Sunday, April 28, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Visit Greece and the USA - Update:visit moved till later in the year
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has accepted invitations to visit Greece and the USA.On 17 April 2019,His Grace Bishop Thespies,Protesynkellos (Chief Secretary) of the Archdiocese of Athens was received by His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.The bishop brought an invitation from His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece to visit Athens and preside at the opening of the St.Porphyrios Centre for Gerontology and Welfare Support in Dilesi,Thessalia Sterea Ellada on 23 May.The event will also be attended by President of Greece Prokopios Pavlopoulos.
Patriarch Bartholomew accepted the invitation and conveyed his warmest paschal greetings to Archbishop Ieronymos.*
Earlier,it was reported by The National Herald that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo invited His All-Holiness to visit the United States in July and address a Conference on the Natural Environment.Patriarch Bartholomew is acknowledged by the international community as a leading voice for the conservation of nature.It has been decided,however,that the Patriarchal visit will be made in the autumn instead,after new Archbishop Elpidophoros has had time to settle into his new ministry.
While in the US,His All-Holiness,to the delight of Greek Americans and other philhellenes,will also make his first archpastoral visit to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in ten years.The Archdiocese is an eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and some of its metropolitans serve on the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate.
Patriarch Bartholomew accepted the invitation and conveyed his warmest paschal greetings to Archbishop Ieronymos.*
Earlier,it was reported by The National Herald that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo invited His All-Holiness to visit the United States in July and address a Conference on the Natural Environment.Patriarch Bartholomew is acknowledged by the international community as a leading voice for the conservation of nature.It has been decided,however,that the Patriarchal visit will be made in the autumn instead,after new Archbishop Elpidophoros has had time to settle into his new ministry.
While in the US,His All-Holiness,to the delight of Greek Americans and other philhellenes,will also make his first archpastoral visit to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in ten years.The Archdiocese is an eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and some of its metropolitans serve on the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Bulgarian Community in Turkey
On 5 April 2019,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Bulgarian community in Adrianopoulos,which is today known as Edirne,Turkey.He was warmly received by His Eminence Metropolitan Kiprian of Staras-Zagoras (Patriarchate of Bulgaria) at the Bulgarian Orthodox Church of Sts.Constantine and Helen.Patriarch Bartholomew attended the fourth stasis of the Salutations to the Theotokos (Akathistos hymn) presided by Metropolitan Kiprian.*
Also attending were His Grace Bishop Kirillos of Abydos;the consuls general of Greece and Bulgaria to Edirne,Sotiria Theokaridis and Vassil Valchev;and many faithful and pilgrims from Turkey,Greece and Bulgaria.In his address,Patriarch Bartholomew spoke of the fondness for the Patriarchate of Bulgaria felt by its Mother Church,the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.He also recalled having visited Adrianopoulos on a previous occasion,but at a different church in the city.*
Patriarch Bartholomew has been invited to visit Serbia in the autumn by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.
Also attending were His Grace Bishop Kirillos of Abydos;the consuls general of Greece and Bulgaria to Edirne,Sotiria Theokaridis and Vassil Valchev;and many faithful and pilgrims from Turkey,Greece and Bulgaria.In his address,Patriarch Bartholomew spoke of the fondness for the Patriarchate of Bulgaria felt by its Mother Church,the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.He also recalled having visited Adrianopoulos on a previous occasion,but at a different church in the city.*
Patriarch Bartholomew has been invited to visit Serbia in the autumn by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Monday, April 1, 2019
How NATO Sees Ukraine
NATO is holding a Foreign Ministerial in Washington,DC from 3-4 April 2019.Ahead of the critical meeting, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been sharing the Alliance's perspective:
When it comes to Ukraine and NATO membership, we recognise the ambitions, the aspiration of Ukraine to become a NATO member.We work with Ukraine to help Ukraine move forward towards its transatlantic integration.And that's why we have all the different frameworks,programs to provide help and support, to help Ukraine focus on the most important thing, and that is reform: to modernise to meet the NATO standards,we help Ukraine;we modernise their defence and security institutions; we have trust funds; we have training; we have different kinds of activities where we are helping Ukraine.
We strongly believe that this has to be the main focus: reform and continue to modernise and to strengthen the defence and security institutions, including fighting corruption.So this will be our focus.*
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress he hopes to see NATO take more action against Russian aggression in Ukraine:
I am hopeful... I will be able to announce another series of actions that we will jointly take together.*
When it comes to Ukraine and NATO membership, we recognise the ambitions, the aspiration of Ukraine to become a NATO member.We work with Ukraine to help Ukraine move forward towards its transatlantic integration.And that's why we have all the different frameworks,programs to provide help and support, to help Ukraine focus on the most important thing, and that is reform: to modernise to meet the NATO standards,we help Ukraine;we modernise their defence and security institutions; we have trust funds; we have training; we have different kinds of activities where we are helping Ukraine.
We strongly believe that this has to be the main focus: reform and continue to modernise and to strengthen the defence and security institutions, including fighting corruption.So this will be our focus.*
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress he hopes to see NATO take more action against Russian aggression in Ukraine:
I am hopeful... I will be able to announce another series of actions that we will jointly take together.*
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