On Friday morning, 13 October 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, successively received, at his accommodation in Athens, the Minister of the Interior, Ms. Niki Kerameos, and Minister of Culture, Ms. Lina Mendoni, as well as the Member of Parliament for Boeotia, Mr. Eleftherios Ktistakis. Afterwards, the Ecumenical Patriarch visited the Headquarters of the Association…

On Saturday, 14 October 2023, at midday, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in the capital of Spain, Madrid, the headquarters of the Holy Metropolis of Spain and Portugal, where he began his four-day official visit. At the Barajas International Airport, His All-Holiness was welcomed by the local Shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Vissarion, joined also…

On Thursday morning, 12 October 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew paid a formal visit to the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Greece, Mr. Çağatay Erciyes, who hosted a breakfast in honour of the Ecumenical Patriarch. He then went to the First Cemetery of Athens where he performed a Trisagion for the late…

Your Grace, Bishop Theofan of Philomelion, Dear Brother in the Lord, Your Eminence Concelebrant in the Holy Spirit, Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy, Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today is a Day of spiritual sweetness, tinged with the memory your former Metropolitan, as we enthrone His Grace, Bishop Theofan of Philomelion, as the new…

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I rejoice to worship with you today in this Magnificent Temple, which you have raised up to the glorification of our Holy God! In just the past few weeks, I have had the privilege to preside at the consecration of two equally beautiful Temples, enshrining Sacred Relics of your…

Your Grace, Bishop Theofan of Philomelion, Your Eminence and Your Grace(s), Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy, Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   We have come from the Installation of your Bishop, His Grace Theofan of Philomelion, to this Agape Meal a feast of Christian love and reflection. The love of the Albanian Diocese for its…

In the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and representatives of almost all Orthodox Churches, the opening of the International Scientific Conference of the Journal “Theologia” of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece was held on Wednesday 11 October 2023. The Conference on…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece on 11 October 2023, at the Archdiocese of Athens. In addition to the Ecumenical Patriarch, Primates and Representatives of foreign Churches arrived in Athens on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th October 2023, in order to take part in the…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met privately with His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, on Thursday afternoon, 12 October 2023, at the Hotel in Athens at which His All-Holiness is staying. Both Church Primates are guests of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece at the International Symposium on the occasion of the 100…