To His Holiness Bartholomaios I Archbishop of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch Your Holiness, It is with great joy that I address Your Holiness on the occasion of ... , I express my respectful esteem and spiritual closeness to Your Holiness and to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and I pray that the Triune God may bestow abundant blessings of grace and light on your lofty ministry for the good of ...

From the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle: Istanbul, Turkey 11/30/2009 His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed a Vatican delegation representing Pope Benedict XVI at the Thronal Feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 30, 2009. The delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper also delivered greetings to His All Holiness on behalf of Pope Benedict. The Ecumenical

... bishop." Today Pope Benedict XVI sent the following letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. To His Holiness Bartholomaios I Archbishop of Constantinople Ecumenical ... Feast of Saint Andrew, the brother of Saint Peter and the protector of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. On this joyful occasion commemorating the birth into eternal life of the Apostle Andrew, whose witness of faith in the ...

... Matthew II (1596-1603) moved the Patriarchate to the former convent of St George in the Phanar in about 1600. ... rebuild from the very foundations the holy church of our Patriarchal and Ecumenical Throne, and so we have started this building with the help of God." ... St George serves mainly as the symbolic centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and as a centre of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians ...

... doctrine by our common Church Fathers, who gathered from east and west in ecumenical councils, where they transmitted it as an invaluable treasure to our Churches in order that we ... one's religious convictions. It is this dialogue that is encouraged and cultivated by our Ecumenical Patriarchate, which contributes in this way to the consolidation of peace in our contemporary world. Your Eminence ...

... Orthodox - Here Here is the message Benedict XVI sent to Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, on the occasion of today’ ... Andrew, brother of St. Peter, is the protector of the ecumenical patriarchate. The Holy Father’s message ... St. Peter, is the protector of the ecumenical patriarchate. Catholic and Orthodox - Here Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is affirming ...

... Nov. 4, at the Vice Presidential Residence to honor His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew who during this third leg of his trip to the United States is visiting Washington, DC. ... religious freedom and religious tolerance, the interreligious and intercultural dialogue initiatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the re-opening of the Theological School of Halki and the leadership role of ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sprinkles Holy Water over the Mississippi River. Photo by GANP/Dimitris Panagos from Ecumenical Patriarchate via Flickr. A 69-year-old man with a long white beard ... teenagers, but Greek Orthodox youth in the United States apparently found Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's message on the environment "pretty cool."... ...

Awesome new program that I just had to tell everyone about: Orthodoxy 101 course to be offered online November 16 (that's tomorrow!!! -- sign up now!!!) by the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA - Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (that's a mouthful). H/T: Ancient Christian Defender

... for us with Thee. Pope Benedict's General Audience of 14 June 2006 talks about Saint Andrew, the first called. Today we particularly remember the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul) on their patronal feast day as well as the Christians of Scotland and the Rus peoples. Read the Pope's message to Patriarch Bartholomew I.

... Poland, also taking part in the process of the declaration of the Polish Church as Autocephalous in 1934, under the Ecumenical Patriarchate. After his retirement he returned to his birthplace Teratin, with his family and there he passed the difficult years of the 2nd World War during which German and rebels - polish armies ...

... was pretty certainly he who added S Andrew to the Libera nos. What a shame that the modern Roman Rite has so little respect for this tradition. Not least because Andrew is not only the Patron of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Saint on whose Feast our own bishop Andrew was consecrated, but the splendiferous, coruscating day on ...

... . Rocco Palmo, blogging at Whispers in Loggia, talks about the ecumenical ramifications of closer ties between Moscow and the Holy See. ... the church's external relations, which made him the patriarchate's point-man to the Vatican, where his ascent was ... in a Russian edition... one published by the Moscow patriarchate. While Kirill and Benedict met on three occasions prior to his ...

... there are new signs of substantial progress in relations between the Holy See and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, and hint that a “summit” meeting between the Pope and Russian Patriarch Kirill might ... ; he met with the Pontiff on three different occasions while serving as the chief ecumenical official for the Moscow patriarchate. Patriarch Kirill has expressed a keen interest in cooperating ...

... , including President Dmitry Medvedev, have spoken in recent months of Russia's unique religious harmony. A Moscow Patriarchate official who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Ecumenical News International that the murder could be connected to Sysoyev's missionary work among Muslims. "He led to Christianity ...