Reykjavík Apostle Bartholomew Parish

What Relationship Did Saint Nectarios Have with Marcus Aurelius?

By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden The works “Meditations” by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and “Know Thyself” by Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis are two autobiographical collections of reflections and life experiences written seventeen centuries apart. Although their authors lived in completely different cultural and theological contexts, and although the works were intended for…
Christ Does Not Seek a Mask; He Seeks the Heart

By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden This Sunday, the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, brings before us one of the most revealing encounters in the Gospel, the meeting of Christ with the Samaritan Woman. Christ does not merely pass through Samaria. He abolishes boundaries—ethnic, religious, and social. The Samaritan Woman is not simply a…
Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Apostle Bartholomew Parish, in Reykjavík, Iceland

It is announced with great joy that on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., with the canonical blessing and encouragement of His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Elaia will officiate the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of Apostle Bartholomew in Reykjavík, Iceland, at the chapel of…

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