By the grace of God, this year’s celebration of the Holy Passion and the Resurrection of our Lord took place in much better conditions than last year. In all the parishes of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, the Holy Services were performed according to the Typikon, in compliance with all...
+ B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH: MAY THE GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY OF CHRIST RISEN IN GLORY BE WITH YOU ALL * * * Having completed the soul-profiting...
On Saturday April 24th, Lazarus Resurrection day, the following Catechumen: Michaela Shin Jin-ah, Ephremia Moon Jeong-hwa, Slavophone faithful Alexandros, American Michael Blais, and Philip Choi became members of our Korean Orthodox Church through the Holy Sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation. May God always be with them so that they can...
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The word that dominates the “feast of feasts,” and which fully encompasses its deeper meaning is the word Resurrection! Resurrection, is, the Christian word par excellence. It is the word whose meaning, prior to Christ, was completely incomprehensible and used to provoke ironic comments, just...
4/25 Palm Sunday 08:45 Matins & Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 13:30 Service of the Bridegroom. 4/26 Holy Monday 18:00 Service of the Bridegroom 4/27 Holy Tuesday 09:00 Pre-sanctified Divine Liturgy 18:00 Service of the Bridegroom 4/28 Holy Wednesday 09:00 Pre-sanctified Divine Liturgy 19:00 Holy Unction 4/29 Holy Thursday...
An Appeal for Democracy and Peace in Myanmar On Behalf of the Korean Church An appeal to Korean Church and Society: “We Sincerely Ask for Your Prayers and Solidarity for the Democratization of Myanmar.”
Prot. No. 200 BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH YOU ALL * * * Most honorable brothers and blessed...
From the Fall of Adam and Eve and their exile from Paradise until the coming of the Messiah, Christ’s incarnation and saving actions in history, innumerable centuries passed. All this time, it seemed as if God had abandoned humanity to our tragic, unredeemed fate. Yet, this is not true. God...
My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The year 2020, to which we just said goodbye, was a year of deep crisis that judged our love, patience and humanity. The crisis has tested people’s resilience in terms of health, economics, education, unemployment and social as well as psychological problems....
Glory to God who has made you our unsleeping intercessor! We thank God for the blessing to again celebrate the great feast of Saint Dionysios of Aegina, the patron saint of our Orthodox community in Ulsan. Through Saint Dionysios’s continual prayers, our dear Metropolitan Ambrosios and Deacon Yohan were able...
