Prot. No. 169 CATECHETICAL HOMILY ON THE OPENING OF HOLY AND GREAT LENT X 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 and Peace of our Lord...
The great Feast of Christmas was celebrated with brilliance and with the participation of numerous Orthodox faithful in all the Parishes and sacred Monasteries of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. According to the program, on Friday 22/12, the reading of the Christmas Great Hours took place. On Sunday afternoon, 24/12,...
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...
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...
With the grace of God, we celebrated this year the feast of St. Dionysios in his homonymous Church in the city of Ulsan. On Saturday, December 16th, His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea officiated the Great Vespers with Artoklasia, assisted by Athonite Hieromonk Theologos Chrysanthakopoulos, and Deacon Johan Park,...
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:...
On Monday, December 11, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea participated in the General Assembly of the Faith and Order Committee, which took place at the Roman Catholic(Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea). The same event, last year, took place at the headquarters of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. In his speech, Metropolitan...
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...
