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Encyclical from Metropolitan Gerasimos for Great Lent 2018 Dearly Beloved, “Where shall I begin the work of my salvation?” cries out a hymn of Clean Monday. The Lenten Season, now upon us, calls us into a time of reflection on the state of our lives and our souls. We are invited… Read more
Patriarchal Message for the Feast of the Indiction and Day of Protection for the Environment Prot. No. 702 +BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plentitude of the Church: Grace, peace and mercy From the Creator of All, our Lord God and Savior… Read more
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, On this great Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, our minds first turn to the mystery of her bodily translation to heaven. The story of her Dormition ends in an empty tomb, with her reception into the arms of her… Read more
Beloved Brothers and Sisters, “For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.” — From the Great Litany in the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom A church is supposed to be a place of… Read more
Beloved in the Lord, We begin our Lenten journey at a troubling time. Our world continues to be challenged in a multitude of ways. The global refugee crisis, war, homelessness, terrorism, poverty, and religious persecution are sadly just a few examples of what we hear about on a daily basis…. Read more
CATECHETICAL ENCYCLICAL ON THE OPENING OF GREAT LENT + 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 and Peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Together with… Read more
GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA 8-10 East 79th St. New York, NY 10075-0106 * Tel: (212) 570-3530 Fax: (212) 774-0237 www.goarch.org – Email: communications@goarch.org News Release Prot. No. 1297 Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas X B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s… Read more
Dearly Beloved, “O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and… Read more
Dearly Beloved, Today we begin anew. With the inauguration of another ecclesiastical year, the cycle of the Church calendar begins again. Feasts and fasts will lead us through the life of our Lord and Savior, His Mother, and remember the saints of our Church. Like any new beginning, the Church… Read more
ENCYCLICAL OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH Crete 2016 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit With a hymn of thanksgiving, we praise and worship God in Trinity, who has enabled us to gather together during the days… Read more