On Wednesday January 17/30, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Righteous Father Anthony the Great at the chapel dedicated to him at the north aisle of the Church of St. Nikolaos, on the west side of the Patriarchate. The Church celebrates St. Anthony as the great ascetic of Egypt who lived from 251…

We discussed all the issues that are on the agenda of the Orthodox Church – we have not arrived here because we have any problem in relations with the Church of Georgia, – Metropolitan Emmanuel, representative of the World Patriarchate, said after the meeting held in the Patriarchate of Georgia. “The main purpose of all…

We discussed many details. The most important thing is that we clearly saw their constructive approach towards our church, – Metropolitan Shio told reporters after the meeting with the World Patriarchate’s delegation. Metropolitan Shio thanked the members of the delegation for their approach. “It was a very important meeting. . . . They said they…

On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, the Feast Day of St. Photios the Great, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is set to meet with Alexis Tsipras, the Prime Minister of Greece, at the famed Theological School of Halki, which was forcibly closed down by Turkish authorities in 1971. On the island of…

Archimandrite Ephraim, the Superior Abbot of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos is hospitalized in a clinic in Kiev, Ukraine after having suffered a heart attack, on Friday noon. Elder Efraim is in Ukraine as a delegation member of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, to participate in the enthronement of “Metropolitan” Epiphany Dumenko in Kiev this Sunday, February…

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed support for Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians and said he hopes he can visit that country again and pray with its people. “Apostle Paul said very good words in his epistle to Thessalonians: brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings. […] I would like to say…

On 31 January 2019, after the meeting with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia answered several questions from journalists. – Your Beatitude, I would like to ask you the most burning question – about the ecclesiastical situation in Ukraine. I…

On 31 January 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. Representing the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting were also Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow…

Protocol No. 06/19 January 30, 2019 Feast of the Three Hierarchs and Greek Letters Day To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools,…