Prot. No. 279 † B A R T H O L O M E W BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE ENTIRE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH: GRACE, PEACE, AND MERCY FROM CHRIST, RISEN IN GLORY * * * Most honourable...
Most beloved brothers and sisters, Our all-good Lord has deemed us worthy this year as well to celebrate the great feast of the Orthodox Church, “the Feast of feasts and the Festival above every festival,” the luminous and holy Pascha. Pascha is truly the greatest and most joyful feast of...
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF KOREA AND EXARCHATE OF JAPANSt. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul Schedule for Holy Week and Pascha 2026 Palm Sunday, April 58:45-11:30 am: Orthros and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 1:30 pm: Service of the «Bridegroom» Holy Monday, April 66 pm: Service of the «Bridegroom» Holy...
on the occasion of the celebration of the 1400th anniversary of the solemn chanting of the Akathist Hymn while standing for the deliverance of the Queen of Cities from the siege of the Avars and the Persians Prot. No. 265 ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s...
With the cloudy sky of Korea, the snowy city of Seoul and the thermometer ranging between -15 to -17 degrees Celsius, the camp officials began to welcome elementary, middle, and high school students to the Camp facilities in the city of Chuncheon. During the few days of the winter School...
The period of the forty-day fast before Christmas, the preparation of our brothers and sisters being readied for holy baptism, the baptisms before the feast of Christmas and Theophany, the sacred Services of the Royal Hours for Christmas and Theophany, the participation of the faithful in the Sacrament of Holy...
On December 26–28, 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan visited Okinawa and Tokyo to celebrate the great Feast of the Nativity of Christ. In Okinawa, on Saturday, December 27, the Divine Liturgy for Christmas was celebrated, presided over by His Eminence and concelebrated by Fr....
With particular spiritual joy and in an atmosphere of deep contrition, on Saturday, December 20, 2025—the day on which our Church honored the memory of Saint Ignatius the God-bearer—the baptism of seven new members took place at the headquarters of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan in...
Prot. No. 977Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch to All the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Mercy and Peace from the Savior Christ Born in Bethlehem Most honorable Brother...
My most beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, In the magnificent Kontakion of Christmas, the great hymnographer of our Church, Romanos the Melodist (6th century), writes: “For our sake was born a young Child, the God who exists before all ages.” Similar expressions that convey the paradox of the...
