On Cheesefare Sunday, 17 March 2024, in the afternoon, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the 1st Lenten Vespers (Vespers of Forgiveness), at the Venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George. At the end of the Vespers, the Hierarchs who were present, along with the Fathers of the Patriarchal court, clergy, monastics, Archons of the…

On 16 March 2024, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa held an official visit with a delegation of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) consisting of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and his distinguished associates. The purpose of the visit was to provide the Patriarch with comprehensive details about…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea presided at the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helene on Cheesefare Sunday the 17th of March 2024. In His sermon, His Grace wished the parishioners a blessed and salvific Lent and then went on…

In a particularly reverent atmosphere, in the presence of a multitude of clergy and a multitude of devout believers, the first Lenten Vespers of Holy and Great Lent took place on the afternoon of Cheesefare Sunday, 17 March 2024, at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in Sydney. The traditionally named “Vespers of…

On Cheesefare Sunday, 17 March 2024, the forty-day Memorial Service of the Late Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne Father Nicolaos Bozikis was held at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in Sydney. The memorial service was presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, who previously presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy,…

Shortly before his departure from Sofia, in a special Hall of the city’s International Airport, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met and had an extensive discussion with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Mr. Nikolai Denkov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms. Mariya Gabriel. His Holiness was farewelled warmly by the Ambassadors of Turkey and…

The Sunday of Forgiveness, the Divine Liturgy at Holy Resurrection Cathedral – Jinja was celebrated by the Vicar General, Fr Chrysostom Koolya, assisted by Hierodeacon Moses Ssekubunga. The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam’s exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not…

BOCA RATON, FL – After the fruitful deliberations of the Holy Eparchial Synod, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh, and His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos celebrated the Divine Liturgy for Cheesefare Sunday at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton, FL on Sunday, March 17,…

+ BARTHOLOMEW BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH ALL Most honorable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, The grace of our God…