Showing posts with label Thessaloniki. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 5, 2024
Εσπερινός της Αγάπης 5.5.2024 | Ι. Μητρ. Ν. Αγ. Γρηγορίου Παλαμά ...Vespers of Agape - Metropolitan Church of St.Grigorios Palamas,Thessaloniki - YouTube
Presided by His All-Holiness Metropolitan Filotheos of Thessaloniki.You will note that the gospel of the day was chanted in several languages,as is customary for this service.*The New Lands of Greece belong to the Ecumenical Patriarchate,but are administered by the Church of Greece for practical reasons.Still,there is a spiritual tie to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.For example,Metropolitan Filotheos read Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's Encyclical for Pascha 2024.*The Canon of Pascha was chanted,led by Metropolitan Filotheos.The service concluded with a procession and peeling of church bells.*The feast of Greatmartyr George was transferred to 7 May because its actual date,23 April,occured during Lent.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Major Events Highlight Ukraine and its New Orthodox Church
A swirl of important events this weekend are highlighting Ukraine and its new autocephalous Church.First, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arrived in Thessaloniki, Greece on 18 October 2019.The next day at the ancient fifth century Church of the Panagia Acheiropoietos,he concelebrated the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy with His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece,at which the name of His Beatitude Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kiyiv and All Ukraine was inscribed by Archbishop Ieronymos in the Dyptichs of the Church of Greece, the list of Primates of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches.
Metropolitan Epifaniy could not attend as he had to be in New York to receive a high honour for his courageous effort for religious freedom, the 2019 Athenagoras Human Rights Award,from the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,a group of lay leaders pledged to defend the Patriarchate and religious freedom worldwide.*
The Ukrainian World Congress sent a message expressing sincerest thanks to Archbishop Ieronymos for leading the Church of Greece to this momentous juncture, being the first Orthodox Church to recognise the Ukrainian autocephaly.As Patriarch Bartholomew stated later in the day at the blessing of the renovated Chapel of St.Eleftherios in the Heptakyrgion Castle:
The hope of freedom is never imprisoned.*
At the Divine Liturgy, Patriarch Bartholomew said:
We look forward to the visit of Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kiyiv.Our Ukrainian brothers will see that the Greeks, who taught them the
Christian faith,as well as to read and to write, will welcome them with open arms.We want them to feel real love.from our side.
The greatness of our history mainly depends on the future.The Greek Community is able to survive in this world under the condition that we respect our past.*
As for his part, Metropolitan Anthimos noted that:
Thessaloniki is the symbol of the Greek Community since ancient times.This place expresses all of its history by Hellenism.With great pain and effort the archeological service, with the support of the priests and my participation, brought this ancestral place the glory which is the pride of all Macedonia and beyond.Today will remain in history as a very promising one for our spiritual problems, our historical issues, and our vision of a united and dedicated Greece.*
Metropolitan Epifaniy could not attend as he had to be in New York to receive a high honour for his courageous effort for religious freedom, the 2019 Athenagoras Human Rights Award,from the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,a group of lay leaders pledged to defend the Patriarchate and religious freedom worldwide.*
The Ukrainian World Congress sent a message expressing sincerest thanks to Archbishop Ieronymos for leading the Church of Greece to this momentous juncture, being the first Orthodox Church to recognise the Ukrainian autocephaly.As Patriarch Bartholomew stated later in the day at the blessing of the renovated Chapel of St.Eleftherios in the Heptakyrgion Castle:
The hope of freedom is never imprisoned.*
At the Divine Liturgy, Patriarch Bartholomew said:
We look forward to the visit of Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kiyiv.Our Ukrainian brothers will see that the Greeks, who taught them the
Christian faith,as well as to read and to write, will welcome them with open arms.We want them to feel real love.from our side.
The greatness of our history mainly depends on the future.The Greek Community is able to survive in this world under the condition that we respect our past.*
As for his part, Metropolitan Anthimos noted that:
Thessaloniki is the symbol of the Greek Community since ancient times.This place expresses all of its history by Hellenism.With great pain and effort the archeological service, with the support of the priests and my participation, brought this ancestral place the glory which is the pride of all Macedonia and beyond.Today will remain in history as a very promising one for our spiritual problems, our historical issues, and our vision of a united and dedicated Greece.*
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Ecumenical Patriarch Visits Turkish Mayor,Nursing Home
On 7 August 2019,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the new Mayor of Silivri,Turkey Mr.Volkan Yilmaz.Silivri is a holiday resort of about 76,000 permanent residents in Istanbul Province on the Sea of Marmara.Accompanying the Patriarch on the courtesy call were His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France;His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Silivri;and Mr.Dimitar Atanasov,advisor and legal counsel to the Great Church of Christ at Constantinople.The talks were held in a cordial atmosphere.*
Later in the day,Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Balikili Charities Nursing Home in Istanbul next to the Balikli Hospital.Both institutions continue to serve the small Greek population of Constantinople.In the Nursing Home's well-appointed Church of the Holy Unmercenaries,HAH served the Small Paraklesis to the Theotokos and a Trisagion,or brief memorial service,for His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Tyroloi and Serantion,who died peacefully today at the Vlatadon Monastery in Thessaloniki,Greece at the age of 90.He had been the longtime igoumenos (abbot) of the Monastery and his successor,His Grace Bishop Nikiforos of Amorion,was at his bedside.Aionia imnimi,Memory eternal.*
Thessaloniki is one of the New Lands of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,but for practical reasons is administered by the Church of Greece.
