Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Russian Church urges EU leadership to understand spiritual reasons behind the recession

May 14, 2009 News

The Moscow Patriarchate reminded EU leadership of spiritual roots of the current downfall. “With any crisis, we need primarily to look for spiritual reasons. This is also true for the current economic recession,” head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Bishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk said at a meeting of the President of [...]

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Beginning of Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church

May 14, 2009 News

After the Holy Liturgy, at 9 in the morning at the Patriarchate Chapel of St Simeon the Myrrh-gusher His Grace Bishop Irinej of Australia and New Zealand, in the presence of all Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has served a rite of the invocation of the Holy Spirit, which has been an opening of [...]

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METROPOLITAN OF WARSAW AND ALL POLAND – VISIT

May 14, 2009 News

Orthodox Church of CyprusMetropolitan of Warsaw and All Poland Sawa will pay an official visit to Cyprus from 15-20 May at the invitation of Archbishop Chrysostomos II.A statement by the Archbishopric here Monday says that the Bishop will be received at Larnaca Airport on Friday afternoon by the Primate of the Orthodox Church on the [...]

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OBL Delegation Meets Secretary to the Catholicose

May 14, 2009 News

On 12/5/09 the Orthodoxy Beyond Limits Forum delegates headed by Mr George Alexander (Chief Coordinator- Dpet of Public Relations) visited the Catholicate Palace and met Rev Fr Sabu Kuriakose, Principal Secretary to the Catholicose of the all East His Holines Baselius Marthoma Dydimos I. This was visit was for the first time in the history [...]

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Archons’ Religious Freedom Mission in support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate continues in Central and Eastern Europe

May 14, 2009 News

Ecumenical Patriarchate Vienna-Prague-Bucharest-Istanbul, Europe5/7/2009A delegation of Archons visited Central and Eastern Europe during the week of February 21-28, 2009, in continuation of the Archons’ Religious Freedom Mission in support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.The five-member delegation traveled to Vienna, Prague and Bucharest and concluded its mission with an audience with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew [...]

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