December 20, 2023

Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas (2023)

Prot. No. 828 Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch to All the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Mercy, and Peace from the Saviour Christ Born in Bethlehem   Most honorable brother hierarchs, Beloved children in … Continued

October 30, 2018

Patronal feast of the Orthodox Parish of Apostle Andrew Ghent

September 1, 2018

Message of His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew, for the day of prayer for the protection of the Environment (01/09/2018)

+ 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 Creator of All, our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ *** Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, Twenty-nine years have … Continued

April 23, 2018

Please enroll your children in the Orthodox Religion Lesson in the European schools

DEAR PARENTS PLEASE ENROLL YOUR CHILDREN IN THE ORTHODOX RELIGION LESSON IN THE EUROPEAN SCHOOLS Dear Parents, Christ is Risen! The Orthodox Religion lesson is taught in all the European Schools. Enrollment for the lessons of the next school year, beginning in September 2018, has already started, and we would like to remind you to … Continued

April 8, 2018

PATRIARCHAL ENCYCLICAL FOR HOLY PASCHA 2018

Prot. No. 312 + 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, Peace and Mercy of Christ Risen in Glory be with you All Dear venerable Hierarchs and beloved brothers and sisters in … Continued

March 7, 2018

Communiqué 06.03.2018

On Tuesday, 6 March 2018, the Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) in cooperation with the Working Group on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue of the European People’s Party (EPP) held a dialogue Seminar in the European Parliament in Brussels. The main topic of this Seminar was “The importance for Europe … Continued

February 19, 2018

Catechetical Homily on the opening of Holy and Great Lent (2018)

CATECHETICAL HOMILY ON THE OPENING OF HOLY AND GREAT LENT + 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 … Continued

October 31, 2017

Orthodox Youth Weekend at St-Joris-Weert (Belgium) 2017

Following the established good traditions, the Orthodox Youth of the Benelux (OJB-JOB) held its annual Orthodox Youth Weekend from October 27-29, 2017. About 80 Orthodox youth came together at “De Kluis” at Sint-Joris-Weert (Belgium) to learn, talk and ask about “Our Brother is Our Life – Relationship in Orthodox Spiritual Life According to Saint Silouan”. … Continued

October 9, 2017

CROCEU – The Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union

From 6 to 8 October 2017 the Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) held its annual meeting in Moscow (Russian Federation) in the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, at the kind invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus. The previous annual … Continued

May 6, 2009

BEZOEK VAN ZIJNE ALHEILIGHEID DE OECUMENISCHE PATRIARCH AAN DE KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Leuven – Tussen donderdag 29 en zaterdag 31 januari 2015 zal Zijne Alheiligheid de Oecumenische Patriarch Bartholomeos te gast zijn aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, waarvan hij reeds Doctor Honoris Causa is, op initiatief van het ‘Institute for the Study of Spirituality’ van de Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen, bij de opening van het internationaal colloquium … Continued