His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on the evening of Saturday, 31 January, attended and blessed the Annual Synaxis of the Brotherhood of the Archons of the Holy Great Church of Christ, “Panagia Pammakaristos,” which, on the occasion of the Patriarchal visit, was held in Thessaloniki for the first time. In his address, His All-Holiness referred…

On 1 February 2026, the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Wisdom of God (Hagia Sophia) in Thessaloniki. Present at the service were fellow Hierarchs, Archons of the Holy Great Church of Christ, Mr Nikolaos Androulakis,…

On Thursday, 16th/29th January 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Veneration of the Honourable Chain of the Apostle Peter at the Holy Monastery of Saint Nicodemus, the nocturnal disciple of the Lord—also known, according to tradition, as “of the Lentil”—situated by the Praetorium near the Via Dolorosa. On this feast, the Church commemorates…

On the morning of Sunday, 1 February, on the feast of Saint Martyr Tryphon, the Patriarchal Commissioner, His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Selyvria, presided at the Divine Service at the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, located near the Byzantine Gate of Belgrade in Constantinople. Following the Dismissal, the Patriarchal Commissioner blessed the kollyva…

“Personally, having you as my supporters, I have nothing to fear,” stated His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, commenting on the statement issued by the Brotherhood of the Archons of the Ecumenical Throne, in which they condemn as “unprecedented attacks,” “insults,” and “falsehoods” the claims made against His All-Holiness in the recent announcement of the Foreign…

A special promise that he had publicly made, when he first visited the beautiful village of Koromilia of Domokos, to the then very elderly Archpriest Fr. Konstantinos Zachos, was fulfilled in the most festive and moving manner by His Eminence Metropolitan Symeon of Phthiotis. He had promised Fr. Konstantinos longevity and that, when he reached…

Referring to the martyric and soteriological character of the Mother Church and to her enduring journey through the centuries, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke during his presiding on Sunday morning, at the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Church of the Holy Wisdom of God in Thessaloniki. His All-Holiness highlighted the Church’s great spiritual…

On Thursday morning, 29 January, His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos; Ms Mary Lioni, Deputy Regional Governor of the Regional Unit of Rethymno; Mr Georgios Marinakis, Mayor of Rethymno; and Archimandrite Theologos Papalevyzakis, Abbot’s Councillor of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Arkadi, visited the Presidential Palace, where they were received by…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, arrived in Panama City late on Monday, 26 January 2026, where he received a warm official and ecclesiastical welcome from Church leaders, government representatives, diplomats, and members of the Greek community. On Tuesday, an official Doxology was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of…