On Holy Wednesday, 8 April, in the afternoon, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, attended in prayer during the celebration of the Holy Sacrament of Holy Unction. Also present in prayer were His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Myra, Ambassador Mr Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, and a large number of faithful. On the…

The community of Kimisis tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn, New York welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on the evening of Tuesday, April 7, for the Orthros of Great and Holy Wednesday, the Third Bridegroom Service. Celebrating alongside His Eminence was Proistamenos the V. Rev. Arch. Damaskinos V. Ganas. In his homily,…

The Holy Fire from Jerusalem will be brought to Romania on a special flight on Holy Saturday, following an agreement secured with the support of Romanian and Israeli authorities. Archimandrite Ioan Meiu, representative of the Romanian Patriarchate to the Holy Land, said the Romanian delegation had received the necessary approvals to transport the Holy Fire….

On Palm Sunday, 5 April 2026, at the Church of the Holy Trinity and St Luke in Birmingham, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided at Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating with His Eminence was the Revd Protopresbyter Christos Stefanou, while the Revd Archdeacon George Tsourous and Deacon Catalin Constantis…

7 апреля 2026 года, по окончании Божественной литургии в Благовещенском соборе, в Патриарших покоях в Кремле состоялась встреча Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла с губернатором Краснодарского края Вениамином Ивановичем Кондратьевым. Приветствуя Предстоятеля Русской Православной Церкви, губернатор Краснодарского края поздравил Святейшего Владыку с праздником Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы. «Ваше Святейшество, хочу поздравить Вас с одним…

On the weekend of March 28 and 29, 2026, the 23rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, organized by the Japan Association for Byzantine Studies at Waseda University. His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan was invited as the keynote speaker, presenting on the topic: “Byzantine Icons from an…

With great solemnity and festal splendour, The Great Feast of Palm Sunday was celebrated on 5 April at the Church of the Holy Archangels in the Daher district of Cairo, presided over by His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria. Concelebrating with the Patriarch were His Eminence Metropolitan Nikodimos of Memphis, Patriarchal Vicar…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, following a kind invitation from the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor of Cardiology Mr Gerasimos Siasos, accepted to participate in the establishment of the Association of Alumni and Friends of NKUA. His All-Holiness signed the relevant founding Act on Holy Tuesday, 7 April, at the…

† B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE ENTIRE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH: GRACE, PEACE, AND MERCY FROM CHRIST, RISEN IN GLORY * * * Most honourable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, Having arrived,…