Tag: Ecumenical Patriarchate

Philippines: The dawn of Orthodoxy

OCP- July 24, 2014

  Diocese of Hog Kong (Ecumenical Patriarchate) -  24/7/14 The Philippines are a group of coral-embroidered islands, which the Pacific Ocean stole from the land of ... Read More

“Religious freedom is founded on truth and is essential to our human and communal existence”- Archbishop Demetrios

OCP- July 2, 2014

1/7/14 Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Independence Day To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrives in Jerusalem  

OCP- May 23, 2014

May 2014 Jerusalem: His ALL Holiness Ecumenical Patriarchate  Bartholomew I has arrived in the holy city of Jerusalem to meet with Pope Francis on May 25 and 26, ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarchate Announces Official Delegation for Meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem May 25, 2014

OCP- May 18, 2014

May 2014 NEW YORK – The Ecumenical Patriarchate today  a list of persons accompanying Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of over 300 million Orthodox faithful ... Read More

Keynote Address By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew At The International Youth Forum

OCP- May 9, 2014

(May 2, 2014) Beloved youth leaders and representatives, Christ is risen! “How happy human beings are when they are truly human.” (Maiandros) The love of ... Read More

Archimandrite Cleopas Strongylis Elected Metropolitan of Sweden

OCP- May 6, 2014

Ecumenical Patriarchate - 6/5/14 NEW YORK – The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople elected unanimously today the Very Reverend Archimandrite ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch in the Netherlands

OCP- May 1, 2014

5/1/14 Click here for the Address by His All-Holiness to the National Council of Churches. Click here for the Address by His All-Holiness at the ... Read More

Albanian Orthodox Periodical Magazine “Kërkim”, No. 11 now Available

OCP- April 11, 2014

Albanian Orthodox Church - April 2014 In this New Edition of the Magazine “Kërkim”, you will be informed about: The Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical on ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch: “Hagia Sophia should not be turned into a Mosque

OCP- March 9, 2014

Abed Alloush - 9/3/14 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has expressed strong opposition to the potential conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. He was speaking during ... Read More

Great and Sacred Orthodox Synod to be held in 2016

OCP- March 7, 2014

Eastern Orthodox Church- Ecumenical Patriarchate Prakash Varghese (OCP Delegate of UAE, Gulf and Levant Region) OCP News Service - 7/3/14 Istanbul: Reports from the Synaxis ... Read More

Snaps from the Opening Session of Synaxis of the First-Hierarchs of the Orthodox Churches at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- March 7, 2014

7/3/14 Turkey: Snaps from the Opening Session of Synaxis of the First-Hierarchs of the Orthodox Churches at the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Source: Read More

Orthodox Church Hierarchs Meet at Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul

OCP- March 7, 2014

A. Papapostolou - 7/3/14 A three-day meeting of the heads of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches was launched at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on Thursday, chaired ... Read More

Synaxis of the First-Hierarchs of the Orthodox Churches begins at Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- March 6, 2014

Eastern Orthodox Churches - 6/3/14 At the invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the First-Hierarchs of all the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches have gathered from ... Read More

The Primacy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- February 1, 2014

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou Janaury 2014 At times, as in our days, there arises the issue of the privilege of honor of ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch visits the Metropolis of France

OCP- January 29, 2014

Ecumenical Patriarchate - 29/1/14  His All-Holiness traveled to Paris for a formal pastoral visit to the Metropolis of France from January 27-31, 2014. On Tuesday, ... Read More

Syriac Orthodox Metropolitans at the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- January 20, 2014

20/1/14 Metropolitans Abune Mor Phialxinos Yusuf Cetin (Patriarchal-Vicar of Istanbul & Ankara) and Abune Mor Chrisostomos Yoohabon Ghasali (Patriarchal-Vicar of Argentina) of the Syriac Orthodox ... Read More

Metropolitan Orestes the Champion of Orthodox Reunion Movement in America

OCP- January 14, 2014

14/1/14 Website of the Dioscese: Metropolitan Orestes was the first Bishop and founder of American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He ... Read More

Canonization of Two New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- December 18, 2013

Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia   Saint Meletios of Lardos   December 2013 On Tuesday, November 27, 2013, the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical ... Read More

Religious freedom for all

OCP- December 7, 2013

MUSTAFA AKYOL akyol@mustafaakyol.org - 7/12/13 I  have spent the past three days in the German capital, to attend an international conference organized by the Archons, a religious order ... Read More

Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

OCP- December 4, 2013

On Saturday, November 30, 2013, the Ecumenical Patriarchate celebrated its Thronal Feast, the Feast of St. Andrew, First-Called of the Apostles, at the Patriarchal Church ... Read More

Saint Sophia Under Siege

OCP- November 22, 2013

New York, NY 11/21/2013 Dear Brother Archons, Only days out from the Second Archon International Conference on Religious Freedom in Berlin, and we see just ... Read More