Prot. No. 200 BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH YOU ALL * * * Most honorable brothers and blessed...
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God-abandonment and the “Heavenly Penance” of COVID-19
January 2, 2021
From the Fall of Adam and Eve and their exile from Paradise until the coming of the Messiah, Christ’s incarnation and saving actions in history, innumerable centuries passed. All this time, it seemed as if God had abandoned humanity to our tragic, unredeemed fate. Yet, this is not true. God...
- Dec2020
NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE 2021
December 29, 2020
My dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The year 2020, to which we just said goodbye, was a year of deep crisis that judged our love, patience and humanity. The crisis has tested people’s resilience in terms of health, economics, education, unemployment and social as well as psychological problems....
The Feast Day of St. Dionysios in Ulsan
December 29, 2020
Glory to God who has made you our unsleeping intercessor! We thank God for the blessing to again celebrate the great feast of Saint Dionysios of Aegina, the patron saint of our Orthodox community in Ulsan. Through Saint Dionysios’s continual prayers, our dear Metropolitan Ambrosios and Deacon Yohan were able...
Christmas Message 2020
December 24, 2020
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The grace and infinite mercy of God has blessed us to celebrate God’s descent to earth this year as well, during which “the Word became flesh and dwelt in us.” (John 1:14) Human pride, which had brought humanity to despair, forced the Messiah...
PATRIARCHAL PROCLAMATION FOR CHRISTMAS 2020
December 22, 2020
Prot. No. 751 + B A R T H O L O M E W BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE-NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE FROM THE SAVIOR CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM * * * Most venerable brothers in Christ...
CHRISTMAS Thursday 12/24/2020 9:00-10:30 am Reading of the Great Hours 5:00- 7:30 pm 9th Hour and Great Vespers and St. Basil’s Divine Liturgy Friday 12/25/2020 8:45-10:00 am Christmas Matins 10:00-11:30 am St. John Chrysostom’s Divine Liturgy...
The Celebration of the Feast of St. Nicholas in Seoul
December 18, 2020
Despite the fact that we are still facing problems from COVID-19, with the help of God and the intercessions of St. Nicholas, the feast of his memory was celebrated again this year at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul. On Saturday, December 5, the Metropolitan of Korea Ambrosios, presided...
Visit of the Slavophones to the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Gapyong
December 1, 2020
On Sunday, November 15, 2020, approximately 40 Slavonic faithful accompanied by Rev. Fr. Roman Kavchak visited the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Ga-Pyong. They attended the Service of Matins and the Divine Liturgy, celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Sotirios assisted by Fr. Roman. Following the Divine Liturgy, a meal...
- Nov2020
Retreat for Students in the Parish of St. Dionysios in Ulsan
November 26, 2020
The relaxation of measures of COVID-19 allowed a two-day retreat program to take place on the weekend of November 14 and 15, 2020 in the parish of St. Dionysios of Aegina in the city of Ulsan. The program was attended by a total of 17 students: 14 students of all...