Ecumenical Patriach

Patriarch of Romania Participates in Events Marking the Name Day of the Ecumenical Patriarch

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, travelled on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, to the island of Imbros (Gökçeada), Turkey, to take part in the liturgical events dedicated to the name day of His Holiness Bartholomew I and to the 35th anniversary of his election as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The anniversary celebrations…

Jun 10, 2026Ștefana Totorcea

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew about the Great Lent: Blessed period of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a catechetical homily for the beginning of the Great Lent, which His Sanctity said was a “blessed period of fasting and repentance, of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord, as He comes to His voluntary passion, in order to reach the veneration of His splendid Resurrection”. The Ecumenical Patriarch reminded…

Mar 3, 2025Ștefana Totorcea

International Day for Preventing Exploitation of Environment in War: Every war is a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe

Monday marks the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, observed yearly on November 6. The environment has often been a victim of war. Water sources have been polluted, crops burned, forests cut down, soils poisoned and animals killed. Last year, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I mentioned the devastating…

Nov 6, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Now is the time of personal and social responsibility, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew says

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a pastoral message on Wednesday “as a result of the global threat posed by the pandemic of the new coronavirus”, in which he stressed that “now is the time of personal and social responsibility”, a real opportunity to change for the better, in the direction of love and solidarity. His Holiness…

Mar 19, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Seven new martyrs of Kastoria canonized by Patriarchate of Constantinople

At the proposal of His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople resolved to canonized seven New Martyrs of Kastoria last week. “With great emotion, I would like to convey to all Christians residing in the historic and Byzantine Kastoria the decision of the…

Oct 10, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Consecration ceremony of Romania National Cathedral by Patriarchs of Constantinople, Romania

Sunday morning, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania officiated the consecration ceremony of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest. The idea to build the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral was launched right after Romania gained its state independence in 1877 but became reality 130 years later during the stewardship of…

Nov 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu