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One of the most important ministries of the Church throughout its history has been providing spiritual care to the sick. The Ecumenical Patriarchate has always being sensitive to the needs of this ministry from the years of the Byzantine Empire up until now. Its clergy are active in providing pastoral care to the ill, both on a parish level and in specialized facilities
Pastoral Thought
CHRIST IS RISEN!
April 26, 2025
“Life now takes on a new meaning! Human relationships find new hope! God reveals to humanity a new creation, a new way of being, and with His blood, the crucified Christ seals a New Covenant—the promise that God will never abandon humanity. “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” The tomb cannot contain the boundless love of God. Death, which is the absence of love, can no longer reign and dominate.”
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Sunday of Synaxis of the Holy Doctors
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate designated the celebration the Sunday following the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Synod as the Sunday of the Synaxis of all the Holy Doctors. This year, that is the Sunday of the 22nd of October.
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Two years after the tragic railway accident in the Tempi area
February 28, 2025
On Friday, February 28, 2025, two years will have passed since the tragic railway accident in the Tempi area, which caused the sudden and unjust death of fifty-seven (57) Greek citizens, most of whom were young people. This sorrowful anniversary, like every anniversary of a national tragedy, brings to mind the losses we have experienced collectively and individually, as a nation and as citizens. Regardless of whether this tragedy is a war, an uprooting of people, a natural disaster, or a terrible accident, the losses constitute a calamity and cause profound pain and grief. It brings to the surface the reality of death and human weakness in the face of it; the human inadequacy in controlling everything in life.
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