With the help of God, the Synaxis of the 24 patron saints of the Church in Korea was celebrated this year at the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Gapyeong, where their holy relics are kept, which the ever-memorable Metropolitan Soterios of Pisidia (formerly of Korea) painstakingly...

On Thursday, September 26, 2024, His Eminence Nicholaos, his Counselor Archimandrite Michael Liumis and Mr. George Dimopoulos, Vice President of the Patriarchal Foundation of the Orthodox Mission of the Far East, visited the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), where the Department of Greek Studies operates. At first, His Eminence...

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, Her Excellency Minister of Culture Ms. Lina Mendoni visited the headquarters of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. The Minister was accompanied by the Ambassador of Greece in Seoul, Ms. Aikaterini Lupa, her advisor Ms. Anna Panagiotarea, the Director General of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage Dr....

On the evening of Friday, September 27, 2024, following the Symposium and the farewell dinner, we escorted with feelings of infinite gratitude and heartfelt thanks to His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaos of Messogaia and Lavreotiki and his escorts to the airport for their return to Greece. We thank God for deeming...

On Monday, September 23, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholaos of Messogaia and Lavreotiki, accompanied by his Counselor Archimandrite Michael Lioumis, visited the parish of “The Annunciation of the Theotokos” in Busan and had the opportunity to see the Holy Church and the Children’s Nursery of the Parish. They communicated with...

On Sunday, September 22, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, the Orthors and the Multi-episcopal Divine Liturgy were celebrated on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and the Exarchate of Japan (2004-2024) by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Participating were...

On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the visit to the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon and to the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Gapyeong by His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholaos of Messogaia and Lavreotiki as well as his Chancellor V. Rev. Fr. Michael Lioumis was a particularly great blessing....

On Friday, September 27, 2024, at the Hall of Myeongdong Cathedral, the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment by the Ecumenical Patriarchate (2004-2024), co-organized with the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Korea (CBCK) and the National Council of Churches...

At the invitation and under the chairmanship of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the 10th Assembly of the Venerable Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne, with the participation of the Hierarchs of the Autonomous Churches of Finland and Estonia under his canonical protection, was convened in Constantinople from September 1 to 3. The...

The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea (H.E. Metropolitan Ambrosios Cho Sung-am), together with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK, Presiding H.E. Metropolitan Matthias Rl long-hoon) and the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK, President Rev. Pastor Yoon Chang-seop, General Secretary Rev. Pastor Kim Jong Seng), will hold a symposium...