THE HOLY & GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: GOD'S CALL TO UNITY AND CHARITY

Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides invites viewers to join the hundreds of Hierarchs, priests, deacons, monastics and laity who took part in the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, which His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convened from June 16-27. Learn about the Council's work, and the Church's mission in and for the world.

FROM LESBOS TO CRETE: THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND IT’S COMMITMENT TO THE WORLD

by V. Rev. Dr. Archimandrite Nathanael Symeonides
 Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

In just a few hours, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew—the religious leaders of the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Churches—will once again have the opportunity to embrace each other as brothers in Christ.