His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, following a kind invitation from the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor of Cardiology Mr Gerasimos Siasos, accepted to participate in the establishment of the Association of Alumni and Friends of NKUA. His All-Holiness signed the relevant founding Act on Holy Tuesday, 7 April, at the…

† 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 ENTIRE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH: GRACE, PEACE, AND MERCY FROM CHRIST, RISEN IN GLORY * * * Most honourable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, Having arrived,…

With sentiments of ecclesiastical solidarity, the Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia announces the generous donation of the former iconostasis, the Bishop’s Throne, and the chanters’ stands from the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm to the Parish of the Holy Glorious New Martyr George of Ioannina in Roskilde, Denmark, which until now lacked these…

Monday, April 6, 2026 Dearly Beloved Brothers & Sisters in Christ, Tonight our Church gathers for one of the most moving services of Holy Week – the Bridegroom Matins. In this service we sing a hymn that begins, “Behold, the Bridegroom comes at midnight, and blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching; but…

The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia announces a lecture entitled “The Dynamics of Prayer in the Modern Age,” to be delivered by the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Esphigmenou on Mount Athos, the Very Reverend Archimandrite Fr. Bartholomew. The event will take place on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026, at the Saint George…

On Palm Sunday, 5 April, His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon presided at the service of Matins and officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Metropolitan Church of Saint Euphemia in Chalcedon. Among those in attendance were Consul Mr Theophilos Georgakis, many faithful from Constantinople and the surrounding area, as well as a…

On Saturday, April 4, 2026, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered a keynote address at the “HERITAGE ISTANBUL” meeting, dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the city’s cultural heritage. Speaking in Turkish, the Patriarch emphasised that the future of any society is closely linked to how it preserves its memory. He noted that societies…

The community of Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Corona, New York welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Sunday, April 5, for Orthros and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of Palm Sunday. Celebrating alongside His Eminence was Proistamenos the V. Rev. Arch. Chrysostom Panos. For the Transfiguration community, the occasion carried special significance, as this…

On Saturday, 4 April 2026, a large number of catechumens was received into the Orthodox Church during a deeply moving service led by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. The ceremony took place at the Church of the Twelve Apostles on the Saturday of Lazarus, marking a moment of profound joy and…