“We have found the Truth” My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Before the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, people all over the world were seekers of Truth. Humanity’s driving question, whether consciously or unconsciously, had always been about the Truth. And, of course, pre-Christian civilizations...
Prot. No. 773 PATRIARCHAL 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 * * *...
This year again, through the intercessions of St. Dionysios, Archbishop of Aegina, the celebration of his Feast day was held at our church of St. Dionysios in Ulsan with the participation of several Faithful and Catechumen. All sanitary measures against the pandemic were carefully observed. The celebration was presided over...
CHRISTMAS Friday 12/24/2021 9:00-10:30 am Reading of the Great Hours 5:00- 7:30 pm 9th Hour, Great Vespers and St. Basil’s Divine Liturgy Saturday 12/25/2021 8:45-10:00 am Christmas Matins 10:00-11:30 am St. John Chrysostom’s Divine Liturgy NEW YEAR’S...
On Sunday, November 28, 2021, the pre-festive celebrations of the St. Nicholas feast began with the transferring and placement of the Holy Icon of St. Nicholas and his holy Relics in the center of the Church. On the morning of the eve of the feast, December 5, before the Dismissal...
On Sunday night, December 5, the presentation and first screening of the online Exhibition of the artifacts of the Korean Orthodox Metropolis took place in the Hall of the Missionary Center in Seoul. In his short greeting, the Metropolitan of Korea stated the following: The idea of the Exhibition started...
On Saturday, November 27, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, Fr. Roman Kavchak offered a memorial prayer for the souls of all those who fell asleep during the famine in Ukraine, the well-known Holodomor tragedy (1932-1933). The event was attended by dignitaries from the Ukrainian Embassy in Seoul along with...
On Saturday, October 16 at 3 p.m. the Sacrament of marriage between Andreas Chamalis and Eleni Cho Hye-won was performed at St. Nicholas Cathedral. Andreas Hamalis was born into a priestly family in Neos Skopos, Serres, and grew up in the Church. Eleni Cho Hye-won was born into a Korean...
A joint message for the protection of creation
October 3 is a public holiday in Korea because the founding of Gojoseon, which is the first state of the Korean nation is celebrated. Every year on this day the Korean Orthodox Metropolis celebrated the memory of the twenty-four patron Saints of the Korean Church, whose holy relics are kept...
