus bound for the important Halki Patriarchal School of Theology. Perched at the summit of the island’s highest hill, the monastery commands sweeping views of the Sea…

On Thursday, 27 November 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico visited the Holy Theological School of Halki. He was accompanied by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Panama, the Greek Ambassador to Panama, and other visitors from the Eparchy. The Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos welcomed the Metropolitan and his distinguished guests. They…

On Wednesday, 27 November, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, departed for Constantinople, at the invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, in order to participate in the celebrations marking the 1700th anniversary of the convening of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea. Before travelling to Nicaea, His…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, responding to an invitation from the President of the Republic of Türkiye, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, arrived a short while ago in Ankara to attend the official welcome ceremony for His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Beştepe Presidential Complex. During this brief Patriarchal visit to the capital city, His…

On Sunday, 16th November 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided during Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Wood Green, North London.Concelebrating with th Archbishop were His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Koloneia, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis, the…