What keeps this (and similar language in the encyclical) from degenerating into sentimentality is Bartholomew’s insistence that Orthodox Christian participation in the environmental movement be ...

Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Drama in the Greek Orthodox Church: The last day of Jesus ...

On April 17, Orthodox Christians observe Holy Thursday ... the Last Supper and the institution of the Holy Eucharist, His prayer to God the Father in Gethsemane, and the betrayal by Judas.