Congressman Darin Lahood Presents United States Congressional Recognition of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On June 24, 2021, Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-18) of Illinois stood before the United States House of Representatives to recognize the historic October 22nd 30th Anniversary of the Elevation of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians throughout the world. Read More

July 21, 2021

2021 Athenagoras Human Rights Award to be Bestowed Upon Three Scientists whose Extraordinary Efforts Led to Covid Vaccines

On Saturday October 30, 2021, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will present the Athenagoras Human Rights Award to three scientists: Dr. Albert Bourla, DVM, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer; Dr. Ugur Sahin, M.D., Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BioNTech; and Dr. George D. Yancopoulos, MD, Ph.D., Founding Scientist, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. They are being honored for their organizations’ efforts in developing Covid-19 vaccines with extraordinary efficiency and rapidity. Read More

June 8, 2021

Message of Ecumenical Patriarchate on Saint George Feastday 2021

We congratulate Your much beloved Eminence and the clergy and laity who surround you, and we greet you with a brotherly kiss and bless you from the depths of our Patriarchal heart, beseeching our God Who is worshipped in Trinity, through the intercessions of His Holy Trophy-Bearer and the prayers of the most sacred Ecumenical Throne, that He might watch over, protect, and sanctify you all, preserving you in His love. Read More

May 3, 2021

Patriarchal Encyclical for Holy Pascha

Having completed the soul-profiting Lent and venerated the Lord’s Passion and Cross, behold today we are rendered participants of His glorious Resurrection, radiant through the feast and crying out with ineffable joy the world-saving announcement: “Christ is Risen!” Read More

April 28, 2021

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Established

At the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Monday, April 5, 2021, Anthony J. Limberakis, MD, National Commander of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Chair of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Board of Trustees offered an enlightening and informative presentation, including the attached PowerPoint slide deck (prepared by Foundation Trustee Aphrodite Skeadas, Communications Chair, and Archon John Mindala), to the Eparchial Synod regarding the establishment and current status of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation. Read More

April 12, 2021

Passing of Nikos Manginas, Official Photographer of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros along with the entirety of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America mourn the untimely passing of Nikos Manginas, the official photographer of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Read More

April 10, 2021

The Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

The Sunday of Orthodoxy was celebrated today, March 21, 2021, in the Holy Cathedral of the First-Throned Church of Constantinople, with all solemnity and according to the centuries-old tradition. Read More

April 1, 2021

Catechetical Homily at the Opening of Holy and Great Lent

"By God’s mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome And Ecumenical Patriarch to the plenitude of the Church, May the grace and peace of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, together with our prayer, blessing and forgiveness be with you all" Read More

March 10, 2021

Now Accepting Online Nominations for the Office of Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

With the blessings of the Exarch His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Order of St. Andrew is now accepting online nominations for the high office of Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Read More

February 22, 2021