Encyclical

  1 Christmas2000              |          BARTHOLOMEW~By the grace of God Archbishop of Constantinople,
  2 Christmas2000              |             true nature as images of God.~Humanity usually looks
  3 Christmas2000              |            incarnate Son and Word of God. He became flesh, assuming
  4 Christmas2000              |             all understanding, which God grants to those who love
  5 Christmas2000              |        present world and life, which God in His love and wisdom has
  6 Christmas2000              |           the high, towards love for God and human beings, towards
  7 Christmas2000              | Constantinople fervent supplicant to God for all.~    ~
  8 Pascha2000                 |        BARTHOLOMEW~ ~BY THE GRACE OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
  9 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |          BARTHOLOMEW~BY THE GRACE OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
 10 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |          GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY FROM GOD.~Beloved Brethren and Children
 11 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |             return, with the help of God, to the correct faith and
 12 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |          this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses
 13 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |            come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does
 14 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |             in the flesh is not from God" (1 John 4:2-3 NKJV). Knowing
 15 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |       communion with the spirit from God and receives help from him,
 16 SundayOfOrthodoxy2000      |             with the spirit not from God, and are guided by it to
 17 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |          BARTHOLOMEW~BY THE GRACE OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
 18 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |              his breast and cried, " God, forgive me the sinner. "
 19 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |          observed some provisions of God's Law (essentially the external
 20 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |              saved in the company of God, who desires that all should
 21 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |          instead to be vindicated by God.~Consequently, we are all
 22 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |             amount to nothing before God; that we are all obliged
 23 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |        faiths may sense the grace of God within us and be drawn to
 24 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |         illness so that the grace of God, which comes not to the
 25 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |              will come upon us also. God can raise up for Himself
 26 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |        virtue.~May our Most Merciful God illuminate our hearts, so
 27 HolyAndGreatLent2000       |            intercessor of all before God~Protocol No. 208~ ~
 28 Christmas1999              |          BARTHOLOMEW~BY THE MERCY OF GOD, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
 29 Christmas1999              |            ALL CREATION OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST~
 30 Christmas1999              |            of receiving the gifts of God, but only sullen and animalistic
 31 Christmas1999              |              8) that are despised by God. As a result, that person
 32 Christmas1999              |        belief that every creature of God created for communion with
 33 Christmas1999              |         supplication and petition to God for the protection of the
 34 Christmas1999              |     thanksgiving for everything that God in His beneficent providence
 35 Christmas1999              |           that harms any creature of God, and consequently to every
 36 Christmas1999              |           Church fervently beseeches God to show mercy and compassion
 37 Christmas1999              |           the better by the grace of God, due to the human ego opposing
 38 Christmas1999              |              since it is a gift from God to all humankind, the Ecumenical
 39 Christmas1999              |       all-compassionate and merciful God be able to positively influence
 40 Christmas1999              |           pass away, but the laws of God are eternal and unchangeable
 41 Christmas1999              |       eternal and unchangeable as is God Himself. But we also know
 42 Christmas1999              |            also know that the law of God is found in the authority
 43 Christmas1999              |            the grace and blessing of God upon everyone who works
 44 Christmas1999              |  illumination and the great mercy of God, so that they might come
 45 Christmas1999              |            fervent supplicant before God.~ ~
 46 Pascha1999                 |          BARTHOLOMEW~By the mercy of God Archbishop of Constantinople,
 47 Pascha1999                 |         Resurrection teaches us that God did not become human in
 48 Pascha1999                 |           knows the reason for which God established everything formerly".
 49 Pascha1999                 |    succession, reveal the purpose of God's wonders and His compassionate
 50 Pascha1999                 |           revealed to everyone that "God so loved the world, that
 51 Pascha1999                 |             the assurance of life in God, of life eternal. He who
 52 Pascha1999                 |            from corruption to you my God! Christ is Risen! To Him
 53 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |          BARTHOLOMEW~By the mercy of God,~+ BARTHOLOMEW~By the Grace
 54 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |          BARTHOLOMEW~By the Grace of God Archbishop of Constantinople~
 55 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |            the grace of the All good God and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
 56 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |          erring and failing short of God's glory". We ail feel the
 57 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |           commandments of Christ our God, with the brightness of
 58 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             our union in Christ with God, namely our ultimate deification.
 59 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |         grace and boundless mercy of God. According to Saint Diadochos
 60 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |         something to boast of before God, for it is simply a tool
 61 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             fasts; but with faith in God he should think only by
 62 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |            the divine will. The holy God desires our salvation. However, "
 63 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |              to the All-hoiy will of God, which is our salvation
 64 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             obedience to the will of God. The consequence of such
 65 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |         harmonious relationship with God, with our fellow human beings,
 66 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |              the reconciliation with God and with the world that
 67 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             with each other and with God. The achievement of this
 68 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |          vainglory alienates us from God and is harmful.~Again, the
 69 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |           the result of love towards God, as well as the preparation
 70 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             he wished to become like God by means of his own way,
 71 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |           way, and not the way which God showed him for his deification.~
 72 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             through such sacrifices, God is well-pleased".~Let us
