On December 26–28, 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan visited Okinawa and Tokyo to celebrate the great Feast of the Nativity of Christ. In Okinawa, on Saturday, December 27, the Divine Liturgy for Christmas was celebrated, presided over by His Eminence and concelebrated by Fr....

  My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, The New Year of 2026, which the divine grace and ineffable loving-kindness of God has granted us, let it not be merely another number added to the age of humanity or one more year added to our personal age, but the year...

With particular spiritual joy and in an atmosphere of deep contrition, on Saturday, December 20, 2025—the day on which our Church honored the memory of Saint Ignatius the God-bearer—the baptism of seven new members took place at the headquarters of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan in...

Prot. No. 977Patriarchal 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   Most honorable Brother...

  With feelings of deep gratitude, we wish to thank the Slavophone faithful of our Holy Metropolis, who on Thursday, December 18, 2025, immediately rushed to the aid of our Monastery. Following the intense snowfall that resulted in the isolation of the Monastery, our brothers disregarded the cold and fatigue....

  My most beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, In the magnificent Kontakion of Christmas, the great hymnographer of our Church, Romanos the Melodist (6th century), writes: “For our sake was born a young Child, the God who exists before all ages.” Similar expressions that convey the paradox of the...

  With particular brightness and great joy, the memory of St. Dionysios of Aegina was honored this year in Ulsan on the weekend of December 13–14, 2025. This year’s celebration had special significance, as the parish completed two decades of life and service. The services began on Saturday evening with the Great Festal Vespers and Artoklasia, presided over...

Schedule of Services for Christmas, New Year’s Day, and Epiphany   CHRISTMAS Wednesday 12/24/2025 9:00-10:30 am The Great Hours of Christmas (1st, 3rd, and 6th.) 5:00- 7:30 pm The Great 9th Hour, Vespers of Christmas, Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great   Thursday 12/25/2025 9:00-10:00 am Matins of Christmas...

In the heart of Seoul, where Orthodoxy offers its daily witness of faith, the parish celebrated once again, with particular splendor and reverence, the memory of its patron, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. In the Cathedral of the Korean capital, clergy and faithful gathered to honor the “rule...

From Friday to Sunday, November 28 to November 30, 2025, two major events took place in Nicaea of Bithynia and in Constantinople. First, commemorative events were held on the occasion of the historic 1,700th anniversary of the convocation of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in Bithynia (325 AD). His...