The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday welcomed the President of the Republic of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, to the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Phanar district see. His All Holiness expressed joy over the visit of the head of state of the Adriatic country, reminding of recent visits to the Mother Church of…

The Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxous and the Diapontian Islands, His Eminence Nektarios, continues to face legal proceedings for allegedly violating state-imposed measures to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Metropolitan Nektarios was fully acquitted by a first instance court on the island, yet the state’s prosecutor filed an appeal, something possible under Greek law,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria.

Today, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a decision rejecting the Patriarchate’s latest attempts to annul the ruling issued against it in July 2017, through which the radical Israeli organisation, Ateret Cohanim, succeeded in expropriating the properties of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem at Jaffa Gate (Bab Al-Khalil) in Jerusalem, and this decision comes despite…

Visit of Chief of The Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros, to The Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Jerusalem-Patriarchate

On 7th June 2022, nearly 50 individuals attended the daily vesper service in the Archdiocesan Chapel of the Annunciation as part of the Learning and Living the Liturgy Orthodox Theology and Christian Culture Lecture Series established by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain in 2020. This gathering was the fourth hybrid (in-person…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has extended his blessing to all students taking national exams in Romania. “Exams are good opportunities for evaluation and intellectual maturation in a competitive society, but also necessary steps to cultivate spiritual and cultural values that increase the capacity for dialogue and communication between people,” the Patriarch of Romania encouraged students…

The Ecumenical Patriarch welcomed today, Wednesday, June 8, 2022, the President of the Republic of Montenegro Milo Đukanović at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The meeting was also attended by Metropolitan Elder of Chalkidona Emmanuel. The President of Montenegro was welcomed by the Great Protosyncellus Theodoros, head of the Patriarchal Court, and accompanied him to the Patriarchal…

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