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On Saturday, September 24th/October 7th, 2023, the feast of the Holy First Martyr and Equal to the Apostles Thekla was celebrated by the Patriarchate. On this feast, the Church remembers that Saint Thekla came from Iconium in Asia Minor and from the age of 18 she followed the Apostle Paul and was taught the Christian…

On the morning of Friday, September 23 / October 6, 2023, the International Commission for Dialogue between the Anglican Community and the Orthodox Church visited the Patriarchate, convened in Jerusalem at the invitation of Mr. Hosam Naoum, Anglican Archbishop,. Jerusalem and St. Georges Cathedral Close’ in Jerusalem from October 5 to 12, 2023. Anglican Churches…

The Israeli government formally declared war and gave the green light for “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack, as the military labored into Monday to crush fighters still in southern towns and intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The toll passed 1,100 dead and thousands wounded on both sides….

On Sunday, 8 October 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the Divine Liturgy which took place at the Church of Saint George in Pyli, Adrianople, to mark the closing of the proceedings of the International Symposium, titled “Constantinople and Mtskheta – Ecclesiastical and Cultural Interactions”. The Symposium was under the auspices of the Ecumenical…

On Sunday, 8 October 2023, the Divine Liturgy took place at the Church of Saint George of the Makrochorion Community and was officiated by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi. After the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, a Sanctification Service (Agiasmos) was conducted to bless the beginning of the new Sunday School year in…

We are deeply grieved by the news coming from the suffering Middle East. We mourn the souls taken during the recent tragic events. May God’s embrace comfort the grieving families. Our thoughts and prayers are particularly with the civilians, who experience painful moments of anguish, terrorized by the eerie sound of the sirens and the…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia regretfully announces the postponement of the pilgrimage trip, which was scheduled to take place during these days in Constantinople, Crete and the Holy Land in Jerusalem, led by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. The postponement of the Pilgrimage was deemed necessary for reasons of safety of its participants, under…

On Sunday 8 October 2023, in Agios Stefanos in Constantinople, (Yeşilköy) in the presence of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the President of Turkey R.T. Erdoğan and the other religious leaders of the country, the inauguration of the first church founded during the period of the Turkish Republic, i.e. after 1923, took place. The…