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His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his 78th Birthday

His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates Wednesday his 78th Birthday. The Patriarch was born on February 29, 1940, and in the non-leap years, he is used to celebrating his birthday on February 28. At the invitation of HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel, His Holiness will attend the consecration of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s National…

Feb 28, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

In pictures: Ecumenical Patriarchate celebrates 1175th Sunday of Orthodoxy

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Sunday presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the St George Patriarchal Cathedral at the Phanar in Constantinople, the city where Orthodox hierarchs gathered in a Holy Synod and restored holy icons for the use in services and private devotional life of Christians after a century-long ecclesiastical differences. Bishop Adrian…

Feb 27, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

40 Years since the episcopal consecration of HB Arch. Chrysostomos II of Cyprus

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates on 26 February 2018 his 40th anniversary of episcopal consecration. He was born in Tala village, Paphos. At the age of 10 he lost his father and two years later, after finishing his elementary education, he joined the monastery of Ayios Neophytos in Paphos.…

Feb 26, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Homily on the Opening of Great Lent. ‘Whoever truly loves God also loves one’s neighbour everywhere’

CATECHETICAL HOMILY ON THE OPENING OF HOLY AND GREAT LENT 2018 + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church May the Grace and Peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Together with our Prayer,…

Feb 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Enthronement of first Orthodox abbess in Fiji

The first Orthodox abbess in Fiji, Eldress Melani, was enthroned at the Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Saweni, a monastic settlement under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Metropolis of New Zealand. The enthronement ceremony was led by His Eminence Amphilochius, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of New Zealand. This was a unique event,…

Feb 22, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Oldest Romanian monk on Mt Athos reposes in the Lord aged 95

The oldest Romanian monk of Mount Athos, Elder Gerasimos from Vatopedi’s Colciu Skete, reposed in the Lord Tuesday, February 20, at the age of 95. According to the Athonite tradition, Fr Gerasimos was buried the next day, February 21, 2018. Father Gerasimos, a Romanian by nationality, joined the monastic community of Mount Athos almost 30…

Feb 22, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

HB Theodoros II celebrates his name day

HB Theodoros II celebrates Saturday his name day. Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro is the spiritual protector of the Pope and the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 1954, where he completed his schooling. He is a graduate of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens…

Feb 17, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

The Great Lent Encyclical 2018 | Patriarch of Antioch: The Great Lent is the baptismal font which leads us to resurrection with Christ

By the Grace of God John X Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Antioch To My brothers, the hierarchs and Shepherds of the Holy Church of Antioch My spiritual children throughout the Apostolic See My brethren and beloved spiritual children: It gives me a great pleasure as we are on the Threshold of these holy…

Feb 16, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

12 Years since the enthronement of HB Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece

His Beatitude Hieronymos II celebrates on 16 February his 12th anniversary as Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. His Beatitude Hieronymos II born Ioannis Liapis in Oinofyta, Boeotia, in 1938, is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Athens and holds degrees in Archaeology, Byzantine…

Feb 16, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Ecumenical Patriarch to attend consecration of Romania’s National Cathedral

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will attend the consecration of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s National Cathedral in Bucharest, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania announced at a meeting of the National Church Council at the patriarchal residence on Tuesday. Patriarch Bartholomew was invited personally by Patriarch Daniel during the Holy and Great Council that took…

Feb 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

HB Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates his 13th anniversary of episcopal consecration

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates on 14 February 2018 his 13th anniversary of episcopal consecration. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in…

Feb 14, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu