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...
Last Sunday March 1st, after the Divine Liturgy and the procession of the holy icons at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, the Catechumens preparing for baptism on Saturday of Lazarus (April 4th) were introduced to the faithful before H.E. Metropolitan Ambrosios and received his blessing. They have now passed the...
From February 9 to 19, six members of the youth fellowship (Syndesmos) of the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Seoul undertook a pilgrimage to Mount Athos and visited various cities in Greece, led by Fr. Antonios Lim and Fr. Epiphanios Gregoriatis. On Mount Athos, the group spent six days and...
From February 19 to 22, 2026, Metropolitan Ambroseios of Korea and Exarch of Japan visited Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan, to address the liturgical and pastoral needs of the Orthodox faithful and catechumens. In Okinawa, which is the fifth largest island in Japan, the metropolitan met with the Executive Director of...
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...
