Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
Panorthodox Synod : ΤΟ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΤΙΜΗΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΙΔΡΥΤΗ ΤΟΥ Α...
Panorthodox Synod : ΤΟ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΤΙΜΗΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΙΔΡΥΤΗ ΤΟΥ Α...: Οικουμενικόν Πατριαρχείον Ανεγνώσθη Μήνυμα του Πάπα Φραγκίσκου για τη Θρονική εορτή της Πρωτόθρονης Εκκλησίας της Κω...
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Panorthodox Synod : PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I SENDS ANNIVERSARY WISHES TO POPE FRANCIS
Panorthodox Synod : PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I SENDS ANNIVERSARY WISHES T...: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, sends his greetings and well-wishes to Pope Francis for the 10th anniversary ...
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Sunday, January 22, 2023
#PapaFrancisco recebe Theodoros II, Patriarca greco-ortodoxo de Alexandria - His Holiness Pope Francis Welcomed His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa to Rome
Patriarch Theodoros is in Rome to commemorate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Panorthodox Synod : MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS TO ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH FO...
Panorthodox Synod : MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS TO ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH FO...: Photo by Vatican Media MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS TO HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT ANDREW
Friday, November 4, 2022
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Panorthodox Synod : POPE FRANCIS MEETS WITH HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II
Panorthodox Synod : POPE FRANCIS MEETS WITH HIS BEATITUDE HIERONYMOS II: Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity On Saturday 4 December, on the first day of his visit to Greece, Pope Francis meet with...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Patriarch Bartholomew Heeds Pope's Call to Prayer
On 25 March 2020, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew heeded the call of His Holiness Pope Francis to recite the Our Father at noon.The Pope made the request of Christian leaders worldwide to join in common prayer for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.*
Patriarch Bartholomew entered the Patriarchate Chapel of St.Andrew and lit a candle.Facing West before the iconostasis,he recited the Our Father in Greek with a handful of clerics who are on staff at the Fanar, the Patriarchal compound in Constantinople.*
This was followed by His All-Holiness' remarks in Italian.He had earlier presided the Divine Liturgy of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in the Patriarchal Church of St.George.*
The Chapel of St. Andrew is bright, featuring a golden, abbreviated iconostasis with two Western-style icons on either side the Royal Doors.*
Patriarch Bartholomew entered the Patriarchate Chapel of St.Andrew and lit a candle.Facing West before the iconostasis,he recited the Our Father in Greek with a handful of clerics who are on staff at the Fanar, the Patriarchal compound in Constantinople.*
This was followed by His All-Holiness' remarks in Italian.He had earlier presided the Divine Liturgy of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in the Patriarchal Church of St.George.*
The Chapel of St. Andrew is bright, featuring a golden, abbreviated iconostasis with two Western-style icons on either side the Royal Doors.*
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Begins Major Visit to Italy
On 15 September 2019, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew departs from Athens, where he attended a baptism, for Rome and the start of a five-day visit.On 16 September, he will deliver the keynote address at the 24th International Congress of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Patriarch Bartholomew will speak on the theme "Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches 50 years later and the Ecumenical Movement". Following his address, he will attend Vespers and a reception in his honour by the Holy Metropolis of Italy and Malta.
The Society says its organisational centre is the Department for Legal Philosophy,Law of Religion and Culture (former Institute for Canon Law) of the Viennese Faculty of Law.Its purpose is the promotion of better international and inter-confessional scholarly collaboration among specialists of the Law of the Eastern Churches and of the Civil Law on Churches insofar as it concerns the Eastern Churches.His All-Holiness is a founding member of the Society.*
On 17 September, Patriarch Bartholomew will meet with His Holiness Pope Francis in the Vatican.From 18-20 September, Patriarch Bartholomew will conduct an official visit to Calabria, Sicily on the occasion of the Centenary of the establishment of the Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro, which is a Byzantine Rite diocese of the Catholic Church.The Eparchy was created in 1919 for emigrants from Albania and Epirus.
According to the Eparchy:
In a few days Calabria will witness an historic event of grace.On Wednesday 18 will land at Lemezia Terme Airport His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople.He will arrive in Calabria after having met with Pope Francis, with whom he is working intensely in steps of rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox brothers, so that may resound as soon as possible in the universe,in a unified way, the glory that is appropriate to God.*
The Most Reverend Donato Oliverio is the Bishop of Lungro.*
The Society says its organisational centre is the Department for Legal Philosophy,Law of Religion and Culture (former Institute for Canon Law) of the Viennese Faculty of Law.Its purpose is the promotion of better international and inter-confessional scholarly collaboration among specialists of the Law of the Eastern Churches and of the Civil Law on Churches insofar as it concerns the Eastern Churches.His All-Holiness is a founding member of the Society.*
On 17 September, Patriarch Bartholomew will meet with His Holiness Pope Francis in the Vatican.From 18-20 September, Patriarch Bartholomew will conduct an official visit to Calabria, Sicily on the occasion of the Centenary of the establishment of the Italo-Albanese Eparchy of Lungro, which is a Byzantine Rite diocese of the Catholic Church.The Eparchy was created in 1919 for emigrants from Albania and Epirus.
According to the Eparchy:
In a few days Calabria will witness an historic event of grace.On Wednesday 18 will land at Lemezia Terme Airport His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople.He will arrive in Calabria after having met with Pope Francis, with whom he is working intensely in steps of rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox brothers, so that may resound as soon as possible in the universe,in a unified way, the glory that is appropriate to God.*
The Most Reverend Donato Oliverio is the Bishop of Lungro.*
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Pope Francis Welcomes Ecumenical Patriarchate Delegation to the Vatican
On 27 June 2017,a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate was received in a private audience by His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican.They came to Rome bearing greetings for the Pope on the occasion of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul,the Thronal Feast of the Church of Rome.The delegation consisted of His Eminence Archbishop Job of Telmessos;Very Rev. Ambrosios Chorozidis,Grand Sykellos of the Ecumenical Patriarchate;and Very Rev. Archimandrite Agathangelos Siskos,Librarian of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.Also attending from the Vatican were His Eminence Kurt Cardinal Koch,President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity;His Excellency Bishop Brian Farrell,Secretary of the Pontifical Council;and Monsignor Andrea Palmieri,Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council.*
Archbishop Job carried a letter to the Pope from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.It read in part:
We were particularly pleased to learn that the fourteenth meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue last September in Chieti (Italy),between our Churches was conducted in an atmosphere of fraternal collaboration and mutual theological exchange,sucessfully producing an important common document on primacy and synodality in the first millennium.Thus,this Commission has proposed new steps on the common path towards unity.Now,the Commission will be entering a new phase of the dialogue.It is our prayer that the Coordinating Committee scheduled for September on the island of Leros (Greece) will be fruitful by producing a common theme and a methodology for the next stage of our discussions.*
Following the audience,the delegation was received for lunch by His Holiness Pope Francis and later had conversations with the members of the Pontifical Council.On 28 June,they will attend the Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals.They will then attend the Solemn Mass for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June at the Vatican.*
According to tradition,the Vatican will reciprocate by sending a delegation to Constantinople/Istanbul on 30 November,the Feast of St.Andrew,which is the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Archbishop Job carried a letter to the Pope from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.It read in part:
We were particularly pleased to learn that the fourteenth meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue last September in Chieti (Italy),between our Churches was conducted in an atmosphere of fraternal collaboration and mutual theological exchange,sucessfully producing an important common document on primacy and synodality in the first millennium.Thus,this Commission has proposed new steps on the common path towards unity.Now,the Commission will be entering a new phase of the dialogue.It is our prayer that the Coordinating Committee scheduled for September on the island of Leros (Greece) will be fruitful by producing a common theme and a methodology for the next stage of our discussions.*
Following the audience,the delegation was received for lunch by His Holiness Pope Francis and later had conversations with the members of the Pontifical Council.On 28 June,they will attend the Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals.They will then attend the Solemn Mass for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June at the Vatican.*
According to tradition,the Vatican will reciprocate by sending a delegation to Constantinople/Istanbul on 30 November,the Feast of St.Andrew,which is the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Patriarch Kirill Meets with Italian President,Seeks Catholic-Orthodox Push for European Cohesion
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of Italy,Sergio Mattarella,who was visiting Moscow,on 12 April.During the talks at the Danilov Monastery,headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church,the spiritual leader of more than 100 million souls in Russia,Ukraine,Belarus and the diaspora,remarked that:
The Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church can and should do everything to make the world a more peaceful place;to decrease the level of confrontation between East and West so that we again feel ourselves belonging to one cultural environment,which we call Europe.
I think our shared convictions-Pope Francis' and mine-are that today the religious factor should contribute to reconciliation of people in the European continent and spiritual union among them.*
In the joint declaration signed by Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis following their historic first meeting of a Catholic and Russian Orthodox primate in Havana,Cuba on 12 February 2016,they summoned Catholics and Orthodox to work together fraternally in proclaiming the Good News of salvation and to give shared witness to the Spirit of truth in these difficult times:
We call upon Christians of Eastern and Western Europe to unite in their shared witness to Christ and the Gospel,so that Europe may preserve its soul,shaped by two thousand years of Christian tradition.
The Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church can and should do everything to make the world a more peaceful place;to decrease the level of confrontation between East and West so that we again feel ourselves belonging to one cultural environment,which we call Europe.
I think our shared convictions-Pope Francis' and mine-are that today the religious factor should contribute to reconciliation of people in the European continent and spiritual union among them.*
In the joint declaration signed by Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis following their historic first meeting of a Catholic and Russian Orthodox primate in Havana,Cuba on 12 February 2016,they summoned Catholics and Orthodox to work together fraternally in proclaiming the Good News of salvation and to give shared witness to the Spirit of truth in these difficult times:
We call upon Christians of Eastern and Western Europe to unite in their shared witness to Christ and the Gospel,so that Europe may preserve its soul,shaped by two thousand years of Christian tradition.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Metropolitans Emmanuel and Ilarion Address Theological Institute on Pan-Orthodox Council
This June's Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church was the topic of a seminar at Sts.Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies,Moscow on 11 March.Leading the discussion were His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France,Ecumenical Patriarchate;and His Eminence Metropolitan Ilarion of Volokolamsk,Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department of External Church Relatind rector of the Institute.Other participants included Metropolitan Arseniy of Istra,Patriarchal first vicar for Moscow;Bishop Feofilakt of Dmitrov,abbot of St.Andrew's Monastery,Moscow;Archimandrite Alexander Pihach,representative of the Orthodox Church in America to the Moscow Patriarchate;Mr.Andrei Shiskov,secretary of the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission;Archimandrite Seraphim Shemyatovsky,representative of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia to the Moscow Patriarchate;and Mr.Vladimir Katasurov,head of the Chair of Philosophy at the Institute.*
The Council will show the unity of Orthodoxy to the world,Metropolitan Emmanuel said.One of the most important items on the agenda will be the situation in the Middle East and the plight of Christian communities in the region,now facing elimination.It is a humanitarian tragedy,a tragedy of the historical and civilization scale.This situation was the central item on the agenda of the recent meeting between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Pope Francis in Havana,Cuba,Metropolitan Emmanuel pointed out.*
As to the Orthodox Church's social and demographic context today,Metropolitan Emmanuel noted that the number of people professing the Orthodox faith has increased dramatically in the past century.According to a survey by the College des Bernardins,the number of Orthodox Christians in the world has increased from 124,923,000 in the early 20th century to 274,447,000 in 2010.*
For his part,Metropolitan Ilarion said the preparation of the Council lasted 55 years.It is a very long period.One may ask why it took so long to prepare the Council.We can present many reasons for that,both intra-church and geopolitical.However,the fact that the date of the Council is approaching makes us think that Divine Providence guided our Church in such a way that the Pan-Orthodox Council was not convened earlier,but is to be held now.
