January 6, 2026 ”Your Excellencies, Representative of His Excellency President Mahmoud Abbas, Representative of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, Your Beatitudes, Eminences, and members of the revered clergy, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Honoured guests who have gathered in Bethlehem from across the world,   Glory to God in the highest, and on…

On the afternoon of Monday, 23rd December 2025 / 5th January 2026, at the Patriarchal and Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, following Vespers, the Sacrament of the Holy Unction was celebrated, as a preparation for the Feast of the Nativity of Christ. In accordance with the rite of the Church, the Sacrament of…

The great Feast of Theophany was celebrated with due splendour at the headquarters of the Holy Metropolis of Italy. Following the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Saint George of the Greeks, the sacred Service of the Blessing of the Waters was celebrated, with the casting of the Holy Cross into the canal from the…

The feast day of Theophany, 6 January 2026, began in the capital with a solemn Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria. Before the service, he told journalists that Epiphany is “one of the greatest Christian feasts and a day that carries deep spiritual meaning for believers.” He added: “There is no…

Theophany is one of the greatest feasts of Christianity, commemorating the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the River Jordan by Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist. In Alexandria, the festive atmosphere of the Feast of Lights, conceptually synonymous with Theophany, has always inspired feelings of optimism, joy, and hope among the Orthodox faithful of the…

The Minister of National Economy and Finance of Greece, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, represented the Greek government at the festive celebrations of Theophany at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Mr Pierrakakis attended the Divine Liturgy, concelebrated by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, as well as the Blessing of the…

Mount Athos will celebrate the great Despotic feast of Christmas according to the old calendar. On Tuesday, January 6, at 9 p.m., the radio station of the Holy Mountain will broadcast live the Holy Vigil of Christmas from the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi on Mount Athos.   Listen Live Here

On the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, 22 December 2025 / 4 January 2026, the customary Memorial Service for the Holy Sepulchre Fathers was celebrated, according to tradition, in the Catholikon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, following the Divine Liturgy served therein, at which His Eminence Archbishop Theodosios of Sebaste presided. The…

The coming year has been proclaimed “Year of Patriarch Bartholomew” in the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the illustrious Patriarchate of the venerable Primate of Orthodoxy, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Throughout 2026, a wide range of events will be organised across Australia in honour of the Ecumenical…