Category: Ecumenical Patriarchate
On Thursday and Friday, September 1-2, 2011, His All-Holiness presided over deliberations for the Synaxis of the Heads of the ancient Patriarchates and the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus at the Patriarchal Church of St. George at the Phanar. In attendance were
Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, Patriarch [...]
On Wednesday, August 17, 2011, His All-Holiness visited several historic ruins of ancient monasteries and churches in the Trabzon region, many of which are perched upon the steep mountain slopes. He was accompanied by Archbishop Demetrios of America, Metropolitans Barnabas of Neapolis and Pavlos of Drama, and Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, along with clergy and [...]
On Monday, August 15, 2011, His All-Holiness celebrated the Feast of Dormtion of the Theotokos at Soumela Monastery in Trabzon for the second time ever since its closure 9 decades ago. Hundreds of pilgrims from all over the world, including Greece, Russia, Georgia, America and Australia, attended the Divine Liturgy.
The historic Monastery of [...]
On Saturday, August 13, 2011, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated 50 years since his ordination to the diaconate. He celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral on the island of Imvros.
photos by N.Manginas
On Saturday, May 14, His All-Holiness presided over Vespers at SS. Constantine & Helen Church of Sinasos. A large group of pilgrims was led by Metropolitan Paisios of Leros, Kalimnos and Astipalaia. Afterward His All-Holiness visited the Mayor of Sinasos, the Hon. Levent Ak at the City Hall.
On Bright Monday, April 25, 2011, Metropolitan Germanos of Tranoupolis presided over the concelebration of the Divine Liturgy, together with Metropolitans Demetrios of Sebasteia and Stephanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos for the commemoration of St. George the Great Martyr, Patron Saint of the Patriarchal Church at the Phanar. His All-Holiness was present in the sacred [...]
On Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011, His All-Holiness presided over the Agape Vesperal Service at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, assisted by Hierarchs of the Throne: Metropolitans Evangelos of Perghe, Joseph of Proikonnisos, Meliton of Philadelphia, Demetrios of Sebasteia, Gennadios of Sassima, Elpidophoros of Proussa, and Bishop Theodosios of Devoleos. In attendance were Protopresbyter [...]
On Sunday, April 24, 2011, thousands of pilgrims participated at the Resurrection Service presided by His All-Holiness at the Patriarchal Church of St. George. In attendance were Mr. and Mrs. Angelopoulos, Greek journalist Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek Political Party PASOK member and former Minister, Costas Geitonas and many Archons of the Throne from Greece and abroad.
[...]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at the end of today’s Liturgy [05/10/2011], addressed the numerous pilgrims from Greece and abroad, among whom there were hundreds of Greek elementary and high school students. Speaking in memory of Patriarch Gregory V, he said the following:
“Today is a day of mourning and [...]
Our father among the saints Gregory V of Constantinople was the 234th Patriarch of Constantinople. He served as patriarch for three separate periods at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808, and from 1818 to 1821. He was martyred in 1821 during the Greek [...]
The Sanctification Ceremony for the Holy Myrrh
The Sanctification Ceremony for the Holy Myrrh at the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Holy Thursday morning.
The Great Vespers and the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great. The Sanctification Ceremony for the Holy Myrrh at 2:01:48-2:14:00
