This year as well, before the great feast of the radiant Resurrection of our Lord, on Lazarus Saturday or Holy Saturday, a number of catechumens...

Prot. No. 279 † B A R T H O L O M E W BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW...

Most beloved brothers and sisters, Our all-good Lord has deemed us worthy this year as well to celebrate the great feast of the Orthodox Church,...

On the weekend of March 28 and 29, 2026, the 23rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan, organized by the Japan Association...

From March 27 to 31, 2026, HE Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan conducted a pastoral visit to the cities of Tokyo and...

From March 6 to 23, with the blessing of His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the canonical permission of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of...

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF KOREA AND EXARCHATE OF JAPANSt. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul  Schedule for Holy Week and Pascha 2026 Palm Sunday, April 58:45-11:30...

          For those who are interested but have not yet applied, we are extending the application period for the Byzantine Iconography...

  on the occasion of the celebration of the 1400th anniversary of the solemn chanting of the Akathist Hymn while standing for the deliverance of...

Last Sunday March 1st,  after the Divine Liturgy and the procession of the holy icons at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, the Catechumens preparing for...

From February 19 to 22, 2026, Metropolitan Ambroseios of Korea and Exarch of Japan visited Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan, to address the liturgical and pastoral...

The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan organizes a seminar on Byzantine Iconography under the guidance of the Greek professor and iconographer Mr....

  + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church May the grace and peace of...

With the cloudy sky of Korea, the snowy city of Seoul and the thermometer ranging between -15 to -17 degrees Celsius, the camp officials began...

The period of the forty-day fast before Christmas, the preparation of our brothers and sisters being readied for holy baptism, the baptisms before the feast...

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...

  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,...

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...

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...

  With feelings of deep gratitude, we wish to thank the Slavophone faithful of our Holy Metropolis, who on Thursday, December 18, 2025, immediately rushed...