The Forgiveness Vespers in Sydney
The first Vespers of the Great Lent, the "Forgiveness Vespers", was celebrated on Cheesefare Sunday, March 1, at the packed ...
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Tag: Great Lent
Ecumenical Patriarch: The incarnation of God and the deification of man are the pillars of the Orthodox faith
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has published his Catechetical Homily at the opening of Holy and Great Lent (2020). As he mentions, ...
Encyclical of Archbishop of America for Holy and Great Lent 2020
In the encyclical, the Archbishop of America said, "As you fast for the next forty days, take time to offer ...
Metropolitan of Mesogaia to speak about the Great Lent in Bucharest
The Lenten lectures organized by the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) in Bucharest will kick off this year with ...
The Triodion and the Great Lent
This year the Triodion begins on Sunday, February 9. The Triodion is a three-week pre-Lenten season during which the Church ...
Fasting leads us to reconciliation with God and sanctification
by Archim. Dionysios Karagiannis We are already in the sea of the Holy and Great Lent, and fasting bends the ...
Patriarch Daniel of Romania offers three pieces of advice for Great Lent
On Cheesefare Sunday, Patriarch Daniel of Romania said that "fasting is an offering of man’s love brought to God" and ...
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Ecumenical Patriarch met the new Consul General of Ukraine in Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate welcomed Heorhii Filatov, the new Consul General of Ukraine in Constantinople, on Friday, July 17, 2026....
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Metropolitan of Nea Ionia: The Ukrainian people are a unique example of resilience and unity
Metropolitan Gabriel of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia of the Church of Greece described the Ukrainian people as "a unique...
