Ecumenical Patriarch: "Let us not be ashamed of the Christian name we bear"translated

A.Th. Panagiotis the Ecumenical Patriarch k.c. Bartholomew, on the holy memory of the Holy Martyrs Minas, Victor and Vincent, and Saint Theodore the Studite, officiated on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at M. Vespers in the celebrating Holy Church of Agios Minas Ypsomathia. Hierol preached the divine word. Patriarchal Deacon Mr. Fotios Poulopoulos, First Secretary of the First Patriarchal Office.

"Our hearts always return to our Communities here" After M. Vespers, His Holiness spoke to the congregation expressing his joy that this year he was among them again on this day, in which the Church celebrates, continuing with a feeling of fatherly affection and responsibility a beautiful tradition started by his predecessors. "Because your Shepherd", he said, "is not only an Ecumenical Patriarch who travels to the ends of the earth, but he is primarily the Archbishop of New Rome-Constantinople, the shepherd of this small but blessed flock, who rejoices every time he is among his spiritual children". The Patriarch then spoke about his recent visit to Zurich, Switzerland, where he presided over the festivities for...