At the request of the Metropolitan of Mikhailovsky-Košice, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa handed over to Metropolitan Georgios of Mikhailovsky-Košice, Head of the Autocephalous Church of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, a fragment of the relics of the Holy Glorious New Martyrs Gabriel and Kyrmidolis, which were stored in the…

On June 6, 2023, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa welcomed at the Patriarchal Office the representatives of the Autocephalous Church of Poland, Professors Jerzy Ostapczuk and Jersy Betlejko, who participated in the sitting of the International Joint Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches….

In a testament to the ongoing commitment towards fostering religious harmony and cultivating peaceful coexistence, H.E. Maulen Ashimbayev, the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, led a distinguished delegation consisting of Ministers, parliamentarians, and…

Monday, May 23/June 5, 2023, was celebrated as the Monday of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Holy Trinity, especially on the hill of the Holy Zion, because it was on this hill that the Holy Spirit descended upon the holy disciples and apostles in the form of fiery tongues. In honour and…

The Patriarchate celebrated Monday, May 23/June 5, 2023, according to the divinely inspired book of Pentecost, as Monday of the Holy Spirit. It was honoured as a day of dedication especially to the Holy Spirit, because of His great work enlightening the Holy Glorious Apostles. The Holy Spirit, “God and deifying”, “fire divided into different…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the need to promote cooperation and unity among Christians in his speech, who presided over the Divine Liturgy, which was held on the Monday of the Holy Spirit, June 5, 2023, at the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Community of Stavrodromi. The Ecumenical Patriarch pointed out the following:…

The great feast of Pentecost is a feast of fire. The whole story which we read in the Acts of the Apostles centers around fire. We see the fire of the Holy Spirit here being creative and transformative: the Disciples are transformed into Apostles; their tongues are, in a sense, recreated so that they can…

On Sunday, May 22nd/ June 4th, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated Pentecost Sunday, that is, the fifty-day completion since the Ascension of the Lord and the day of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. On this day, according to the book of the Acts of the Apostles (Chap. 2), the Lord, who was gloriously taken up…

Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi Mount Athos and English speaking faithful Pemptousia would like to invite you to join us for a Digital Fellowship on Saturday 10th June 2023 at 07:30 PM Athens time (05:30 pm UK Time) (12:30 PM EST) The talk will be in Greek with…