On January 7 and 8, 2023, Metropolitan Demetrios of France visited the parish of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Marseille. On Saturday afternoon, 7 January, he blessed the Vasilopita of the Greek Union of Marseille, in the presence of the Mayor of the local District, the President of the Greek Union of Marseille, Mr….

On Tuesday, January 3, 2023, the marble Holy Altar and the wood-carved (Polyeleos) Chandelier for the new Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos was transported by a container from Greece to the city of Jeonju. The Priest of the church Fr. Hilarion Jeong with members of the parish, men and women and young people,…

On Sunday, January 1, 2023, during the Divine Liturgy of the Feasts of the Circumcision of the Lord and of St. Basil the Great, the Sacrament of the Ordination of Deacon Yohan Park to the Priesthood was celebrated in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, by the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of Japan…

On December 17, 2022 (Sat), the sacrament of baptism and chrismation of Logan Alexander Leeder, Dael Paul Leeder, and Nara Leeder (father and two children) was held by Father Hilarion Jeong in the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Jeonju. It was a more meaningful and blessed baptism ceremony as it was the first sacrament…

Christmas was celebrated in Doha, Qatar, with ecclesiastical splendour and solemnity. On Saturday, December 11th/24th, 2022, in the evening, the Vespers and Matins began and then the Divine Liturgy were held in Arabic and English. On the morning of Sunday, December 12/25, 2022, Matins and the Divine Liturgy were held in the Greek, Arabic and…

On Monday, December 27, 2022/January 9, 2023, the visits of the Christian Churches of Jerusalem took place on the occasion of our Christmas Feast. First, the Patriarchate was visited by the Fraternity of the Franciscans under its Abbot Custos, Father Francisco Paton, who congratulated our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilo on the Christmas Feast…

On Monday, December 27, 2022/January 9, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen in the Holy Monastery named after him, at the place of his stoning in Gethsemane, at the beginning of the Brook of Cedars. During this holiday, the Church remembers the narrative of the Acts (Acts…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is currently participating in the regularly scheduled session of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Holy and Sacred Synod for the month of January (10-12). Upon the conclusion of this synodal session — under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew — the very first meeting of the Mixed Commission on…

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