 73 HolyAndGreatLent1999       |             Resurrection of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ,
 74 HolyAndGreatLent1999       | Constantinople~Fervent supplicant of God for all.~    ~
 75 Christmas1998              |             Christ~~~~~~~BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE~
 76 Christmas1998              |            exhorts us all to glorify God.~Truly we all spontaneously
 77 Christmas1998              |           all things were created by God, becomes incarnate and man,
 78 Christmas1998              |           not to any simple man, but God Incarnate. It is this culmination
 79 Christmas1998              |             the immaculate temple of God, through her purity and
 80 Christmas1998              |             the only begotten Son of God begotten of the Father before
 81 Christmas1998              |         pre-eternal Son and Logos of God is born in human time, by
 82 Christmas1998              |             Mother, as the Incarnate God.~Today, humanity does not
 83 Christmas1998              |       through the Holy Spirit, bears God the Logos Incarnate.~"Christ
 84 Christmas1998              |             obedience to the will of God is able to find inner peace
 85 Christmas1998              |   well-lighted harbor of the love of God, which gives birth to our
 86 Christmas1998              |        Christ is born, glorify him!"~God is born as the theanthropos.
 87 Christmas1998              |         doxology toward the All Good God for His extreme condescension
 88 Christmas1998              |            and reveals the fact that God created and creates all
 89 Christmas1998              |   chrysostomian utterance: "Glory to God in all things".~Beloved
 90 Christmas1998              |              in a manner pleasing to God. Thus, may this fountainhead
 91 Christmas1998              |              and endless doxology to God also be born in each and
 92 Christmas1998              |           the Kingdom, which we pray God the Logos, who was incarnate
 93 Christmas1998              |            fervent supplicant before God~Protocol No. 1495~Official
 94 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|          BARTHOLOMEW~BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,~
 95 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|              granted by the grace of God, the honour and responsibility
 96 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|         successor of such a Saint of God, and inasmuch as "grace
 97 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|            Church is a blessing from God.~St. John Chrysostom was
 98 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|           gifted him.~For he gave to God without measure even from
 99 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|          life had become the word of God. He had become that Homily
100 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|         desiring to know the word of God.~Therefore, when they arrested
101 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|        Eucharistic phrase: "Glory to God for all things!" Beloved
102 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|              Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion
103 FeastOfStJohnChrysostom1998|             fervent intercessor unto God.~
104 Pascha1998                 |          BARTHOLOMEW~BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
105 Pascha1998                 |             became a vessel moved by God Himself. For this reason,
106 Pascha1998                 |         human conception the love of God; since he was worthy of
107 Pascha1998                 |             Holy Spirit; he became a god by grace. He loved his brethren
108 Pascha1998                 |         according to the likeness of God. He understood how much
109 Pascha1998                 |         hidden things of the love of God. And finally, surpassing
110 Pascha1998                 |     humankind of the Risen Lord.~For God rewards through love and
111 Pascha1998                 |           the triumph of the love of God. The catechetical homily
112 Pascha1998                 |         freedom of being children of God. They partake of the banquet
113 Pascha1998                 |           the earth!~Unto Christ our God Who is Risen from the dead,
114 Pascha1998                 |            fervent supplicant before God~    ~
115 HolyAndGreatLent1997       |            do"; how much consolation God grants to the humble and
116 HolyAndGreatLent1997       |             given himself totally to God and always remains calm
117 HolyAndGreatLent1997       |          every good thing comes from God. Within, he is all aglow
118 HolyAndGreatLent1997       |         Publican and seek mercy from God Who alone is All-Good.~If
119 HolyAndGreatLent1997       |         finally mature full fruit in God.~And so let us pass through
120 HolyAndGreatLent1997       |             fervent intercessor unto God~    ~
121 Christmas1997              |          BARTHOLOMEW~BY THE MERCY OF GOD ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE,
122 Christmas1997              |           life, which by the love of God is capable of becoming paradise
123 Christmas1997              |     Wonderful Counsellor, the Mighty God . . . ".~He is the expectation
124 Christmas1997              |              our human nature. He is God born of a Virgin Mother.
125 Christmas1997              |              With the incarnation of God the Logos and His assumption
126 Christmas1997              |          saves us. Emmanuel is born! God is born, and He abides with
127 Christmas1997              |          miracle, not only one where God makes man, but where the
128 Christmas1997              |           Pure Virgin gives birth to God. Therefore, let heaven and
129 Christmas1997              |           the Angels' hymn: Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth
130 Christmas1997              |             of the incarnate Word of God. For without the Lord -
131 Christmas1997              |           But now we are children of God, brethren and co-heirs with
132 Christmas1997              |           and grace of the Incarnate God.~We pray with all our heart
133 Christmas1997              |         young Child, the Pre-eternal God" will abundantly bestow
134 Christmas1997              |            fervent supplicant before God.~    ~
135 Christmas1996              |             Jesus Christ, the Son of God who had created not only
136 Christmas1996              |           blood of a Messiah sent by God. The theological recognition
137 Christmas1996              |           theological recognition of god as representing universal
138 Christmas1996              |            love also recognised that God chose to share love with
139 Christmas1996              |             in doing so he glorifies God in whose image he was created.
140 Christmas1996              |           placed man in harmony with God and nature; but this harmony
141 Christmas1996              |               in the disobedience of God in paradise, lost their
142 Christmas1996              |              as well as the mercy of God.~Man had fallen from grace
143 Christmas1996              |             mastery over nature; but God, in his infinite mercy,
144 Christmas1996              |            the Saviour was born, and God so loved the world He had