My dearest Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The famous ancient tragic poet Euripides once said, “A bad beginning brings also a bad end.” Similarly, the great philosopher Aristotle taught that, “Well begun is half done.” Therefore, if we wish the New Year 2025, which has just arrived with the grace and charity of...
+ 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 hierarchs and blessed children in the...
The feast of Saint Dionysios, Archbishop of Aegina from Zakynthos, was celebrated on the weekend of 14 and 15 December 2024 in his holy church in Ulsan. On Saturday Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan and Fr. Yohan Park, celebrated the Great Vespers with the Artoklasia. A sermon...
My beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, It is well known that God “bowed the heavens and came down” (Psalm 18:9) in Bethlehem of Judea, some 2024 years ago. The Son and Word of God, that is, Jesus Christ, “came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy...
CHRISTMAS Tuesday 12/24/2024 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 Wednesday 12/25/2024 9:00-10:00 am Matins of Christmas 10:00-11:30 am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 12:00-1:30 pm Christmas...
On Saturday, December 7, 2024, a group of fifteen Slavophone believers visited the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Gapyeong in order to work on cleaning the church and the exterior of the church from falling tree leaves. They also cleaned the area around the tomb of...
Amidst the fear and anxiety for the political stability of our country, we celebrated on Thursday and Friday, December 5 and 6, 2024, the feast of the holy and glorious St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, at the sacred Cathedral in Seoul. On the eve of the...
On Thursday, November 22, 2025, the new President of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK), Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan, held a press conference at the Metropolis headquarters in Seoul. In the presence of a large number of media, the Metropolitan answered a wide range...
On Monday 18 November 2024, at the 73rd General Assembly of the National Council of Churches of Korea (NCCK), at the Ewha Womans University, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan was elected President. In his first speech, the Metropolitan, immediately after his election, addressed the audience with the following...
On Sunday, November 17, 2024, after an agape lunch, the Syndesmos Youth members of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul decorated the trees in the cathedral yard with light bulbs. Additionally, they swept up fallen leaves in late fall and kept the area around the church clean, consolidating the meaning of...
