Ecumenical Patriarch

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Message for Environment Protection Day: The life of the Orthodox Church is applied ecology

In this year’s patriarchal message for the Day of Protection for the Environment, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew noted that ‘the life of the Orthodox Church is applied ecology, a tangible and inviolable respect for the natural environment’. Patriarch Bartholomew cautions that people must understand the world as their home (oikos). ‘The future belongs to righteous justice…

Aug 29, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch to commemorate WWI soldiers at largest military graveyard in Greece

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Thessaloniki on September 29-30 to attend the commemorative manifestations at the largest military graveyard in Greece marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, reports Orthodoxia.info. His Holiness will be in Thessaloniki following the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis. The…

Aug 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch to visit South Korea in December 2018

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit South Korea at the beginning of December to attend the celebrations dedicated to the patronal feast of St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Seoul. The Ecumenical Patriarch’s last visit to Korea was in February 2000, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Orthodox presence in this country. The…

Aug 17, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ordination of Metropolitan Myron of New Zealand at the Phanar

The Very Rev. Archimandrite Myron Ktistakes was ordained Wednesday, July 11, 2018, to the Episcopate during the Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at St George Church at the Phanar. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included Archbishop of Crete Eirinaios of Crete, Metropolitan Joseph of Proikonissos, Metropolitan Kyrillos of Rhodes, Metropolitan Amphilochios…

Jul 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch: “It is reasonable to desire the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in Ukraine”

The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed the Ecumenical Throne’s unabating interest for the healing of the Ukrainian ecclesiastical problem and the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in that country during his address in the Chamber of the Throne, following the 40-day memorial of Metropolitan Evangelos of Perge, which took place on Sunday, July 1,…

Jul 3, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Five-hour talks at the Phanar on the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church

A delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) met Saturday with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at his residence in Constantinople, where they held a five-hour meeting regarding the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church. Four members of the Standing Holy Synod of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) went to the Phanar to discuss the initiatives…

Jun 27, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his name day

His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates Monday, June 11, his patron saint the Holy Apostle Bartholomew. Born Demetrios Archondonis on 29 February 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded by St. Andrew, serving as…

Jun 11, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Ecumenical Patriarch declares Elder Iakovos Tsalikis a Saint in a ceremony in Evia

Thousands of believers from Greece, Australia, Germany and other countries attended the canonization ceremony of Elder Iakovos Tsalikis held on June 2-3, 2018, at St David Monastery in Evia led by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Metropolis of Chalkida organized a series of events occasioned by the official announcement of numbering the former abbot…

Jun 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch gives Keynote Speech at the Opening of the Ecological Symposium in Athens: full text

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Tuesday gave the keynote speech at the opening of the Ecological International Symposium entitled ‘Towards a greener Attica. Preserving the Planet and Protecting its People‘. Please find below the full text of the Ecumenical Patriarch’s keynote address. KEYNOTE ADDRESS by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Opening of the…

Jun 6, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Polish independence centennial celebrated at the new Agia Sophia Orthodox Cathedral

Only three years after the laying of the foundation stone, the first ever Divine Liturgy was celebrated Saturday, May 19, 2018, within the walls of Warsaw’s new Agia Sophia Orthodox Cathedral, marking the centennial of the regaining of Polish independence in 1918. As reported by the website of the Polish Orthodox Church, the Divine Liturgy…

May 30, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Elder Iakovos Tsalikis to be officially declared a saint by Ecumenical Patriarch

The Greek Metropolis of Chalkida, Istaia and Northern Sporades has announced that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens will attend the canonization ceremony that will take place on Evia Island on the Sunday of All Saints, during which Elder Iakovos Tsalikis will be officially declared a saint of the Orthodox Church. Elder Iakovos…

May 10, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu