Hia All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is hosting the third Halki Summit,which is being held at an international hotel in Istanbul,Turkey.The series of environmental conferences is named for the Halki School of Theology on Heybeliada Island,Turkey,where Halki I was held.*
Halki Summit III is an inter-Orthodox working conference.Prominent environmental theologians from Orthodox,Roman Catholic and Protestant institutions will discuss ways that ecological awareness can be fostered and advanced in Orthodox institutions around the world by means of courses and other programs related to creation care,the Ecumenical Patriarchate said in a press release.*
Halki Summit III runs from 31 May to 4 June 2019.Its theme is "Theological Formation and Ecological Awareness."Around 50 delegates from 40 institutions will participate.The keynote speakers are His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Eminence Elder Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Ecumenical Patriarchate).Among the other participants are:
His Grace Bishop Ignatije of Branicevo (Serbian Orthodox Church);Dr.Eleni Antonopoulou,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki;Dr.Celia Deane-Drummond,University of Notre Dame;Very Reverend Andriy Dudchenko,Kiyiv Orthodox Theological Academy (Orthodox Church of Ukraine);Dr.Michael Evans,Southern New Hampshire University;Nathan Hoppe,Resurrection of Christ Theological Academy (Orthodox Church of Albania);Reverend Deacon Irakli Jinjolava,Tbilisi Theological Academy (Orthodox Church of Georgia);Bogdan Nacsiu,Orthodox Archdiocese of Timisoara (Orthodox Church of Romania);Nikolaos Papachristou,journalist;Dr.Svet Ribolov,Sofia University (St.Kliment Ohridshi);Reverend Dr. Kyprianos Kountouris,Theological School of the Church of Cyprus;and several others.*
Halki Summit III is co-sponsored by St.Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Orthodox Church in America);Holy Cross Orthodox School of Theology (Ecumenical Patriarchate);and Archon Peter Vlitas.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Bulletin:Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's Visit To America To Be Later in 2019,Not July
It has been decided that His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew will make his pastoral visit to the United States in the autumn of 2019,not July,as was previously thought.This was stated by US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt following his important meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew on 24 May 2019.The later date allows new Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to get settled in to his new ministry before the Patriarchal visit,which is considered a major event in the life of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.As well,it allows Patriarch Bartholomew to avoid the legendary heat and humidity of Washington,D.C. in July and to have a more restful summer in general,crucial for a man of his age,79.
Friday, May 24, 2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Friday, May 17, 2019
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Archbishop Elpidophoros to be Enthroned in June
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will be enthroned on 22 June 2019 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York.Presiding will be His Eminence Metropolitan Avgostinos of Germany,representing His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.*
Archbishop Elpidophoros will be hosting a teleconference on 16 May 2019 with the clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to ascertain their hopes and concerns for his new ministry.It is accessible to clergy only.He has been receiving congratulatory messages from the likes of US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt;the World Council of Churches;as well as His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas.
Archbishop Elpidophoros will be hosting a teleconference on 16 May 2019 with the clergy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to ascertain their hopes and concerns for his new ministry.It is accessible to clergy only.He has been receiving congratulatory messages from the likes of US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt;the World Council of Churches;as well as His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas.
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bulletin:Ecumenical Patriarchate Elects New Archbishops - Revised
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has filled two vacancies at the Archbishop (Primate) level:
His Grace the Right Reverend Makarios,Bishop of Christoupolis,a scholar in the field of bioethics with several advanced degrees,has been elected Archbishop of Australia.He is a native of Heraklion,Crete.He has a Master's degree in Bioethics from Monash University,Australia;a Master's in the History of Science from Harvard University and an STM (Master of Sacred Theology) from Boston University.
His Eminence the Most Reverend Elpidoforos,Metropolitan of Proussa (Bursa,Turkey) and Igoumenos (Abbot) of Holy Trinity Monastery,Halki,has been elected Archbishop of America.Born in Constantionople (Istanbul),he is fluent in English and represents the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the World Council of Churches and the European Council of Churches.Metropolitan Elpidoforos is about 52.
