On the evening of the Eve of the Feast of St. Basil the Great and the New Year, 31st December 2024 / 13th January 2025, the cutting ceremony of the Vasilopita took place in the Patriarchal Hall of the Patriarchate. Present at the ceremony were the representative of the Greek Consulate General in Jerusalem, Mrs…

A Hungarian delegation for the Aid of Persecuted Christians visited on Monday, 13 January, the headquarters of the Jerusalem Patriarchate meeting His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III. His Excellency Mr. Tristan Azbej, Hungarian State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the ‘Hungary Helps’ Program, met with His Beatitude the Patriarch of the Holy City…

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…