Patriarchal Messages

Ref. No: 145/2016 THEODOROS II BY THE GRACE OF GOD POPE AND PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA, THE ENTIRE LAND OF EGYPT AND ALL AFRICA TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE APOSTOLIC AND PATRIARCHAL THRONE OF ALEXANDRIA GRACE AND MERCY AND PEACE FROM OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST BORN IN BETHLEHEM My dear brothers and sisters, Our path to salvation has always been either a path of convergence to the will of our Creator or a path of deviation from it due to the predomination of our own will. Our vacillation between the divine and our own will, has sealed and will continue to seal – ...

The ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa is dynamically entering the third millennium of its historical course. A course that started with its Enlightener, the Apostle and Evangelist Mark and continues ceaselessly till today maintaining unadulterated the Apostolic trust, sacred tradition unchanged and keeping the integrity of the sacrificial spirit of the sacred figures that graced this Patriarchal Throne. This historic course is testified to by the wealth of its spiritual heritage, which recorded and guided the course and the Theological teaching of the One Undivided ...

THEODOROS II BY THE GRACE OF GOD POPE AND PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA AND ALL AFRICA TO THE FULNESS OF OUR APOSTOLIC AND PATRIARCHAL THRONE GRACE AND MERCY AND PEACE FROM OUR RISEN LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Christ is risen! The joyous announcement of the Resurrection of Our Lord finds the Middle East, the place where God as Creator communed with man, still struggling with great sacrifices to look for justice, the eye ...

T H E O D O R O S II By the Grace of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to the plenitude of the Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria, Grace and Mercy and Peace from our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem and who fulfilled the Divine Economy. My beloved and blessed brothers and sisters, Two thousand years ago on a night like tonight, the Theotokos was swaddling the newborn Jesus to keep him ...

T H E Ο D O R O S II by the Mercy of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to the plenitude of our Apostolic and Patriarchal throne, Grace and Mercy and Peace of our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, Risen from the dead. My Dear Brothers, Christ is ...

T H E O D O R O S II By the Grace of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to the plenitude of the Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria, Grace and Mercy and Peace from our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem and who fulfilled the Divine Economy. The unique and unrepeatable event of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ reversed the history of mankind in a way that is revolutionary. This took place because, in a world predominated by the right of the mightier, the Son of God came to ...

Message from His Beatitude THEODOROS Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa on the Feast of Ramadan The Venerable Primate of the Orthodox Church on the African Continent, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II, sent the following message: “On the occasion of the Feast of Ramadan I wish to express my heartfelt congratulations to the beloved Muslims of the blessed land of Egypt and those throughout the world. I especially address my most fervent wishes, honour and love to His Excellency the President of the Arab Republic ...

THEODOROS II By the mercy of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to all the faithful of our Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne, Grace and Mercy and Peace from our Risen Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. My dear brethren, In the five years of my tenure as Patriarch, this is the first time that the joyous announcement of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ does not find me in the renowned City of Alexandria, but in the southern part of the African continent – a continent that has, over the ...

THEODOROS II By the mercy of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, all Egypt and All Africa, to the faithful of the Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria, Grace and Mercy and Peace from our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem. “Christ is born, glorify Him. Christ descends from the heavens, receive Him” My beloved and blessed brethren, With these beautiful words, the hymnographer presents us with the Great Mystery of our Lord’s ...

Message from His Beatitude THEODOROS II Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa on the occasion of the Feast of the Sacrifice – Great Bairami (Alexandria 23rd November 2009) “A life uncelebrated, is a long road with no place to rest” ...

Message by His Beatitude THEODOROS II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africaon the Feast of Ramadan 2009 The Primate of the Orthodox Church on the African Continent, His Beatitude Theodoros II, sent the following Message: “On the occasion of the Feast of Ramadan, I wish to express my heartfelt congratulatory wishes to our beloved Muslims of the blessed and hospitable land of Egypt and to all Muslims around the world. I address my festal wishes, honour and love firstly to His Excellency the ...

On the occasion of the Beginning of the Indiction, the start of the new Church year, from my heart I pray for all the tireless workers and Missionaries of the love of Christ, the Metropolitans and Bishops of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, the Priests throughout Africa and our blessed children, Greeks, Arabs, Africans, Serbs, Russians and Romanians, Bulgarians, Ukrainians and other nationalities, that the Grace of the Most Holy God will strengthen your lives always. My heartfelt prayer is addressed to the Leader of Peace, our Lord Jesus Christ, that the peace we all long ...

T H E D O R O S II by the Mercy of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to the plenitude of our Apostolic and Patriarchal throne, Grace and Mercy and Peace of our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, Risen from the dead. My beloved spiritual children, Greeks of the Diaspora, Arab-speaking Christians and Orthodox Africans. This year too, from all the corners of the earth, from the Most Holy Tomb of our Lord, from every Altar that ...

T H E O D O R O S IIBy the Grace of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to the plenitude of the Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne of Alexandria, Grace and Mercy and Peace from our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem and who fulfilled the Divine Economy. “Christ is born, glorify Him! Christ descends from heaven, encounter Him!” My beloved and blessed brethren and children in the Lord, With these ...

The Primate of the Orthodox Church on the African continent, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, sent the following message on the occasion of the Ramadan (1st - 3rd October 2008): "On the occasion of the Great Feast of the Ramadan, I wish to express my heartfelt wishes to the Muslims of the blessed and development loving country of Egypt, as well as Muslims around the world. Also, my fervent personal wishes are sent to His Excellency the President of the Arab Republic of ...

T H E O D O R O S IIBy the Grace of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, to the plenitude of our Apostolic and Patriarchal Throne, Grace and Mercy and Peace from our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, risen from the dead. Beloved and blessed children of the Lord, Christ is risen! The venerable Passion of ...

It is with great joy that we welcome you to the new, fully re-organized and enriched website of the ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. We are certain that through this modern means of communication, which is offered to us by server, you will be able to visit us and communicate with us spiritually, understanding through the intellectual wind of Africa, the multifaceted spiritual, social, missionary and humanistic work which comprises the Second Throne Church of the Alexandrians on the continent of the future, faithful to the Apostolic heritage of its founder and Keeper St ...

T H E O D O R O S IIBy the Grace of God, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa to the faithful of the Orthodox Church in Africa Grace and Peace and Mercy from Jesus Christ, the One Revealed ...