His Grace the Right Reverend Makarios,Bishop of Christoupolis,a scholar in the field of bioethics with several advanced degrees,has been elected Archbishop of Australia.He is a native of Heraklion,Crete.He has a Master's degree in Bioethics from Monash University,Australia;a Master's in the History of Science from Harvard University and an STM (Master of Sacred Theology) from Boston University.
His Eminence the Most Reverend Elpidoforos,Metropolitan of Proussa (Bursa,Turkey) and Igoumenos (Abbot) of Holy Trinity Monastery,Halki,has been elected Archbishop of America.Born in Constantionople (Istanbul),he is fluent in English and represents the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the World Council of Churches and the European Council of Churches.Metropolitan Elpidoforos is about 52.
Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin) - On Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra,Mt.Athos,who departed this life on 9 May 2019
Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin) - On Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Sweeping Change for Greek Orthodox: Leadership Vacancies
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will meet from 9-11 May 2019 in Constantinople, and seldom has their pastoral agenda been weightier.Three vacancies at the Archbishop level need to be addressed, with the death of Archbishop Stylianos of Australia in March,plus the resignations of Archbishop Demetrios of America and Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain signaling a major generational shift.
Archbishop Demetrios returned home Saturday night to be greeted by his office staff and other intimates with considerable depth of feeling.Indeed, the chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Bishop Andonios has resigned as well.
It has been well-known that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has felt the need for change at the Archbishop level for some time now,as Archbishop Demetrios,91,and Gregorios,90,became nonagenarians.*
We pray for our Church, that God will guide us, through our new leaders,
to ever more success in witnessing to the Orthodox faith and preserving Hellenism on our respective continents.Amen.
Archbishop Demetrios returned home Saturday night to be greeted by his office staff and other intimates with considerable depth of feeling.Indeed, the chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Bishop Andonios has resigned as well.
It has been well-known that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has felt the need for change at the Archbishop level for some time now,as Archbishop Demetrios,91,and Gregorios,90,became nonagenarians.*
We pray for our Church, that God will guide us, through our new leaders,
to ever more success in witnessing to the Orthodox faith and preserving Hellenism on our respective continents.Amen.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bright Week Journey:Patriarch Bartholomew in Poland
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople visited Poland during Bright Week 2019, exercising his ministry in the light of the risen Lord Jesus Christ.On 2 May, Patriarch Bartholomew led the March of the Living,a three kilometer walk between Birkenau and the Auschwitz Museum in Poland,sites of Nazi atrocities against Jews,Poles and other groups despised by Adolph Hitler.Along with His All-Holiness, Speaker of the Greek Parliament Nikolaos Voutsis, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila,US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman,His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France and other dignitaries preceded several Jewish and Polish youth groups on the Holocaust Remembrance Day event, also called "Reflect and Learn".*
Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a crowd of 10,000, observing that the names of these concentration camps:
encapsulate what humankind when motivated by pure hatred, can do to desacralise and deface the dignity of the human person,who is created in the image of God.*
On 3 May, Patriarch Bartholomew was received by His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland.After a doxology service,a service of thanksgiving in the university chapel of Sts.Cyril and Methodius,His Beatitude thanked God for the opportunity to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew and wished him a fruitful journey.
For his part, His All-Holiness characterised the state of relations between their two Churches as being excellent.
Then the two spiritual leaders proceeded to the new Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, the cornerstone of which Patriarch Bartholomew had laid in 2015.
Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a crowd of 10,000, observing that the names of these concentration camps:
encapsulate what humankind when motivated by pure hatred, can do to desacralise and deface the dignity of the human person,who is created in the image of God.*
On 3 May, Patriarch Bartholomew was received by His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland.After a doxology service,a service of thanksgiving in the university chapel of Sts.Cyril and Methodius,His Beatitude thanked God for the opportunity to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew and wished him a fruitful journey.
For his part, His All-Holiness characterised the state of relations between their two Churches as being excellent.
Then the two spiritual leaders proceeded to the new Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, the cornerstone of which Patriarch Bartholomew had laid in 2015.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
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