The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, was proclaimed as the “spiritual proprietor” of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, during a ceremony at the Monastery’s synodical hall on Monday. The high distinction was bestowed upon the Ecumenical Patriarch by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Monastery, who cited…

The Transcarpathian monks who inhabited St. Panteleimon’s Monastery in the early 20th century were full of joy and the grace of God, wrote St. Silouan the Athonite in a newly-discovered letter. According to Sergei Shumilo, the Director of the International Institute of the Athonite Legacy, a previously-unknown original letter of St. Silouan, dated April 16,…

he Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholemew I, on Monday officiated at a Trisagion, “Thrice Holy”, service at the grave site of Athonite Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, a disciple of the Elder Joseph the Hesychast. The Ecumenical Patriarch on Monday paid a historic visit to the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on…

Excerpts from the intervention of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Demetrias, Chairman of the Synodal Committee for Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Christian Relations During the Extraordinary Session of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece (12th October 2019) Your Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, Brothers in Christ, The Synodal Committee for Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Christian…

  The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi was the latest destination in the Ecumenical Patriarch’s itinerary on Monday morning, as His All Holiness Bartholomew I continued his official visit to the semi-autonomous monastic community in northern Greece – Orthodoxy’s most important center of monasticism. The Ecumenical Patriarch returned to the Holy and Great Monastery…

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced the entry in the Official Calendar of the Church of the Saints Daniel of Katounakia, Hieronymos of Simonopetra, Joseph the Hesychast and Ephraim of Katounakia. The announcement made the Athonite monks cry and accept this announcement as a great blessing from the Ecumenical Patriarch. This announcement was made on October…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday morning paid a pilgrimage to the cell of the Annunciation (Evangelismos) of the Theotokos, which belongs to the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra, on Mt. Athos. His All Holiness was welcomed by the Elder Prodromos and a delegation of Hieromonks from the Monastery….

  Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholemew I, has announced the canonization of four reposed Athonite Elders, and specifically Daniel Katounakiotis, the founder of Danielaioi brotherhood of Mount Athos, Ieronymos Simonopetritis, Joseph the Hesychast and Ephraim Katounakiotis, during a particularly poignant service in Karyes, the capital of the semi-autonomous monastic community in northern…

The Byzantine Cities Network opens a new way for cooperation through the common Byzantine heritage, away from national and racial divisions and competitions, underlined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the official inauguration of the network at Rotonda in Thessaloniki. Bartholomew characterised the foundation of “Byzantine Thessaloniki” an excellent initiative and an opportunity for the promotion, preservation…