At the beginning of the Triodion season, on Sunday, February 1st, 2026, with the permission and encouragement of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the ordination to the episcopacy of the Most Reverend Bishop-elect Bartholomew of Elaia was celebrated at the Saint George Cathedral of Stockholm. The service took place in an atmosphere of prayerful devotion,…

Sunday, January 25, 2026 Your Grace, Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today the Church places before us the luminous figure of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke. Though short in stature, Zacchaeus stands tall in the spiritual vision of the Church, for his encounter with Christ reveals…

Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today’s Gospel presents a scene both merciful and searching: ten lepers cry out to the Lord from a distance, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” Their illness had made them outcasts, separated from worship, family, and the ordinary life of the community. The Fathers see in leprosy an…

Following the conclusion of the proceedings of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, convened on January 8 and 9, 2026 respectively, and during the first session of the first day, upon the return of His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia to his see in Stockholm, and at his request…

Προσφώνησις του Σεβ. Μητροπολίτου Σουηδίας κ. Κλεόπα Θεοφιλέστατε Εψηφισμένε Επίσκοπε Ελαίας κ. Βαρθολομαίε,Μουσικολογιώτατοι,Αγαπητοί εν Χριστώ Αδελφοί,Αγαπημένα μας παιδιά, Η σημερινή Κυριακή μετά τα Άγια Φώτα μας οδηγεί στο ξεκίνημα της δημόσιας δράσεως του Κυρίου μας. Το ιερό Ευαγγέλιο μας αναφέρει ότι, όταν ο Κύριος άκουσε πως ο Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος παρεδόθη, «καταλιπὼν τὴν Ναζαρὲτ ἐλθὼν…