• Dec2018

    NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE 2019

    December 29, 2018

    Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The coming of the New Year, thanks to the providence and ineffable philanthropy of God, is not only a time of praise and thanksgiving to the Creator of time, but also a time for reflection upon our course within it. Whether the new...

  • CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2018

    December 28, 2018

    My beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Having recently experienced the joy of the 4th Official Visit to Korea of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, we praise the Lord Who, through His ineffable mercy, deemed us worthy to experience this blessed ecclesiastical event. In a sense, this event was the preparation for...

  • 2018-2019 Christmas and New Year’s Daily Services Schedule

    December 23, 2018

    The Nativity of Our Lord   December 24, Monday: 9:00am – Christmas Royal Hours 5:30pm – Christmas Great Vespers, Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great   December 25, Tuesday: 9:00am – Christmas Matins,  Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 12:00pm – Christmas celebration program and Community Agape Meal  ...

  • PATRIARCHAL PROCLAMATION FOR CHRISTMAS 2018

    December 22, 2018

    ✠ 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 * * *   Venerable brothers and beloved children in the...

  • Troparion to St. Nicholas

    December 22, 2018

    After the Great Vespers on the feast of St. Nicholas, during His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Korea, Svetlana Nesmelova, Nadia Kozachek, Olga Skorobogatova chant the Troparion to St. Nicholas. December 5, 2018. Video by Spyridon

  • A Visit to the Salvation Army of Korea by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

    December 17, 2018

    On December 6, 2018, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome, Bartholomew visited the Salvation Army of Korea found in central Seoul. He met with the local Salvation officials in the Myeong-dong district of Seoul and made a public statement of charity. He denounced the current consumerist...

  • Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Korea 2018 (Video by Olga Lipunova)

    December 17, 2018

    St. Nicholas parishioner Olga Lipunova made this wonderful video capturing some beautiful moments when His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited Seoul. The videos were taken during Great Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of the feast day of St. Nicholas. HAH came to Korea on the occasion of the 50th...

  • Reception Dinner held in honor of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

    December 12, 2018

    On the evening of Friday, December 7, Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome, who had just met with President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, returned to St. Nicholas Cathedral and joined in a farewell dinner with the faithful of the Orthodox Church in Korea. We congratulated and welcomed...

  • East meets Far East – Orthodoxy in Korea

    December 12, 2018

    On Friday, December 7th, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the faithful of St. Nicholas Parish in Seoul had a reception dinner together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the construction of St. Nicholas cathedral. Traditional Korean musicians performed and Father Vissarion, moved by their performances, decided to play...

  • President Moon Jae-in meets with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

    December 11, 2018