At the weekend of 27 and 28 May, on the occasion of the 40-day Memorial of the late Father Paul Kwon, a Youth Meeting was held with the members of SYNDESMOS in Ulsan with the participation of young men and women from Seoul, Incheon, Busan and Ulsan. The central theme...
- Jun2017
A Two-day Youth Retreat in Ulsan
June 12, 2017
International Food Festival
June 12, 2017
This year’s great feast of Pentecost was celebrated in all the Parishes of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea with the participation of many Orthodox faithful. At the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Seoul, during the holy Services of Saturday and Sunday, Metropolitan Ambrose was assisted by Fr. Martin Ritsi, Director...
- May2017
Holy Week and Pascha in Korea
May 2, 2017
The infinite Love and the ineffable Philantrhopy of God blessed us this year, too, to celebrate the Holy Passions and the Resurrection of our Lord in all the Parishes and Monasteries of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. Many Korean faithful participated in the Services and Holy Sacraments, particularly in...
- Apr2017
On the Sunday of Thomas (04/23/17, 2:23 pm) the Priest of St. Dionysios Church in Ulsan, our beloved Brother of blessed memory Rev. Father Paul Kwon, fell asleep in the Lord, ending the pain he suffered during his long battle with cancer. Father Paul passed away on a Sunday,...
April 24, 2017 – NCCK Statement on Terrorism
April 27, 2017
All Christians who belong to the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) condemn in absolute terms the terrorist attacks against innocent civilians all over the world, regardless of their religious or ethnic identities. We particularly protest against terrorists attacks against Christians in the Middle East and...
Baptismal Divine Liturgy – 2017.4.8.
April 13, 2017
By the grace and mercy of God, and after a long time of preparation, the following brothers and sisters, “who had been prepared for Illumination”: Paul Park, Marina Im, Fotini Min, Lucia Park, Irene Kochurova, Helen Cheon, Nektaria Lee, Makarios Kang, Theodore Hong, Haris Lee and Nikitas Hong became members...
My beloved, After seventy days of intense preparation, we have now reached – with the help and Grace of God – the great and most joyous Day of the Resurrection of our Lord, during which “the whole creation, heaven and earth and the deepest abysses of the earth are...
Patriarchal Encyclical – Pascha 2017
April 11, 2017
+ 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: May the Grace, Peace and Mercy of the Christ Risen in Glory be with you All Beloved brothers and sisters, children...
The Salutations to the Theotokos in Seoul
April 7, 2017
With the help of God, this year’s cycle of the Salutations to the Theotokos was successfully completed throughout the Orthodox Communities of the Metropolis of Korea. In Seoul particularly, every Friday, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea officiated the Salutations Service and gave a series of five sermons by which he introduced...