The Hon. Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, today sent our Holy Metropolis formal greetings to celebrate both St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle and the Patronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Premier’s thoughtful message acknowledges the importance of today’s feast day for the “vibrant Orthodox Christian community” in the province. The Premier…

Moscow, Interfax – The activities of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople are increasingly taking on a political nature, making him a factor of international destabilization in the Black Sea region, the Moscow Patriarchate said. “In the Russian society, among religious people, there exists categorical non-acceptance of Fener’s actions. These are seen as encroaching on the unity…

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople is sorely misinformed about events in Ukraine and about the desires of the Ukrainian people, Sergei Gavrilov, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, commented after meeting with the Patriarch and members of the Holy Synod in Constantinople. As Gavrilov told RIA-Novosti, Pat. Bartholomew believes the “unification council” that will…

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople ended its session on Thursday, November 29, 2018. As the Patriarchate previously announced it would, the date for the “unification council,” whereby a new church will be created in Ukraine, was reportedly set during this session. According to a report from the Greek portal orthodoxia.info, the council…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Patriarch Daniel of Romania on Friday concelebrated the Divine Liturgy for the first patronal feast of the newly-consecrated National Cathedral dedicated to Saint Andrew the First Called. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included several hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Patriarchal homily In his homily delivered after…

Although Saint John Jacob chose to live in the desert of Hozeva, almost 3,000 km far away from his homeland Romania, a particle of his holy relics will be enshrined in the National Cathedral and that is not accidental. A fragment of St John Jacob the New Chosebite’s holy relics and the epitrachelion he wore…

On 29 November 2018, at the Dormition Convent of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, located near the city of Tartus, Syria, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great Antioch and All the East met with Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchal Throne of Antioch. During…

On Thursday, Nov. 29, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine was officially welcomed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Tronos Byzantine Choir chanted the polychronion for the two Orthodox Patriarchs.  ‘Welcome to our country and our Church,’ Patriarch Daniel said addressing the…

The Holy and Sacred Synod convened under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness for its regular sessions from Tuesday, November 27, to Thursday, November 29, 2018, the Ecumenical Patriarchate reports. During its sessions, it examined all of the items on the agenda, upon which the appropriate decisions were made, including the following: a. Upon the recommendation…