Recently, an unholy attack has been launched by the Egyptian government against the Holy Monastery of St Catherine in Sinai, which is the oldest Christian monastery in the world. This historic monastery is located at the foot of Mount Horeb, where Moses ascended to receive from God the 10...
From June 14 to 17, 2025, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan made a new pastoral visit to Japan, during which he had many meetings with various local officials for the better organization of the Patriarchal Exarchate. On Sunday, he celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Tokyo, assisted...
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the three-year Memorial service of the late Metropolitan Soterios was celebrated with an All Night Vigil at the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Gapyeong. The All Night Vigil was presided over by Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan, assisted...
From June 11 (Wednesday) to 13 (Friday), the 11th bilateral NCC consultation between Korea and Japan, hosted by the National Council of Churches of Korea(NCCK)and the National Council of Churches of Japan (NCCJ), was held at the at NCCK headquarters under the theme “The Role of the Church as an...
The “most solemn and last feast” of Pentecost in the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea was very special this year due to the event of the ordination of the American-born Christopher Jonker as Deacon at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul by the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of...
On Sunday, June 1, 2025, after the Divine Liturgy and the common Agape Meal, Professor Vassilios Adrahtas from Australia gave a lecture at the Youth Association “Syndesmos” of the parish of St. Nicholas in Seoul on the topic: “One Faith, Many Expressions: Forms of Sainthood in Byzantium”. The very...
On the evening of the Holy Fathers’ Sunday (1.6.2025), an event was held at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul to commemorate the historic 1700th anniversary of the convening of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea (325). The event was attended by members of the NCCK, during which Metropolitan Ambrose...
Prot. No. 335 + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Romeand Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church: May God’s Grace and Peace be with you! We offer a hymn...
On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan presided at the Baptismal Divine Liturgy on the feast of Sts. Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles, with co-celebrants Rev. Fr. Roman Kavchak, protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, and Rev. Fr. Antonios Lim....
With God’s help, the Spring International Food Festival was held again this year with great success in the courtyard of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul. The participation of a large number of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, a wide variety of foods, dips, desserts and cookies from ten...
