† 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 PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY FROM THE MAKER OF ALL CREATION OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST * * * Most reverend brother Hierarchs and beloved children…

The International Meeting of Orthodox Youth ITO 2023 began Thursday evening with an inaugural ceremony in the Park of Roses in Timișoara in western Romania, focusing on man’s friendship with God as the foundation of fellowship between individuals and peoples. Participating in the opening ceremony together with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and Metropolitan Ioan of…

At the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), “we are being given an excellent opportunity to realize the ecumenical dimension of Orthodoxy and its unifying power, but, on the other, for each of us to evaluate the richness of his/her own tradition,” said Metropolitan Joachim of Bursa on Friday in front of the 3,500 participants…

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church was present on Thursday at the inaugural session of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), held in Timișoara, Romania, between August 31 and September 3, 2023. His Beatitude spoke of the theme of the event, which is man’s friendship with God, and of the mission of the…

“We love the place that God gave us and the sacrifices of our ancestors and we must honourably do what is necessary for the decency, stability, security, progress, cultural growth, honour, glory and splendour of our country”. These comments were emphasised, among others, by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in his response to the mayor…

On Sunday 3 September 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint George, Yellow Rock, Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Ieronymos Voultsidis, visited the Ukrainian Parish-Community of Saint Savvas the New of Kalymnos in the suburb of Banksia in Sydney, and also presided over…

In an atmosphere of deep emotion, the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sunday in the Holy Church of Saint Dimitrios in Thessaloniki, in the presence of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece, where the 20th Patronal Feast Day of Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki was celebrated. The events were also met with…

The first Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Pyrgos, Greece. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in the presence of Metropolitan Athanasios II of Ilia and Oleni. It is noteworthy that the Ecumenical Patriarch visited the capital of Elis, Pyrgos, 20 years ago before…

Westfield, New Jersey – On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at the invitation of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey accompanied His All Holiness to the historic Monastery of Panagia Soumela in Trabzon, Turkey for the auspicious occasion of the celebration of the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for the feastday…