Epistles

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

† 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 offer a hymn of thanks to the almighty, all-seeing, and benevolent God in Trinity, who…

CATECHETICAL HOMILY FOR THE OPENING OF HOLY AND GREAT LENT (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 THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH ALL * * *…

Monasticism – The Second Baptism and Path to Eternal Glory

Address by His Eminence, Metropolitan of Debar and Kičevo, Timotej, during the monastic tonsure of Nun Thekla at the Holy Monastery of Prechista in Kičevo, on the 20th of September, Year of Our Lord 2024 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Dear brothers and sisters, Allow me this evening,…

Patriarchal Message for the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year and the Solemn Day of Prayers for Natural Environment

† 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 GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY FROM THE MAKER OF ALL CREATION OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST * * * Most reverend brother Hierarchs and beloved children…

The Prophet with Angelic Wings – Saint John as an Example of Angelic Life

A homily by His Eminence Metropolitan Timothy of Debar and Kichevo, at the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, at Bigorski Monastery, on September 11, 2024, in the year of our Lord. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Dear…

The Monastic Vow – The Third Birth in Christ

A homily by His Eminence Metropolitan Timothy of Debar and Kichevo, on the occasion of the monastic tonsure of Brothers Elisha, Panteleimon, and Eustathios, at the Vespers of the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, September 10, 2024, in the year of our Lord. In the name of the Father, and of…