This also obtained for the meeting of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Pope of Rome.The meeting was scheduled for 1997;its venue and date were fixed;yet the meeting did not take place.Later frequent attempts were made to resume the preparatory process,but at last the meeting between the Primates was held.We see the Divine Providence showing us the right time and venue for such historic meetings.*
Quite likely,we will not make some epoch-making decisions that will resound throughout the world.Yet,we will make our decisions to conform with the centuries-old teaching of the Holy Orthodox Church and the aspirations of our believers.These will be decisions disputed by no one,Metropolitan Ilarion told the seminar attendees.*
In his encyclical for Holy and Great Lent,His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey,Ecumenical Patriarchate,asked his flock to pray during this period for the Council.This is a historic event in the life of our Church and we should all pray for its success.Its success not only means reaching agreements on various ecclesiastical issues,but also showing that Christ gave His life for "the life of the world."Let us pray for the Holy and Great Council.Let us pray for His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew,whose mission in the service of Orthodox Unity is essential for the mystery of communion.By our common prayer we all become participants in this spiritual kairos as a way of glorifying our loving God.
May this Holy and Great Lent bring you many blessings,love,humility,patience and all of the virtues that we need for our salvation,and may we journey together to our Lord's glorious Resurrection with joy,praying for each other and those in need,Metropolitan Evangelos concluded.
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The Council will show the unity of Orthodoxy to the world,Metropolitan Emmanuel said.One of the most important items on the agenda will be the situation in the Middle East and the plight of Christian communities in the region,now facing elimination.It is a humanitarian tragedy,a tragedy of the historical and civilization scale.This situation was the central item on the agenda of the recent meeting between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Pope Francis in Havana,Cuba,Metropolitan Emmanuel pointed out.*
As to the Orthodox Church's social and demographic context today,Metropolitan Emmanuel noted that the number of people professing the Orthodox faith has increased dramatically in the past century.According to a survey by the College des Bernardins,the number of Orthodox Christians in the world has increased from 124,923,000 in the early 20th century to 274,447,000 in 2010.*
For his part,Metropolitan Ilarion said the preparation of the Council lasted 55 years.It is a very long period.One may ask why it took so long to prepare the Council.We can present many reasons for that,both intra-church and geopolitical.However,the fact that the date of the Council is approaching makes us think that Divine Providence guided our Church in such a way that the Pan-Orthodox Council was not convened earlier,but is to be held now.
This also obtained for the meeting of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the Pope of Rome.The meeting was scheduled for 1997;its venue and date were fixed;yet the meeting did not take place.Later frequent attempts were made to resume the preparatory process,but at last the meeting between the Primates was held.We see the Divine Providence showing us the right time and venue for such historic meetings.*
Quite likely,we will not make some epoch-making decisions that will resound throughout the world.Yet,we will make our decisions to conform with the centuries-old teaching of the Holy Orthodox Church and the aspirations of our believers.These will be decisions disputed by no one,Metropolitan Ilarion told the seminar attendees.*
In his encyclical for Holy and Great Lent,His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey,Ecumenical Patriarchate,asked his flock to pray during this period for the Council.This is a historic event in the life of our Church and we should all pray for its success.Its success not only means reaching agreements on various ecclesiastical issues,but also showing that Christ gave His life for "the life of the world."Let us pray for the Holy and Great Council.Let us pray for His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew,whose mission in the service of Orthodox Unity is essential for the mystery of communion.By our common prayer we all become participants in this spiritual kairos as a way of glorifying our loving God.
May this Holy and Great Lent bring you many blessings,love,humility,patience and all of the virtues that we need for our salvation,and may we journey together to our Lord's glorious Resurrection with joy,praying for each other and those in need,Metropolitan Evangelos concluded.
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