• Apr2022

    St. Nicholas Cathedral: the Akathist Hymn & Planting flowers for Easter

    April 13, 2022

      With God’s help, we have completed at all local churches in the Korean Orthodox Metropolis. the Akathist Hymn, one of the most beloved services in the Orthodox Church. At St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, we held the Akathist Hymn from March 11th to April 8th, 2022, every Friday at...

  • The Completion of the Construction of the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju

    April 11, 2022

    With praise to God and gratitude to the Most Holy Theotokos we are pleased to announce the completion of the construction of the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos and the adjacent Community Center in the city of Jeonju. The construction company E-ECO Construction will deliver the project to...

  • Mar2022

    Christ is Risen and Ukraine is Risen!

    March 25, 2022

    On Thursday, March 24, 2022, on the occasion of the one-month anniversary since the outbreak of the fratricidal war, which Russia launched against Ukraine, a special prayer in favor of Peace and Reconciliation was offered at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul for those who died in the war....

  • The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew : “Stop the war now!”

    March 21, 2022

    A new appeal to stop the war in Ukraine, which has already led to the death of thousands of our fellow human beings and the exile of hundreds of thousands of others, was addressed by His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in his speech, on the Second Sunday of...

  • Invaders Seek to Take Away Material, Cultural, Religious and Historical Resources from Ukraine

    March 18, 2022

    I am Fr. Roman Kavchak, a Ukrainian Orthodox priest and I live with my family in Korea for the last ten years. Ukraine is a beautiful and prosperous land located in the heart of Europe. Since time immemorial, this land has been inhabited by people who are hardworking, kind, and...

  • Sunday of Orthodoxy in Korea

    March 16, 2022

    This year Sunday of Orthodox was celebrated in all the Parishes of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea with two major problems: the coronavirus pandemic and the anxiety about the outcome of the fratricidal war in Ukraine. In the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated...

  • 2022.3.14. Press conference for Ukrainian War Refugees

    March 15, 2022

    Whoever shoots the image of God, shoots Christ himself.   On Monday, March 14, 2022, at a Press Conference held at the NCCK headquarters on the war in Ukraine, Metropolitan Ambrose of Korea made the following statement before more than fifty journalists from various Korean media:   We have been...

  • 2022.3.6. The beginning of Holy and Great Lent at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul

    March 10, 2022

    On Sunday, March 6, 2022, at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, the Service of Orthros of the Cheese-Fare Sunday followed by the Divine Liturgy were presided over by the Metropolitan of Korea Ambrosios, assisted by Fr. Antonios Lim and Deacon Johan Park. After the Biblical Readings, the Catechitical...

  • 2022.3.4. NCCK Prayer Ceremony for Peace in Ukraine

    March 5, 2022

    On Friday, March 4, 2022, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea, along with Fr. Roman Kavchak and his family, Fr. Antonios Lim and Deacon Johan Park, participated in the NCCK event at the Seoul Anglican Church for Peace in Ukraine. At the event, the Metropolitan of Korea was the keynote speaker, during...

  • Catechetical Homily at the opening of Holy and Great Lent (2022) + BARTHOLOMEW ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

    March 4, 2022

    + 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 OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH YOU ALL * * * Most honorable brothers and blessed children...