Official Documents of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church: The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today Fasting is a divine commandment (Gen 2:16-17). According to Basil the Great, fasting is…
To the Orthodox people and to all people of good will To God, “the Father of mercies and all comfort,” we address a hymn of thanksgiving and praise for having enabled us to gather during…
Following a short time, the closing session of the Holy and Great Council concluded. On this occasion, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a word of gratitude. His Holiness thanked all the Primates of Autocephalous…
During the opening session of the Holy and Great Council held Monday, 20 June 2016, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, addressed a word in which he stressed out the importance of synodality and respecting…
Your All-Holiness, Your Holinesses, Eminences, Excellences, Reverend Brothers Priests, Brothers and Sisters participants of the Holy and Great Council, God the Almighty, One in the Holy Trinity, has blessed us to gather today, after long…
(June 20, 2016) Once, tongues were confused for daring to build a tower; now, tongues are infused with the glory of divine knowledge. There, God condemned the impious for their sin; here, Christ enlightened the…