Crete

Five year anniversary of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Five years ago, on June 16, began the writing of ‘a new chapter in the history of the Church’ as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called the meeting of the Local Orthodox Churches that took place on the island of Crete. The Council took place from June 16 to June 26, 2016, at the Orthodox Academy of…

Jun 16, 2021basilica.ro

Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos on the Delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate at the Council of Crete: Well Prepared and Firm on Stand

The website cuvantul-ortodox.ro has recently published the translation of a letter signed by His Eminence Hierotheos Vlachos, Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, on the position and performance of the delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Holy and Great Council of Crete. We render below the text of the letter (see here the…

Aug 19, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Encyclical of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit With a hymn of thanksgiving, we praise and worship God in Trinity, who has enabled us to gather together during the days of the feast of Pentecost here on the island of Crete, which has been sanctified by St. Paul,…

Aug 2, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Reception from the Holy Cathedral Church of Saint Titus

Jun 19, 2016Robert Nicolae

Prayer and hospitality at the Metropolis of Kissamos and Selino, Crete

The participation in the Divine Liturgy of the delegations of the Orthodox Churches in the Holy and Great Council in Crete, at the metropolitan cathedral Annunciation of the Theotokos in Kissamos, followed on the eve of the Pentecost by the commemoration of the departed ones, especially those who worked for the preparation of the Holy…

Jun 18, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

The works of the small Synaxis of the Primates

Jun 17, 2016Robert Nicolae

Delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate that will participate in the Holy and Great Council

During its working session on Tuesday, 7 June 2016, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church approved her delegation, which will participate in the works of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church. We present below the members of the delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church: His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of the…

Jun 8, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu