Last Saturday, the Metropolitan of Transylvania inaugurated a new kindergarten in Deva, honouring the late bishop Gurie Georgiu. The project initiated by Bishop Gurie was entrusted three years ago to the now Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara, Nestor. The kindergarten was blessed during a service on August 27 attended by Bishop Andrei of Covasna and…

Under the presidency of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate convened for their regular meetings from the 29th to the 30th of August, 2022, for examination of the matters listed in the agenda, on which the appropriate decisions were taken. During the last session, there was…

It was on the 30th of August last year, 2021, when the Mother Church of Constantinople benefacted, once again, its ecclesiastical Province on the fifth continent, with the election of four new assistant Bishops, to support and strengthen the pastoral and administrative work carried out in the Holy Archdiocese of Australia. The election of their…

  † 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 Plenitude of the Church Grace, Peace and Mercy from the Maker of All Creation Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Most reverend brother Hierarchs and beloved children in the…

Canton, OH—Director of the Archdiocesan Center for Family Care, Fr. Alex Goussetis, meets quarterly with group of Metropolis of Pittsburgh clergyman for fellowship that includes continuing education focused on personal development and refining their pastoral identities and roles as parish priests. The groups has been meeting four times a year for the last six years,…

The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia informs the flock of the Mother Church in Scandinavia that will have the blessing of receiving the right hand of the miracle-working and widely revered St. Nectarios of Pentapolis from the Sacred Convent of the Holy Trinity in Aegina. Specifically, the reception of the saint’s right hand…

“The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday a message enttled “Day of Protecting the Natural Environment”, coinciding with the Feast of the Indiction, which marks the commence of the new ecclesiastical year. The message reads: “By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the…

On Sunday, August 15/28, 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, that is, of her Ascension into heaven by her Son, who from His right-hand remains in perpetuity for the sake of the Church and of all humanity, always reaching ” of all those who are in harsh circumstances, in…

On Saturday 14/27 August 2022, on the Forefeast of the Dormition, the service of the Lamentations of the Theotokos – a unique service of the Church of Jerusalem – was held at the Church of the Dormition in Gethsemane, where the Tomb of the Theotokos lies, after an all-night vigil which was officiated by the…