Cappadocia

Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea; St. Anatolius the Patriarch of Constantinople

Orthodox Calendar, July 3 Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea, in Cappadocia Saint Hyacinth, a native of Caesarea in Cappadocia, was raised in a Christian family. The emperor Trajan made the boy his “cubicularius” (chamberlain), unaware that he was a secret Christian. One day, while the emperor and his entourage were offering sacrifice to idols, the young…

Jul 3, 2026basilica.ro

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop John of Albania concelebrate in historic Cappadocia church

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and His Beatitude Archbishop John of Albania concelebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Church of Saint Theodore Tyron in the town of Malakope (Derinkuyu), near an underground city once inhabited by Cappadocian Christians. “Coming here and celebrating the Mystery of the Church through the Divine Eucharist, we…

May 19, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

The visit of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Constantinople and Cappadocia

The visit of His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos at the Ecumenical Patriarchate and later on to Cappadocia began on Friday, 16th June 2017. According to www.jp-newsgate.net, His Beatitude was invited by the All-Holy Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos for this visit, as the latter has undertaken pilgrimage tours to Churches and Holy Monasteries…

Jun 20, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu