HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRD DAY

Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
22 June 2016

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release

CRETE—On the third day of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Gonia. Afterward, the hierarchs continued their work in the sixth, seventh, and eighth sessions of the Council.

HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL CONVENES -PRESS OFFICE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
20 June 2016

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release

After more than 60 years of planning, the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church convened its opening session on the island of Crete on Monday, June 20, on the Feast of the Holy Spirit.

ORTHROS AND DIVINE LITURGY OF PENTECOST (PHOTO)

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Photos from the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church from June 15-26, 2016. All photos are available for media and public use, with no alteration or modification. Please credit photographer listed in photo description. 

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH AND THE PRIMATES OF THE HOLY ORTHODOX CHURCHES

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Reception of His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch and of the Primates of the Holy Orthodox C16. hurches, at the square of the Saint Titus Cathedral,

AΦΙΕΡΟΥΤΑΙ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΕΙΜΝΗΣΤΟ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ ΕΛΒΕΤΙΑΣ, ΚΥΡΟ ΔΑΜΑΣΚΗΝΟ

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Η Ορθοδοξία ζει μεγάλες και ιστορικές στιγμές. Στιγμές που θα καθορίσουν το μέλλον της για πολλές γενιές μετά.. Να ευχηθούμε όχι αιώνες… Ας μου επιτραπεί, ως ελάχιστη  προσωπική ευγνωμοσύνη προς το Πρόσωπο του (πολυ)σέβαστου  μακαριστού Μητρ. Ελβετίας Κυρού Δαμασκηνού,

JUNE 18: RECEPTION, DOXOLOGY, AND VESPERS OF PENTECOST IN HERAKLION, CRETE (PHOTO)

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Photos from the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church from June 15-26, 2016. All photos are available for media and public use, with no alteration or modification. Please credit photographer listed in photo description. Larger resolution photos may be downloaded via Flickr.

HIS ALL-HOLINESS THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW CONVENES SMALL SYNAXIS OF THE PRIMATES OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES

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Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
17 June 2016

Holy and Great Council Press Release

His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convened a Small Synaxis this morning of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches, at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, to consider a “draft message” of the Holy and Great Council. 

PARISH WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS (INFORMATION)

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office,

GRAPHICS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL PARISHES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL FROM THEIR WEBSITE OR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH EXPRESSES “JOY OF THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR HISTORICAL MISSION”

Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
15 June 2016

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Holy and Great Council Press Release

ORTHODOX SYNOD TO TAKE PLACE DESPITE NEW PULLOUT, BY RUSSIA

By Patrick Quinn and Derek Gatopoulos, Big Story, 
Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians on Wednesday said a historic meeting of church leaders — the first in more than a millennium — will take place on the Greek island of Crete despite a pullout by Russia.

THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL: ORTHODOXY’S OPPORTUNITY

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

 Evagelos Sotiropoulos,

“But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’” records Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist (5:37).

ΤΗΝ ΕΝΑΤΗ ΩΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΙΝ ΑΛΕΚΤΩΡ ΛΑΛΗΣΕΙ ΤΡΕΙΣ Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑ ΔΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΩΝ ΤΗΣ (ΠΡΟΣ) ΚΑΛΕΙΤΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΜΟΨΥΧΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΡΘΟΤΟΜΗΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑΣ

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ΓΕΝΕΥΗ ΣΥΝΑΞΗ ΠΡΟΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΩΝ 21 ΜΕ 28 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2016

Την ύστατη ώρα, o  Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης κ. Βαρθολομαίος απέδειξε ότι και θέληση έχει και βούληση, και διάκριση -μένει να επιβεβαιωθεί ότι διαθέτει- και σύνεση και νηφαλιότητα , παρά την πικρία που δέχθηκε όλο αυτό το διάστημα με τις εκατέρωθεν αποφάσεις των Πέντε Εκκλησιών Πατριαρχείων (Πρεσβυγενών τε και νεοπαγών )

UNITA DA RICERCARE IL DIFFICILE CAMMINO COMUNE DELLE CHIESE ORTODOSSE

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Andrea Riccardi

Il sinodo di Mosca ha chiesto, viste le difficoltà di alcune Chiese, di rinviare il Concilio panortodosso previsto per il 16 giugno. Se ci sarà, i russi non parteciperanno. Non è un fatto solo ecclesiastico, ma un passaggio della faticosa ristrutturazione dei mondi religiosi nella globalizzazione.

AS PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL APPROACHES, CONFLICTS AND UNCERTAINTY INTENSIFY

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

8 June 2016

Rev. Cyril Hovorun

Although only a few days remain until the Eastern Pentecost, when the Pan-Orthodox council has been scheduled, uncertainty remains whether the gathering in Crete will take place. It is the same uncertainty which I described more than two years ago in my CWR article “The Fragile Promise of the Pan-Orthodox Council”.

HOLY CROSS GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY FACULTY STATEMENT ON THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office
June 12, 2016
The Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

The Faculty of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology fully supports the coming Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church to be held at the Orthodox Academy on Crete on June 16-27, 2016. 

MANY VOICES, ONE CHURCH - ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE PRESS OFFICE (VIDEO)

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

 Fr. John Chryssavgis,

No other gathering in history will expose the face of Orthodoxy and the profile of its Churches as much as this council. It would behoove us to recall this in prayer and contemplation as we enter t

ΥΠΕΡ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΕΞΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ O IΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΣ

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Την άποψή του για το θέμα των Εκκλησιών που θα απέχουν από την Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας εξέφρασε σήμερα από τη Χίο, όπου εγκαινίασε το Μουσείο Μαστίχας, ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αθηνών και πάσης Ελλάδος Ιερώνυμος.

MANY QUESTIONS, SIMPLE ANSWERS: ON PROCESS AND GOVERNANCE OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL

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Fr. John Chryssavgis
Ecumenical Patriarchate

Social media and news organizations have reported confusion in advance of the convening of the Holy and Great Council. The following Q&A is offered to help clarify the process and governance of the Holy and Great Council.

1,000 ORTHODOX SCHOLARS URGE THE COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN JUNE 2016

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June 12, 2016

DECLARATION OF THE ORTHODOX FELLOWSHIP IN WESTERN EUROPE (FRATERNITE)

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Office

5 June 2016

The Orthodox Fellowship in Western Europe was created in 1971 and organizes since then one of the most important international Orthodox Conferences in Western Europe.