In the afternoon of the First Sunday of the Great Lent, 16 February / 1 March 2026, at 2.30 p.m., the Lenten (Compunctionate) Vespers was celebrated, not in the usual order in the still-closed Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but in the Patriarchal and Monastic Church of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre of Saints…

On Sunday, 16 February / 1 March 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On this day, the Church commemorates and solemnly celebrates the restoration of the venerable holy icons to the sacred Churches, as testimonies and witnesses to the divine Incarnation and the earthly presence of the Son and Word of God, our…

On the Saturday of the First Week of the Fast, 15/28 February 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the miracle of the boiled wheat (kollyva) of the holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro. On this feast the Church commemorates the miracle of the kollyva, namely that Saint Theodore the Tyro appeared in a dream…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided on the evening of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 1 March 2026, from the Parathronion at the Second Lenten Vespers, which was chanted at the Church of Panagia Gorgoepikoos of the Exi Marmara Community in the Hypsomatheia District of Constantinople.    vema.com.au

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided from the Patriarchal Throne on Friday, 27 February, at the Venerable Patriarchal Church during the Service of the First Stanza of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos. Concelebrating in prayer were His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysios of Zakynthos and His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of Buenos Aires, clergy, and Nun…

On the morning of Saturday, 28 February 2026, on the feast of the miracle of Saint Theodore the Recruit performed through the kollyva, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the celebrating Church of Saints Theodore in Vlanga, during which His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided. The Patriarch was welcomed with an address by the Overseer…

On Friday evening, 27 February, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia visited the Parish–Community of Saint Nectarios in Burwood, Sydney, and presided at the Service of the First Stanza of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos. At the conclusion of the service, His Eminence elevated the parish priest, Fr George Liangas to the rank…

NEW DATE THURSDAY 5 MAR 2026 at 19:30 EET The e-Meeting is organized by PEMPTOUSIA and the HRISTOCENTRIC PROJECT (Romania) Interpretation available in Romanian, English, Polish, Russian, Georgian, French, Arabic, and Italian Greek Sign Language Interpretation available You may register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/kL3qudNESpWSbmvbV6AP2Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing…

On the evening of Sunday, 22 February 2026, at the Holy Church of Sts Panteleimon and Paraskevi, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over the Vespers of Forgiveness, marking the commencement of Holy and Great Lent. Joining His Eminence in prayer were His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Cologne and His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis. Numerous…