Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the need to promote cooperation and unity among Christians in his speech, who presided over the Divine Liturgy, which was held on the Monday of the Holy Spirit, June 5, 2023, at the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Community of Stavrodromi. The Ecumenical Patriarch pointed out the following:…

The great feast of Pentecost is a feast of fire. The whole story which we read in the Acts of the Apostles centers around fire. We see the fire of the Holy Spirit here being creative and transformative: the Disciples are transformed into Apostles; their tongues are, in a sense, recreated so that they can…

On Sunday, May 22nd/ June 4th, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated Pentecost Sunday, that is, the fifty-day completion since the Ascension of the Lord and the day of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. On this day, according to the book of the Acts of the Apostles (Chap. 2), the Lord, who was gloriously taken up…

Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi Mount Athos and English speaking faithful Pemptousia would like to invite you to join us for a Digital Fellowship on Saturday 10th June 2023 at 07:30 PM Athens time (05:30 pm UK Time) (12:30 PM EST) The talk will be in Greek with…

At the Holy Chapel which is named after the Holy Trinity, of the Theological School of Halki, on Monday of the Holy Spirit, 5 June 2023, the festive Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy took place, presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi, president of the Ephorate of the Monastery of the Holy…

With ecclesiastical splendour and with the participation of pilgrims from Greece, The Sunday of Pentecost was celebrated in Bursa. A group of members and friends of the Evros Cappadocian Association, under the leadership of its President, Mr. Fanis Isaakidis, who also leads the Panhellenic Union of Cappadocian Associations, in the context of their visit to…

The Holy Church of the Wisdom of God in Adelaide was the last stop of the pastoral visit of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia in the “city of churches”. Six months after the historic day of the official Opening of the Church (November 27, 2022), His Eminence returned, full of emotion, to the new…

On Saturday, 3 June 2023, in Adelaide, a preliminary meeting was held by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope with the Board of Directors of the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA). This meeting, as pointed out in an GOCSA press release, was preceded by a forum…

This year, the feast of the Holy Spirit was celebrated with the appropriate splendour in the celebrating Church of the Holy Trinity of Stavrodromi in Constantinople. The Festive Divine Liturgy was presided over by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with the presence of His Eminence Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius, President of the Council of…