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H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden’s Homily on the 12th Sunday of Matthew

St. George Cathedral of Stockholm Sunday, August 31, 2025 Dearly Beloved Brothers & Sisters in Christ, In today’s Gospel reading, we learn about a young man seeking eternal life, out of earnest desire. Christ first gently guides him toward the commandments; what the Mosaic Law demands. St. John Chrysostom sees…
Θεία Λειτουργία με τη Βυζαντινή Χορωδία Ρωμανός ο Μελωδός στον Καθεδρικό Ναό Αγ. Γεωργίου Στοκχόλμης

Κυριακή 31/08/2025 Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία στον Καθεδρικό Ναό Αγίου Γεωργίου Στοκχόλμης χοροστατούντος του Σεβασμιωτάτου Μητροπολίτου Σουηδίας και Πάσης Σκανδιναβίας κ. Κλεόπα.
St George Cathedral Schedule for September 2025

Schedule of Holy Services of St. Georgios Cathedral, Stockholm, for September 2025.
“Romanos Melodos” Concert at Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm

On the evening of Friday, August 29, 2025, the Byzantine Choir “Romanos o Melodos (the Melodist)” of the Holy Metropolis of Limassol, Cyprus, presented a Byzantine concert at the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm, under the direction of the Reverend Protopresbyter Fr. Nikolaos Lymbouridis. The choir was composed of the…
Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Volunteers and Collaborators of our Local Church in Scandinavia, “Glory to God for all things”! (St. John Chrysostom)

Borrowing the words of this great Father of our Church, a true river of honey-flowing wisdom, and in the blessed afterglow of the lofty and grace-filled visit to our missionary Eparchy by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, I raise up thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father, who has gifted our local…
The Ecumenical Patriarch Departed from Stockholm

On the morning of Monday, August 25, 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew concluded His visit to Stockholm. Prior to His departure, accompanied by the Members of the Patriarchal Entourage, He visited the Skogskyrkogården Cemetery, where He held a memorial service (trisagion) at the grave of the late Metropolitan Pavlos,…
Thyranoixia Service at the St. George Cathedral of Stockholm by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On the morning of Sunday, August 24, 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm, following the service of the Thyranoixia, which marked the completion of a thorough restoration of the Cathedral’s exterior and interior. Present at the Divine Liturgy…
Ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης στην παρουσίαση του νέου βιβλίου του Μητροπολίτου Σουηδίας

Ολοκληρώθηκε με επιτυχία η τρίτη ημέρα της υψηλής παρουσίας της Α. Θ. Παναγιότητος, του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου κ.κ. Βαρθολομαίου, το Σάββατο, 23 Αυγούστου 2025, στην Στοκχόλμη, κατά το ακόλουθο πρόγραμμα: Το πρωΐ, ο Παναγιώτατος παρεκάθησε μετά των μελών της τιμίας Πατριαρχικής Συνοδείας, στο πρόγευμα που προσέφεραν οι εξ Αμερικής παρευρισκομένοι Άρχοντες…
Second Day of the Patriarchal Visit to Stockholm

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by the Members of His Entourage — His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey, the Very Reverend Grand Ecclesiarch Aetios, and the Very Reverend Deacon Epiphanios and His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia — completed the second day of His Official…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Arrives in Stockholm

The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia and its Shepherd, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas, welcomed His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, yesterday afternoon, Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. Responding to the kind invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Martin Modéus of Uppsala and Primate of the Lutheran…