Epistles

Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical Issued on the Occasion of the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea

• 2 June 2025

† B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome  and Ecumenical Patriarch * * * To the Plenitude of the Church: May God’s Grace and Peace be with you! We…

A Reflection on the New Year: Christian or Secular?

• 31 December 2022

New Year! What, in fact, are we celebrating on December 31st / January 1st? And what does it mean when we speak of a civic or secular New Year? It is the moment when the entire world enters into the…