Holy Cross Church, Damascus, June 24, 2025 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen. Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Let us worship His Resurrection on the third day. Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences, Reverend Fathers, Beloved ones, I have set aside the word…

Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has just received the Ecumenical Award of the Catholic Academy of Bavaria “in recognition of his contribution to the Ecumenical Dialogue, that is, the effort to bring Christian Churches closer together.” At the ceremony in Munich on June 6, 2025, Bishop Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, President…

Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate In the presence of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the newly built Chapel dedicated to Saint Sophrony the Athonite, founder of the Monastery of Saint John the Baptist in Essex, was consecrated in Maldon, England on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Presiding over this solemn and joyful event was His Eminence…

The ongoing tragedy of human existence and the relentless violence in the Middle East has reached into our own community. On June 22, 2025, during Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias (Mar Elias), on the outskirts of Damascus, a suicide bomber opened fire before detonating an explosive vest, killing at…

His Beatitude John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received numerous condolences calls regarding the martyrs of St. Elias Church – Douweila, Damascus. The callers expressed their heartfelt sympathy and solidarity with the Patriarchate of Antioch in this profound tragedy. Among those who extended condolences were: – President of the…

“With the saints and through our prayers, as mentioned by their Beatitudes, Holinesses, Bishops, and all the Fathers—and with you—may the Lord heal all. May He heal all those afflicted, all the sick who are here in the hospitals. Dearly beloved, tomorrow at one o’clock in the afternoon, we wish to inform you that the…

Following the tragedy that took place yesterday, His Beatitude John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, held a prayer service at St. Elias Church in Douweila. He was joined in prayer by Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Karim of the Syriac Orthodox Church and Patriarch Youssef Absi of the Melkite Greek…

“Whoever believes in Me, even though he dies, shall live.” The Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox Church sadly mourns its martyred children who ascended at the altar of martyrdom following the terrorist bombing at St. Elias Church. The memorial service for their souls will be held on Tuesday, June…

On this day when our Antiochian Church commemorates All the Saints of Antioch, the treacherous hand of evil struck this evening, claiming our lives, along with the lives of our loved ones who fell today as martyrs during the evening Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Prophet Elias in Dweilaa, Damascus. According to the…