Schedule of Services for Christmas, New Year’s Day, and Epiphany – St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul CHRISTMAS Friday 12/23/2022 9:00-10:30 am Reading of Christmas Great Hours 5:00- 5:30 pm The Great 9th Hour Saturday 12/24/2022 9:00-10:00 am Matins before Christmas 10:00-11:30 am ...
- Dec2022
The six-month Memorial Service of the Metropolitan of Pisidia, formerly of Korea, Soterios, in Korea
December 13, 2022
On the Sunday of the Forefathers (11.12.2022), after the end of the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, a Memorial Service was held on the completion of six months since the passing away of the blessed Metropolitan of Pisidia, formerly of Korea, Soterios. Before the Memorial...
The Celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas in Seoul
December 9, 2022
With lots of joy and spiritual cheerfulness, the feast of Saint Nicholas was celebrated again this year in His homonymous Church in Seoul. On Sunday, December 4, before the Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, the beginning of the festive events took place with the transfer of St. Nicholas’s Icon and...
Vigil at St. Andrew’s Monastery in Palang-ri
December 8, 2022
With the participation of several believers, as well as the Seoul Clergy, such as Fr. Roman Kavchak, Fr. Antonios Lim, and deacon Yohan Park, the Feast day of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called was celebrated with a vigil at the Monastery of Saint Andrew in Palang-ri. The Vigil lasted from...
The Celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Tokyo – Japan
December 8, 2022
On Sunday, November 27, 2022, the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of Japan Ambrosios celebrated the Divine Liturgy, with priests Fr. Paul Koroluk, Fr. Roman Kavchak and Fr. Antonios Lim as co-celebrants. His Exellency the Ambassador of Greece in Tokyo, Mr. Demetrios Karamitsos, followed by his wife, and many Ukrainians,...
Memorial Service for the Victims of the Holodomor in Seoul and Tokyo
December 1, 2022
On Sunday, November 20, 2022, the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of Japan Ambrosios, assisted by the Ukrainian priest Fr. Roman Kavchak and the Korean deacon Yohan Park, performed a Memorial Service at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul for the repose of the victims of the famine – genocide in...
- Nov2022
On November 23rd and 24th, 2022, St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul finished the Kimjang, a typical Korean event preparing Kimchi for the winter. We look forward to having every Sunday a warm agape meal this winter with delicious Kimchi. Thanks to all the volunteer participants for making it available. ...
Events in Seoul in favor of peace in Ukraine
November 28, 2022
On Monday, November 21, Metropolitan Ambrosios with clergy and lay members of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea participated in the annual General Assembly of the NCCK. Since the invited archbishop of Donetsk and Mariupol Sergei (Horobtsov) could not participate in person in the above-mentioned General Assembly, due to the war,...
And second online gathering for Saint Nektarios
November 25, 2022
On Friday, November 18, 2022, the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea organized another online meeting on the subject of Saint Nektarios. The speaker was the Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea, who referred to five persons he knew from Aegina, who had known Saint Nektarios in life. May we imitate the great virtues...
Two new members in the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea
November 16, 2022
On Saturday, November 12, 2022, a baptismal Divine Liturgy has held in the Holy Church of St. Maximos the Greek in Seoul, during which Sophia Sion Kwon, daughter of Dionysios Saebyeok Kwon and Katerina Hyunjin Park, granddaughter of Presbytera Haris Sinsil Hwang and late father Pavlos Eongeon Kwon as well...