The Moscow Patriarchate has released a statement, in English, on the work of the all-Orthodox pre-conciliar meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, earlier this month. The patriarchate explains how “episcopal assemblies” are to be constituted.
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The 4th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference, which took place at the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Orthodox Center in Chambesy near Geneva, completed its work [...]
ANKARA, Turkey — Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay says Turkey plans to re-open the Greek Orthodox Seminary on the island of Heybeliada — Halki in Greek — off Istanbul, nearly four decades after it was shut down. He said on Sunday (June 28th) “The seminary does not currently fit into our university system, but another formula [...]
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NEW YORK – Archbishop Demetrios of America announces the visit of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States this coming October for a three-stage visit, which will include an Environmental Symposium on the Mississippi River and visits to New York, Atlanta and Washington D.C.
The Ecumenical Patriarch will arrive in Memphis, Tenn. Oct. [...]
ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC CONSULTATION STUDIES NATURE OF COMMUNION, AUTHORITY
NEW YORK – The seventy-sixth meeting of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation took place at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York, June 1 to 3. The session, hosted by the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA), was co-chaired by [...]
BELGRADE — The 16th Orthodox Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, an international organization bringing together Orthodox MPs from around the world, has begun in Belgrade.
Following cooperation with European institutions, Serbian MPs now have an opportunity to confer with their Orthodox colleagues.
The themes of the two-day conference, where representatives from 24 countries will be taking part, will be [...]
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Hundreds of faithful Orthodox Christians gathered together on Saturday, June 13th, 2009 at the University of Houston, Texas to inaugurate the newly formed Diocese.
Holy Qurbana was celebrated by His Grace Alexios Mar Eusebius, Diocesan Metropolitan of the Southwest American Diocese along with His Grace Mathews Mar Barnabas, His Grace Dr. Mathews Mar [...]
MOSCOW, June 27 (RIA Novosti, Ivan Korzun) – The Russian Orthodox Church is marking on Saturday the day of the prophet Elisha, a disciple of the prophet Elijah, with divine services around the country commemorating the miracle-working Old Testament saint.
Elisha, or Eliseus, lived in the ninth century BC in Abel-meholah, near the Jordan River. According [...]
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Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) Abune Paulos disclosed that the assembly of the religious leaders of the world held in Rome, Italy passed decisions on issues related to ensuring global peace and security as well as on improving the livelihoods of the people living across the world.
Briefing journalists on Thursday at the Office [...]
The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos.
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The celebrations began on March 28 in SS Peter and Paul Cathedral of Simferopol, where since the elevation of St. Gury to the list of Saints – August 23, 2008 and where his holy relics reside. The Vigil with Akathist was celebrated by Metropolitan Lazarus of Simferopol and Krimea to St. Gury [...]
Between June 18-19, 2009, at the Patriarchal Residence, under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took place.
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- The proclamation of the year 2010 in the Romanian Patriarchate as ‘Anniversary Year of the Orthodox Creed and of Romanian [...]
Speaking on Wednesday morning to the ACNA Assembly, His Beatitude, Jonah, Metropolitan of All America and Canada and leader of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), called for a “full… intercommunion” with the Anglican Church in North America. “What will it take,” he asked, “for a true ecumenical reconciliation? That is what I am seeking [...]
Court marshals are putting their faith in the Russian Orthodox Church to ease their workload as a growing number of people default on debts amid the economic crisis.
The Federal Court Marshals Service and the Moscow Patriarchate have signed an agreement under which priests will denounce the failure to repay debts as a sin in sermons [...]
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Pope Shenouda Keeps Boycotting Alexandria due to His Dispute with Labib; the Church Accused of Putting Pressure on the State
For the 12th consecutive week, Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark’s Church, did not go to Alexandria to deliver his weekly lecture at St. Mark’s Church.
This is due to his [...]
The Court of Cassation, the highest Court in Egypt, last Monday issued a ruling in the case of the Christian twins Andrew and Mario Medhat Ramsis. The Court said that even though the boys would remain in their Christian mother’s custody, they will be Muslims according to their convert father’s religion.
The court battle for the [...]
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