New Year’s Message 2018

My beloved, We now enter another New Year, which is a precious gift from God to the world, and we wish and hope it will be a peaceful one.  In particular, those who have suffered recently and are still suffering from local wars and terrorist attacks have only one desire: to...

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PATRIARCHAL PROCLAMATION FOR CHRISTMAS

Bartholomew By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Mercy and Peace from the Savior Christ Born in Bethlehem * * *     Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, dear children,   By the grace of God, we are once...

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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2017

My beloved, The redemptive message of the great and joyful Feast of Christmas, which we have been deemed worthy to celebrate again this year, through God’s ineffable love and benevolence, could be summed up in a simple phrase: “God loves you personally.” John, the Evangelist of love, has told us:...

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Saint Nicholas Feast Day in Seoul

The Feast day of Saint Nicholas in Seoul was celebrated with great splendor from December 3 to 6 of this year. On Sunday, December 3, the festive program began with the transferring of St. Nicholas Icon and his holy Relics to the center of the Cathedral and it was followed...

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2017 ST. NICHOLAS FEAST SCHEDULE

  Sunday, 3 Dec. Pre-feast of St. Nicholas Begins Tuesday, 5 Dec. 5:30pm          Great Vespers & Icon Procession for St. Nicholas, Artoclasia 6:45pm          Divine Liturgy 8:00pm          Community Dinner Wednesday, 6 Dec. 9:00am           Matins Prayer Service 10:00am        Divine Liturgy 12:00pm        Feast Day Community Lunch

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