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The body
Saint Gregory the Theologian
25 June 2016
My body is a well-disposed enemy and a threatening friend. What a strange combination of closeness and alienation! What I fear, I honor and what I take care of, I fear. Before warring against it, I’m ...
Impressions from Mount Athos
25 June 2016
Professor Claude Pichard describes to Pemptousia his spiritual impressions from his visit to the Holy Mount Athos...
Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World
24 June 2016
5th PAN-ORTHODOX PRE-CONCILIAR CONFERENCE
Chambésy, 10-17 October 2015
RELATIONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WITH THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
DECISION
The Orthodox Church, as the One, Holy,...
Response by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Honorable Mayor of Heraklion, Crete, Vasilios Lambrinos
Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
24 June 2016
(Heraklion, June 18, 2016)
Your Eminence Archbishop Irenaios of Crete and Your Eminences and Graces, as well as holy brothers comprising the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete,
Most honorab...
How the minor sins progress into major ones
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
24 June 2016
...We must therefore avoid the sins which are considered minor. Because if, on the one hand we wish to please God, and on the other fall into these ‘lesser’ sins, it’s as if we wish to unite...
The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today
24 June 2016
5th PAN-ORTHODOX PRE-CONCILIAR CONFERENCE
Chambésy, 10-17 October 2015
THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY
DECISION
Fasting is a divine commandment (Gen 2:16-17). According ...
Toast by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Dinner Hosted by His Excellency Nikos Kotzias Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
24 June 2016
(Chania, Crete, June 16, 2016)
Your Beatitudes, holy brothers, Primates of the Orthodox Churches,
Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
The gracious initiative of your Excellency to offer t...
“Through a Glass, Darkly”: Pastoral Challenges in an Age of Social Media (SKYPE call)
24 June 2016
Metropolitan Savvas of Pittsburgh talks through skype about the pastoral challenges in an age of Social Media...
Autonomy and the Means by Which it is Proclaimed
24 June 2016
5th PAN-ORTHODOX PRE-CONCILIAR CONFERENCE
Chambésy, 10-17 October 2015
AUTONOMY AND THE MEANS BY WHICH IT IS PROCLAIMED
DECISION
The 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Conciliar Conference, upon the completio...
Press Briefing on Friday, June 24 following the fifth official day of the Holy and Great Council
24 June 2016
Press Briefing on Thursday, June 23 following the fourth official day of the Holy and Great Council, gathered in Crete June 19-26, 2016. ...





