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...
In the heart of Seoul, where Orthodoxy offers its daily witness of faith, the parish celebrated once again, with particular splendor and reverence, the memory of its patron, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. In the Cathedral of the Korean capital, clergy and faithful gathered to honor the “rule...
From Friday to Sunday, November 28 to November 30, 2025, two major events took place in Nicaea of Bithynia and in Constantinople. First, commemorative events were held on the occasion of the historic 1,700th anniversary of the convocation of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in Bithynia (325 AD). His...
In an atmosphere of deep devotion and spiritual jubilation, the memory of the First-Called Apostle Andrew was honored again this year at his namesake Holy Monastery in Yanggu. The faithful, including catechumens, had the special blessing of traveling there to participate in the Holy Vigil, which was presided over by...
From Saturday to Monday (8-10/11/2025), a group of volunteers from Korea, Russia and Greece, members of the parish of the Cathedral Church of Saint Nicholas in Seoul, visited the men’s Holy Monastery of Saint Andrew in Yanggu. They worked diligently in preparation for the upcoming feast of Saint Andrew the...
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Professor Seo Won-Mo, along with his students from the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, visited the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Seoul as part of an educational program introducing the Orthodox Church, titled “Orthodox Day.” In his sermon during the Divine Liturgy, Metropolitan Ambrosios of...
