On Saturday, the 30th of March / 12th of April 2025, the Saturday of Lazarus, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the raising of the holy and righteous friend of the Lord, Lazarus, from the dead by our Saviour, per the account of the Evangelist John (John 11:1-46). The Lord, who loved Lazarus dearly, wept…

In the afternoon at 6:00 p.m. on Lazarus Saturday, 30th March / 12th April 2025, the blessing of the palms took place at the Holy Monastery of Bethphage, officiated by His Beatitude, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III. Following the blessing, in accordance with pilgrimage tradition, the Palm Sunday procession was held, beginning…

At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mr. Hakan Fidan, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by Patriarchal Deacon Fr Barnabas, flew to Antalya on Friday, 11 April 2025, to attend the official opening of the 4th Diplomacy Forum, in which many heads of state and government, Ministers, diplomats and other…

Presided over by the Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, the festive Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy were celebrated on Palm Sunday, 13 April 2025, at the chapel of the Theological School of Halki. During the service, the customary prayer for the blessing of the palm branches was also read. Faithful from the island…

Palm Sunday was celebrated with solemnity and spiritual devotion at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy, concelebrated by Their Eminences, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, Metropolitan Irenaios of Myriophyton and Peristasis, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Myra, Metropolitan Theoleptos of Iconium, Metropolitan Ioakeim of Bursa, and Metropolitan Theodoros…

By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia Reverend Fathers,Your Excellencies Honorable Ambassadors of Greece and Cyprus, Honorable Civic and Community Leaders, Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Friends and Benefactors of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia, Today, on Palm Sunday, Christ enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey, and…

Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Behold! The Bridegroom comes to us… In the middle of this night, ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τῆς νυκτός. In the middles of our lives.1 The Bridegroom appears before us – we who are His Bride, the Holy Church, called to be “without stain, wrinkle, or any such thing … holy…

On Sunday April 13, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Orthros and Divine Liturgy of Palm Sunday at Saint Paul Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Hempstead, New York. In his sermon, His Eminence remarked that “in entering the Holy City on a donkey, the Lord shows that the triumph He offers is not one…

On Tuesday, a seven-tonne cross was installed at approximately 130 meters above sea level atop the main dome of Romania’s National Cathedral. “The top engineering moment was elevated by the blessing service officiated by His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești,” said Fr. Nicolae Crîngașu, Patriarchal Counselor coordinating the Department for Church Monuments and Construction at the…