Quotes and Reflections

A collection of meditations from His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and other Leaders of the Church.

"Deep wounds do not heal easily, but what is impossible for humans is possible for God."

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

"As we have said many times, this war is not ‘holy’—it is diabolical. It is blasphemy to call ‘soldiers of Christ’ and ‘heroes of the faith’ those who are ordered to take human lives in the name of the Giver of Life."

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

"The personal spiritual struggle against the passions has nothing in common with the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine."

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew