The Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the First-Called, Patron Saint of Romania and autumnal patronal feast of the National Cathedral, was celebrated on Sunday through a solemn spiritual program held at the new Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. A day of liturgical celebration The celebration began at dawn with the services of Midnight Office, Matins,…

On Saturday, the 16th/29th of November 2025, the Patriarchate celebrated, together with the feast of the holy apostle and Evangelist Matthew, the feast of the holy Hieromartyr Philoumenos the Holy Sepulchre Father. During this feast, the Church of Jerusalem commemorates that Saint Philoumenos was from his youth a Holy Sepulchre Father cleric, serving in various…

At midday on Saturday, Pope Leo XIV arrived at the Ecumenical Patriarchate on his first apostolic journey since his election, in a visit of historic and high symbolic significance regarding the unity of the Christian world and peace amid the fratricidal conflicts afflicting various parts of the planet. The Pope was welcomed at the entrance…

On the evening of Saturday, 29 November, the Community of Saint Dimitrios of Tatavla (Tataoula), in Constantinople, welcomed His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, who is presently in Constantinople at the fraternal invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Patriarch of Alexandria is taking part—together with His Holiness…

A Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sunday, 30 November 2025, at the Phanar, for the Thronal Feast of the Mother Church of Constantinople, commemorating the founder of the Church in Byzantium, Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle. The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided, concelebrating with His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria. Present also…

November 30, 2025, the Feast of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle, brother of the Apostle Peter and patron of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, was crowned with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George at the Phanar, following yesterday’s Patriarchal Doxology of thanksgiving. In the fullness of the Church’s liturgical life,…

This evening, in the Venerable Patriarchal Church of St. George at the Phanar, a Doxology service brought together His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in a profound manifestation of the “dialogue of love” between the Sister Churches of East and West. In the solemn and luminous atmosphere of the Thronal…

Faithful participating in the pilgrimage “A Journey to Meet the Ecumenical Patriarch & the Pope of Rome” continued their travels in Constantinople with a boat ride along the Bosphorus bound for the important Halki Patriarchal School of Theology. Perched at the summit of the island’s highest hill, the monastery commands sweeping views of the Sea…

On Thursday, 27 November 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico visited the Holy Theological School of Halki. He was accompanied by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Panama, the Greek Ambassador to Panama, and other visitors from the Eparchy. The Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos welcomed the Metropolitan and his distinguished guests. They…