The Archbishop Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, this week also issued his Christmas message for 2021. Among others, His Eminence touched on the last two difficult years and the pandemic’s severe consequences to humanity saying that: “…Together, we have crested many waves in this prolonged viral pandemic, and we hope that calm waters…

The influential mayor of Constantinople, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Monday hosted a dinner in honor of the heads of Christian denominations in the storied Bosporus Metropolis, with the most ancient and venerable of all Christian Primates, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, seated next to the popular Turkish office-holder. Other guests at…

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week issued his annual Christmas message, beseeching the mighty of the world, as he said, for peace to prevail. His Beatitude’s message read, in part, “…I raise my hands and kneel in the humble manger of the newborn Divine infant, and…

The Greek government on Tuesday appeared to backed down from the prospect, as widely reported this week by local media, of requiring negative rapid tests for entry into indoor public areas, by both unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals in the country. Instead, a strong recommendation was issued for people planning to attend holiday festivities to conduct…

The Church today venerates the memory of Juliana of Nicomedia and her 630 Companion Martyrs. Today is also the feast day of Themistocles, the martyr of Myra.

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+ B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO ALL THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE FROM THE SAVIOR CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM * * * Brother concelebrants and blessed children, Having once again arrived at the splendid…

As I sit and write a few words to you, beloved people of God, I speak to you as a father would speak to children at the waning of a frightening storm, but, at the same time, as a fellow human being, “fearfully and wonderfully made” in the image and likeness of our Creator. Together,…

BY THE GRACE OF GOD POPE AND PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA, THE ENTIRE LAND OF EGYPT AND ALL AFRICA TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE APOSTOLIC AND PATRIARCHAL THRONE OF ALEXANDRIA GRACE AND MERCY AND PEACE FROM OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM   My dear and blessed children, Like every year,…