ΛΟΓΟΣ ΚΑΤΗΧΗΤΗΡΙΟΣ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΝΑΡΞΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΑΚΟΣΤΗΣ

Τιμιώτατοι ἀδελφοί καί προσφιλέστατα τέκνα ἐν Κυρίῳ, Δοξάζομεν τόν ἐν Τριάδι Θεόν, τόν ἀγαγόντα ἡμᾶς ἐν Ἐκκλησίᾳ καί πάλιν εἰς τήν πάνσεπτον καί εὐλογημένην περίοδον τῆς Ἁγίας καί Μεγάλης Τεσσαρακοστῆς, εἰς τό στάδιον τῆς σωματικῆς καί πνευματικῆς γυμνασίας καί τῶν ἀσκητικῶν ἀγώνων, διά νά προετοιμασθῶμεν χριστοπρεπῶς καί νά πορευθῶμεν ἐν ταπεινώσει πρός τήν Ἁγίαν καί Μεγάλην Ἑβδομάδα καί τήν ζωηφόρον Ἀνάστασιν τοῦ Κυρίου. Read More

March 4, 2022

Ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης καταδικάζει την απρόκλητη Ρωσική εισβολή στην Ουκρανία και συμπαρίσταται στον σκληρά δοκιμαζόμενο Ουκρανικό λαό

Shocked by the invasion of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the territory of Ukraine this morning, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew telephoned His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphanios, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, expressing his deep sorrow at this blatant violation of any notion of international law and legality, as well as his support to the Ukrainian people struggling “for God and country” and to the families of innocent victims. Read More

February 24, 2022

Επιστολή διαμαρτυρίας του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου προς τον Υπουργό Πολιτισμού και Τουρισμού της Τουρκίας για την προσβολή της Μονής Σουμελά

His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a letter of protest to His Excellency Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Turkish Republic, regarding the sacrilege of the Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Panaghia Soumela of Trabzon... Read More

February 8, 2022

ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΟΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝ

Φθάσαντες καί πάλιν εἰς τήν πάμφωτον ἑορτήν τῆς κατά σάρκα Γεννήσεως τοῦ ἐπισκεψαμένου ἡμᾶς ἐξ ὕψους Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ, δοξάζομεν ἐν ψαλμοῖς καί ὕμνοις τό ὑπερουράνιον ὄνομα Αὐτοῦ. Ἡ Ἐνανθρώπησις τοῦ προαιωνίου Λόγου τοῦ Θεοῦ εἶναι «τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν τὸ κεφάλαιον», τό ὑπέρλογον «ἀεὶ μυστήριον» τῆς θεανθρωπίνης κοινωνίας. Ὁ Θεός, ὡς λέγει μέ ὑπέροχον τρόπον ὁ Ἅγιος Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, «ὡς φιλάνθρωπος ἐκ τῆς ἀνθρώπου οὐσίας ἀληθῶς ἄνθρωπος γεγονώς, τὸν τοῦ πῶς ἄνθρωπος γέγονε τρόπον μένει διὰ παντὸς ἔχων ἀνέκφαντον· ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον γὰρ γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος» Read More

December 21, 2021

Announcement of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

It is announced that the scheduled visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States of America will take place from October 23 to November 3, within the framework of health and safety measures due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read More

September 16, 2021

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Signs Joint Environmental Statement with Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby of Canterbury

For the first time, the leaders of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Communion have jointly warned of the urgency of environmental sustainability, its impact on poverty, and the importance of global cooperation. Read More

September 7, 2021

Indiction and Synaxis at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

On September 1, 2021, Heirarchs from around the world gathered at the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the Divine Liturgy celebrating the Indiction and the Ecclesiastical New Year as well as the Synaxis of the Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne. Read More

September 2, 2021

Encyclical of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the Feast of Indiction and First Day of the Ecclesiastical Year and the Day of Environmental Protection, 2021

Ἡ ἑορτή τῆς Ἰνδίκτου, ἡ ἐπίσημος ἡμέρα προσευχῶν διά τό φυσικόν περι-βάλλον, εὑρίσκει καί ἐφέτος τήν ἀνθρωπότητα ἀντιμέτωπον μέ ἔντονα καιρικά φαινόμενα λόγῳ τῆς προϊούσης κλιματικῆς ἀλλαγῆς, καταστροφικάς πλημμύρας καί πυρκαϊάς εἰς ὅλον τόν πλανήτην, καθώς καί μέ τήν πανδημίαν τοῦ κορωνοϊοῦ καί τάς κοινωνικάς καί οἰκονομικάς ἐπιπτώσεις της. Read More

August 30, 2021

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Interview With ukrinform.ua

His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople - New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch will arrive in Ukraine tonight. This is his third visit to our country. His Holiness visited Odessa in September 1997 and Kyiv in July 2008, but this visit is special in that it is the first since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine received autocephaly and coincides with the 30th anniversary of our independence. Read More

August 21, 2021