The Ecumenical Patriarch at the Church of St. Kyriaki of Kontoskali

“Saint Kyriaki, who through her steadfastness and patience in her ‘faith’ inherited ‘the everlasting glory’ of Christ her bridegroom, is an example for all of us to follow. For our own life, too, is and must be a testimony of our faith in Christ, of our faith in the glory bequeathed to us by our fathers, so that we may preserve it as it was handed down to us and as it has been kept to this day by the generations before us,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew noted, among other things, in his address during the Divine Liturgy which he presided over today, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, for the feast of the Holy Great Martyr Kyriaki, at the namesake parish church of the Community of Kontoskali, which was celebrating its feast day.

“The Holy Martyrs and Confessors of our faith, like our fathers, received and handed down to us the faith and our sacred and holy things. It is our duty and responsibility to safeguard them, often setting aside our own interest. And not only this, but it is also our duty to further advance their work, so that we may daily prove ourselves worthy descendants of glorious ancestors. For us, our ‘faith’ must be, and is, our unshakeable faith in Christ, our devotion to…