Epistles

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 THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE–NEW ROMEAND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH GRACE, PEACE, AND MERCYUNTO THE ENTIRE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCHFROM THE FASHIONER OF ALL CREATION OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST * * * Most Reverend and Right Reverend Brother…

“We Feel as Though We Are on Mount Athos”

Response address by His Excellency Mr. Alkiviadis Stefanis, Civil Governor of Mount Athos, Archon of the Great Church of Christ and of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, before the beginning of the vigil for the Nativity of the Honorable Forerunner, at Bigorski, on July 6, 2026. Your Grace, Bishop of Antania, holy Abbot of the Sacred…

Catechetical homily For the Opening of Holy and Great Lent (2026)

+ BARTHOLOMEW 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;and from us, prayer, blessing, and forgiveness. Most honorable brother Hierarchs and blessed children in the Lord, Filled with sacred emotion, we enter once again, by…

Chronicle of Love – A Record of Spiritual Resurrection and Ecclesial Unity

Address by Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Spasenovski, promoter of the edition “Bigorska Chronicle – Archpastoral Quinquennium,” at the Bigorski Monastery, November 2, in the Year of Our Lord 2025 Reverend Fathers,Representatives of Sister Churches,Dignitaries,Guests of the Bigorski Monastery,Dear friends, Today we stand before a work that is a spiritual icon of an age in which the…

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 * * *…