On September 8, 2026, an icon of Christ (104 × 70 × 3.5 cm) arrived from Mount Athos as a gift to our Church in Korea. It is the work of the Holy Cell of St. Nicholas Bourazeris. On Sunday, September 20, 2026, before the Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy,...
On Saturday, September 5, 2026, the Holy Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Busan celebrated the Sacrament of Marriage, uniting Alexandros Pengenika and Soteria Han, daughter of Fr. Alexandros Han and Presvytera Patapia Yoon. The Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of Japan, Ambrosios, celebrated the Sacrament with the...
Prot. No. 668 † B A R T H O L O M E W BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE–NEW ROMEAND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH GRACE, PEACE, AND MERCYUNTO THE ENTIRE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCHFROM THE FASHIONER OF ALL CREATION OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST ...
The Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Jeonju celebrated the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos with Great Vespers, a procession, and the Artoklasia on Saturday August 15th. On Sunday the 16th, Metropolitan Ambrose and Fr. Hilarion Jeong presided together over the Feast Orthros, the Divine Liturgy, and a...
This year, for the first time, a camp session for parents together with their children was held from 7 to 9 August 2026 at the camp facilities of the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon, of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan. The parents took part in...
The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior was celebrated with spiritual joy and gladness at the celebrating women’s monastery in Gapyeong over the two days of August 5 and 6, 2026. On the eve of the feast, the monastery’s serving priest, Fr. Antonios Woo, celebrated Great Vespers with the...
The third camp session of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan, for high school students, began on Monday, August 3, 2026, at the camp facilities of the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon. Since most of the campers had already attended in previous years, they settled into...
A particularly blessed camping period began on Friday, July 31, and concluded on Sunday, August 2, 2026, with more than sixty young people, both baptized and catechumens, in the city of Chuncheon. The Scripture lessons, sermons, talks, and discussions were based on the central theme: “The Vision of Holiness.” Special...
On Friday, July 31, 2026, the first camp session for elementary and middle school students of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea came to an end. On Thursday, July 30, the campers had the opportunity to take part in Vespers and the Sacrament of Holy Confession, and the following morning to...
By the grace of God, the first summer camp session for elementary and middle school students began operating in Chuncheon on Monday, July 27, 2026. The camp is named “The Vision of Holiness,” and its groups are: “Apostles” (Peter and Paul), “Equal-to-the-Apostles” (Constantine and Helen), “Martyrs” (Demetrios and Catherine), “Child-Martyrs”...