Later in the day,Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Balikili Charities Nursing Home in Istanbul next to the Balikli Hospital.Both institutions continue to serve the small Greek population of Constantinople.In the Nursing Home's well-appointed Church of the Holy Unmercenaries,HAH served the Small Paraklesis to the Theotokos and a Trisagion,or brief memorial service,for His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Tyroloi and Serantion,who died peacefully today at the Vlatadon Monastery in Thessaloniki,Greece at the age of 90.He had been the longtime igoumenos (abbot) of the Monastery and his successor,His Grace Bishop Nikiforos of Amorion,was at his bedside.Aionia imnimi,Memory eternal.*
Thessaloniki is one of the New Lands of the Ecumenical Patriarchate,but for practical reasons is administered by the Church of Greece.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Episcopal Consecration of Astoria's Abbot Ierotheos Scheduled
The consecration to the episcopacy of the Rt.Rev Archimandrite Ierotheos Zacharis,Abbot of the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of St.Irene Chrysovalantou in Astoria,New York,has been set for Orthodoxy Sunday,5 March 2017.It will take place at the St.George Cathedral in the Fanar,the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople/Istanbul,Turkey.Archimandrite Ierotheos was elected to be Bishop of Evkarpia by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate.Evkarpia is located on the outskirts of Thessaloniki,Greece,in the New Lands of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.*
The festive occasion will begin with Great Vespers on Saturday evening,presided by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.The following day,the first Sunday of Lent,which is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy,the Synodical Divine Liturgy and consecration will be presided at the cathedral by His Eminence Bartholomew,who is the new Metropolitan of Smyrna/Izmir,Turkey and Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod.
The festive occasion will begin with Great Vespers on Saturday evening,presided by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.The following day,the first Sunday of Lent,which is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy,the Synodical Divine Liturgy and consecration will be presided at the cathedral by His Eminence Bartholomew,who is the new Metropolitan of Smyrna/Izmir,Turkey and Chief Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod.
Saturday, February 18, 2017
New York Abbot Elected Bishop - served in Patras,Greece also
The Rt.Rev. Archimandrite Ierotheos Zacharis,Abbot of the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of St.Irene Chrysovalantou in Astoria,New York,has been elected Bishop of Evkarpias by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.Evkarpias is a suburb of Thessaloniki,Greece.*
Bishop-elect Ierotheos is from Thermo,Greece.He graduated from the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy and the Theological School of Athens.Ordained by the late Metropolitan of Patras Nicodemos,he was Chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of Patras and director of the Metropolis TV station "LAMP."
Archimandrite Ierotheos was also a secondary education teacher and Scholar at the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy.*
The Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki is one of the New Lands within the nation of Greece belonging to the Ecumenical Patriarchate rather than the Church of Greece;yet,for practical reasons,is administered by the Church of Greece under an agreement with the Patriarchate.His Eminence Anthimos is Metropolitan of Thessaloniki.*
The Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy is a high school administered by the Holy Community of Mt.Athos.Located in the pastoral outskirts of Athos,it teaches Greek Orthodox studies such as as Patristics,Iconography and Byzantine Music as well as the conventional high school subjects.Room and board is free for the students,many of whom go on to leadership roles in Church and society.
Bishop-elect Ierotheos is from Thermo,Greece.He graduated from the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy and the Theological School of Athens.Ordained by the late Metropolitan of Patras Nicodemos,he was Chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of Patras and director of the Metropolis TV station "LAMP."
Archimandrite Ierotheos was also a secondary education teacher and Scholar at the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy.*
The Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki is one of the New Lands within the nation of Greece belonging to the Ecumenical Patriarchate rather than the Church of Greece;yet,for practical reasons,is administered by the Church of Greece under an agreement with the Patriarchate.His Eminence Anthimos is Metropolitan of Thessaloniki.*
The Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy is a high school administered by the Holy Community of Mt.Athos.Located in the pastoral outskirts of Athos,it teaches Greek Orthodox studies such as as Patristics,Iconography and Byzantine Music as well as the conventional high school subjects.Room and board is free for the students,many of whom go on to leadership roles in Church and society.
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