The Lord’s Resurrection was celebrated in Imbros in an reverent atmosphere In a joyful, but also strongly emotionally charged atmosphere, the Glorious Resurrection of the Lord was celebrated in the Aegean island of Imbros. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at midnight on Great and Holy Saturday of the Resurrection Service in the courtyard of…

Beloved in Christ, Today we gather in the deep silence of this Sabbath of Sabbaths, in which the Lord rests in His Divine Flesh within the Tomb. Now is the time when we keep watch, in eager expectation of the triumph to come. As the special Χερουβικόν we chant today says: Σιγησάτω πᾶσα σάρξ βροτεία,…

My Beloved Christians, Tonight, our holy Epitaphios Service is an invitation to join in the procession of the countless Christians who have come before us – across all the generations, in the Burial of our Lord Jesus Christ. In the retinue of the Kouvouklion, we all participate in the funeral cortege of our Lord Jesus…

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We have arrived at this moment – a very painful moment in Holy Week, when we behold with our eyes, and we hear with our ears, the dire effects of hatred, envy, greed, and every kind of sin. We behold the Lord, in the Service we call Ἀποκαθήλωσις, the…

In a festive atmosphere, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain officiated at the Service of the Resurrection and celebrated the Paschal Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Andrew Kentish Town in London. His Eminence was joined by the Very Reverend Archimandrite Chrysostomos Michaelides, the Reverend Oeconomos Fr Kristian Akselberg, Priest-in-Charge, the…

The Life-Bearing Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was commemorated with appropriate magnificence in the Greek Orthodox Communities of the English Midlands. His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene visited the Communities of Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham during the Holy Week. On Holy Saturday morning, he led the Divine Liturgy at the Church…

    en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info

On Holy Wednesday afternoon, March 30/ April 12, 2023, at the Holy Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, after the service of the Small Compline, the sacrament of the Holy Unction was officiated by His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, with the participation of six High Priests according to the Typikon. The…

In his Easter message, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel asked for more care for vulnerable people, especially the poor and sick persons. He also remembered that the Resurrection of Christ filled every created thing with its ultimate meaning. “The Feast of Holy Pascha illuminates the whole life of the Church and of every Christian,” underlined the…