Greek-English
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE
His Eminence
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
New York City
Christ is Risen!
The Mother Church of Constantinople that partakes of the crucifixion,
the much revered Ecumenical Patriarchate, has this year celebrated the
annual commemoration of the Holy, Glorious, Great-Martyr George the
Trophy-Bearer. And in the course of the celebration of the Holy
Eucharist and the Sacred Artoklasia within our All-Venerable Patriarchal
Cathedral that is named in honor of Saint George, the Mother Church has
remembered in Her prayers Her beloved spiritual children in America.
Wherefore, we congratulate Your much beloved Eminence on account of
your important pastoral labors, which you perform with holy zeal, with
enthusiasm, and with great paternal love for the devout clergy and the
harmonious people of God in America, with unshakeable devotion for the
eternal Greek Orthodox values and for the constantly tested Mother
Church, from Which you draw joy from Her most Holy Shrines, illumination
and knowledge from Her age-old enduring history, and strength and hope
from Her cross of sacrifice. We greet you with a brotherly kiss and
bless you from the depths of our Patriarchal heart, together with all
the genuine children of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the New World –
clergy and laity, with this prayer: that our Lord Jesus Christ Who is
risen from the dead, through the intercessions of His Holy
Trophy-Bearer, might come into your midst, among all who truly desire
Him, “even though the doors where you are gathered are sealed shut”
because of fear of the pandemic. May the Lord overshadow you all and
bless you, granting you love, peace, solidarity, and every good thing!
Fraternally in the Lord,Patriarch Bartholomew
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Phanar, April 23, 2020
ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΝ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ
Ἱερώτατον
Ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Ἀμερικῆς κύριον Ἐλπιδοφόρον,
Εἰς Νέαν Ὑόρκην.Χριστός Ἀνέστη!
Πανηγυρίσασα καί ἐφέτος ἡ ἐσταυρωμένη Μήτηρ Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κωνσταντι-
νουπόλεως,
τόπολυσέβαστον Οἰκουμενικόν Πατριαρχεῖον, τήν ἐτησίαν μνήμην τοῦ ἁγίου ἐνδόξου μεγαλομάρτυρος Γεωργίουτοῦ Τροπαιοφόρου, ἐμνήσθη ἐν ταῖς
προσευχαῖς αὐτῆς, κατά τήν τέλεσιν τῆς Θείας Εὐχαριστίας
καί τῆς ἱερᾶςἀρτο-
κλασίας ἐν τῷ ἐπ' ὁνόματι αὐτοῦ τιμωμένῳ καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς Πανσέπτῳ Πατριαρχικῷ Ναῷ,
τῶν ἐν Ἀμερικῇ προσφιλῶν τέκνων αὐτοῦ.
Ὅθεν, συγχαίρομεν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ λίαν ἀγαπητῇ
Ἱερότητι διά τό σημαντικόν ποιμαντικόν ἔργον ὑμῶν, τόὁποῖον ἐπιτελεῖτε μεθ' ἱεροῦ ἐνθουσιασμοῦ καί ζήλου,
μετά πολλῆς πατρικῆς ἀγάπης πρός τόν ἐν Ἀμερικῇεὐλαβῆ κλῆρον καί φιλακόλουθον λαόν τοῦ Θεοῦ, μετ' ἀκλονήτου ἀφοσιώσεως εἰς
τάς αἰωνίουςἑλληνορθοδόξους ἀξίας καί εἰς τήν πάντοτε
δοκιμαζόμενην Μητέρα Ἐκκλησίαν, ἐξ ἧς ἀντλεῖτε χάριν ἐκ τῶνπαναγίων αὐτῆς προσκυνημάτων,
φῶς καί γνῶσιν ἐκ τῆς μακραίωνος ἱστορίας αὐτῆς,
δύναμιν καί ἐλπίδα ἀπότοῦ σταυροῦ αὐτῆς. Ἀσπαζόμενοι δ' ὑμᾶς ἀδελφικῶς
καί εὐλογοῦντες ἀπό μέσης Πατριαρχικῆς καρδίας
πάντα τά ἐν τῷ Νέῳ Κόσμῳ γνήσια τέκνα τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου
καί τοῦ πανιέρου Φαναρίου, κληρικούςκαί λαϊκούς,
δεόμεθα ὅπως ὁ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστάς Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, ταῖς
πρεσβείαις τοῦ Τροπαιοφόρου Αὐτοῦ
Ἁγίου, προσέλθῃ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ πάντων ὑμῶν, τῶν ἀληθῶς ποθούντων Αὐτόν,
«τῶν θυρῶνκεκλεισμένων, ὅπου ἐστέ συνηγμένοι» διά τόν φόβον τῆς πανδημίας, καί ὅπως σκέπῃ καί εὐλογῇ πάντας ὑμᾶς,
χαριζόμενος ὑμῖν ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην, ὁμοψυχίαν καί πᾶν ἐφετόν!
Ἀδελφικῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ,Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαῖος
Φανάριον, 23 Ἀπριλίου 2020