Holy and Great Council

Message of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

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 the week of Pentecost (18-26 June 2016) on Crete, where the Apostle Paul and his disciple Titus preached the Gospel…

Jun 26, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

Orthodox Primates Concelebrated at the End of the Holy and Great Council

Jun 26, 2016Robert Nicolae

Closing session of the Holy and Great Council. Ecumenical Patriarch: “Together we wrote history!”

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 Orthodox Churches who participated in the proceedings, stressing out that “the grace and illumination of the Holy Spirit, which constitutes…

Jun 25, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Closing session of the Holy and Great Council

Jun 25, 2016Robert Nicolae

The Orthodox Primates, Honorary Members of the Academy of Crete

Jun 24, 2016Robert Nicolae

The Inaugural Session of the Holy and Great Council

Jun 20, 2016Robert Nicolae

Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland: Address at the Opening Session of the Holy and Great Council

 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 hours of work and many preparations, at this beautiful island of sunny Greece – Crete in order to begin, by…

Jun 20, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

Opening Address of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Inaugural Session of the Holy and Great Council

 (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 fishermen with the Spirit. Then, discord was created for the sake of punishment; today, concord is established for the salvation…

Jun 20, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

Pentecost Patriarchal Concelebration at St Menas Cathedral in Heraklion

Jun 19, 2016Robert Nicolae

Reception from the Holy Cathedral Church of Saint Titus

Jun 19, 2016Robert Nicolae

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Official address at the arrival of the Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches – Holy Cathedral of the Holy Apostle Titus

Response by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Chairman of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, to His Eminence Archbishop Irenaios of Crete, President of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete, on the Occasion of the Arrival of the Ecumenical Patriarch and Their Beatitudes the Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous…

Jun 18, 2016Gheorghe Anghel