ORTHODOXY & ORTHOPRAXY: August 2025

† Bartholomew

By the Mercy of God

Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch

Grace, Peace, and Mercy unto the Plenitude of the Church

From the Fashioner of All Creation

Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ

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Sunday, 24 August 2025

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “COME WITH YOUR PEACE”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Calls for “Peace in a World That Hungers and Thirsts for Unity, Solidarity, and Integrity Like Never Before”

On Saturday, August 23, 2025, His All-Holiness attended an Ecumenical Prayer Service as part of the Lutheran Church’s Ecumenical Celebration – Time for God’s Peace – at the Great Church in Stockholm, Sweden. King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson were in attendance.

EDITORIAL

Dear Friends, As interest in Orthodoxy continues to grow worldwide, in response to spiritual, religious, and social factors, we have decided to create a section of English-language Orthodox Witness in the online magazine ΣΤΟΝ ΙΣΚΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΗΣΚΙΟΥ (In the Shadοw of Shade). During the Sacrament of Ordination to the priesthood, after the Holy Gifts have been blessed, the bishop hands the Holy Body to the newly ordained priest, calling on him to guard ‘this deposit’ ‘until the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ’. The Orthodox Church is the guardian of this ‘deposit’, a fact which now has worldwide recognition. As Greeks and Orthodox Christians, we feel the need to share parts of this ‘deposit’ with people of goodwill everywhere. We are therefore instituting this section of In the Shadow in the English language, the leading international language of our times, with the blessings of the Holy Cappadocian Fathers, who in their own times used Greek for similar reasons, and, of course, with your prayers and support. On this page of Orthodox Witness will be published in English texts of UP TO 1000 words. The content and correct English rendering of the texts are the exclusive responsibility of their authors. In the love of Christ, Archpriest of the Ecumenical Throne, Panagiotis Kapodistrias, Director and Archpriest Dr. Georgios Lekkas, Scientific Editor. Please send contributions to the following email address: grlekkas@gmail.com

ORTHODOXY & ORTHOPRAXY

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Patriarchal Message for the Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year and the Solemn Day of Prayers for Natural Environment (September 1, 2025)

Sunday, 24 August 2025

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “COME WITH YOUR PEACE”