On the morning of Great Wednesday, 26 March / 8 April 2026, the last Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts before Easter was celebrated at the Patriarchate. For this Liturgy, His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, went to the Patriarchal and monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, and presided from…

THEOPHILOS III By the mercy of God, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine, to all the fullness of the Church, grace and mercy and peace from the All-Holy and Life-giving Tomb of the Risen Christ. “Rejoice, O peoples, and be glad; an angel sat upon the stone of the tomb; he…

On Holy Wednesday, 8 April, in the afternoon, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, attended in prayer during the celebration of the Holy Sacrament of Holy Unction. Also present in prayer were His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Myra, Ambassador Mr Konstantinos Koutras, Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, and a large number of faithful. On the…

The community of Kimisis tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn, New York welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on the evening of Tuesday, April 7, for the Orthros of Great and Holy Wednesday, the Third Bridegroom Service. Celebrating alongside His Eminence was Proistamenos the V. Rev. Arch. Damaskinos V. Ganas. In his homily,…

The Holy Fire from Jerusalem will be brought to Romania on a special flight on Holy Saturday, following an agreement secured with the support of Romanian and Israeli authorities. Archimandrite Ioan Meiu, representative of the Romanian Patriarchate to the Holy Land, said the Romanian delegation had received the necessary approvals to transport the Holy Fire….

On Palm Sunday, 5 April 2026, at the Church of the Holy Trinity and St Luke in Birmingham, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided at Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating with His Eminence was the Revd Protopresbyter Christos Stefanou, while the Revd Archdeacon George Tsourous and Deacon Catalin Constantis…

7 апреля 2026 года, по окончании Божественной литургии в Благовещенском соборе, в Патриарших покоях в Кремле состоялась встреча Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла с губернатором Краснодарского края Вениамином Ивановичем Кондратьевым. Приветствуя Предстоятеля Русской Православной Церкви, губернатор Краснодарского края поздравил Святейшего Владыку с праздником Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы. «Ваше Святейшество, хочу поздравить Вас с одним…

On the weekend of March 28 and 29, 2026, the 23rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, organized by the Japan Association for Byzantine Studies at Waseda University. His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan was invited as the keynote speaker, presenting on the topic: “Byzantine Icons from an…

With great solemnity and festal splendour, The Great Feast of Palm Sunday was celebrated on 5 April at the Church of the Holy Archangels in the Daher district of Cairo, presided over by His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria. Concelebrating with the Patriarch were His Eminence Metropolitan Nikodimos of Memphis, Patriarchal Vicar…