This year, for the first time, a camp session for parents together with their children was held from 7 to 9 August 2026 at the camp facilities of the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon, of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan. The parents took part in...
- Aug2026
The First Camp Session for Parents
August 11, 2026
The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior was celebrated with spiritual joy and gladness at the celebrating women’s monastery in Gapyeong over the two days of August 5 and 6, 2026. On the eve of the feast, the monastery’s serving priest, Fr. Antonios Woo, celebrated Great Vespers with the...
The Third Camp Session of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea
August 8, 2026
The third camp session of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea and Exarchate of Japan, for high school students, began on Monday, August 3, 2026, at the camp facilities of the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon. Since most of the campers had already attended in previous years, they settled into...
The Summer Youth Camp Retreat of the “Syndesmos”
August 4, 2026
A particularly blessed camping period began on Friday, July 31, and concluded on Sunday, August 2, 2026, with more than sixty young people, both baptized and catechumens, in the city of Chuncheon. The Scripture lessons, sermons, talks, and discussions were based on the central theme: “The Vision of Holiness.” Special...
The Conclusion of the First Camp Session in Chuncheon, Korea
August 1, 2026
On Friday, July 31, 2026, the first camp session for elementary and middle school students of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea came to an end. On Thursday, July 30, the campers had the opportunity to take part in Vespers and the Sacrament of Holy Confession, and the following morning to...
- Jul2026
By the grace of God, the first summer camp session for elementary and middle school students began operating in Chuncheon on Monday, July 27, 2026. The camp is named “The Vision of Holiness,” and its groups are: “Apostles” (Peter and Paul), “Equal-to-the-Apostles” (Constantine and Helen), “Martyrs” (Demetrios and Catherine), “Child-Martyrs”...
Heaven, Filled with Many Lights: The Church
July 29, 2026
Although the second phase of the iconography of the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the city of Jeonju has not yet been completed, the church already recalls the wonderful hymn of our Church: “Heaven, filled with many lights, has been shown forth as the Church, illuminating all...
News from the Patriarchal Exarchate of Japan
July 25, 2026
On Sunday, July 19, 2026, Metropolitan Ambrose of Korea and Exarch of Japan presided over the Divine Liturgy in Tokyo, concelebrated by the visiting Fr. Bartholomew Ungureanu, of Romanian origin, and Deacon Christopher Jonker. The Liturgy was celebrated in a space provided at St. Alban’s Anglican Church, with the participation...
The Iconography Work at the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju Continues
July 24, 2026
With great zeal and daily labor, the team of iconographers from Greece, together with volunteer assistants from Korea and Taiwan, are continuing into their third week of work on the iconography of the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju. The work is difficult and highly demanding,...
On Friday, July 3, 2026, work resumed on the iconography of the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the city of Jeonju, picking up where it had left off in August 2023, when the dome and the apse of the Holy Sanctuary had been completed. Professor-Iconographer Mr. Sozos...