ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΟΙΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΟΙΣ - 2022
Ἑορτάζει σήμερον ἡ Ἁγία Ἐκκλησία τήν κατά σάρκα Γέννησιν τοῦ προαιωνίου Υἱοῦ καί Λόγου τοῦ Θεοῦ, τό «ξένον καί παράδοξον» μυστήριον, τό «ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπό τῶν αἰώνων καί τῶν γενεῶν» (Κολ. α’, 26). Ἐν Χριστῷ ἀποκαλύπτεται ὁριστικῶς ἡ ἀλήθεια περί τοῦ Θεοῦ καί περί τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ὡς θεολογικώτατα ἐξηγεῖ ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας: «Ἄνθρωποι μέν κατά φύσιν ἡμεῖς, αὐτός δέ εἰς τό παρά φύσιν διά φιλανθρωπίαν καταδραμών, γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος. Read More
December 25, 2022
The 11th Academic Consultation Between Judaism And Orthodox Christianity
The 11th Academic Consultation between Judaism and Orthodox Christianity took place December 4-6, 2022, in Vienna, Austria. The theme was “Jewish-Orthodox Christian Dialogue: Navigating Our Relations to the World and to Each Other.” The Consultation was co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC). Read More
December 9, 2022
New Saint Canonized in Constantinople
A new saint has been recognized by the Orthodox Church. In a Wednesday August 31, 2022 ceremony at the Patriarchal Church of St. George Read More
September 1, 2022
Patriarchal Encyclical for the Feast of the Indication 2022
Ἱερώτατοι ἀδελφοί Ἀρχιερεῖς καί τέκνα ἐν Κυρίῳ ἀγαπητά, Εἰσερχόμενοι σήμερον, εὐλογίᾳ Θεοῦ, εἰς τό νέον ἐκκλησιαστικόν ἔτος, τιμῶμεν κατά τήν ἑορτήν ταύτην τῆς Ἰνδίκτου τήν «Ἡμέραν προστασίας τοῦ φυσικοῦ περιβάλλοντος» καί ἀναπέμπομεν δοξολογικάς καί εὐχαριστηρίους εὐχάς πρός τόν Κτίστην τῶν ἁπάντων διά τό «μέγα δῶρον τῆς δημιουργίας». Read More
August 30, 2022
Halki Summit V Underway in Constantinople
Yesterday, June 8, marked the start of the fifth Halki Summit conference in Constantinople. This year’s theme is “Sustaining the Future of the Planet Together: the Prophetic Ministry of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,” and is sponsored in part by generous grants from Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the CR Florence Foundation. Read More
June 9, 2022
ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΕΠΙ Τῼ ΑΓΙΩι ΠΑΣΧΑ2022
Διατρέξαντες τόν δόλιχον τῶν ἀσκητικῶν ἀγώνων τῆς Ἁγίας καί Μεγάλης Τεσσαρακοστῆς καί βιώσαντες ἐν κατανύξει τά σεπτά Πάθη τοῦ Κυρίου, ἔμπλεοι νῦν τοῦ ἀϊδίου φωτός τῆς λαμπροφόρου Αὐτοῦ Ἐγέρσεως, ὑμνοῦμεν καί δοξολογοῦμεν τό ὑπερουράνιον ὄνομα Αὐτοῦ, ἀναβοῶντες τό κοσμοχαρμόσυνον «Χριστός Ἀνέστη!». Read More
April 20, 2022
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
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
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
Εκδότης Αντικειμένων
Rev. Dr. George Parsenios Resigns as Dean of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
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Remarks For the National Philoptochos Board Affirmation of Office
Archbishop Elpidophoros Offers Affirmation of Office to St. Michael's Home Board
Archbishop Elpidophoros Welcomes Metropolitan Antonios of Zahle to GOARCH
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made his official visit to the United States from October 23-November 3, 2021. Learn more about his visit in the following pages.
