The Coptic Orthodox Church has expressed its resentment at the fact that the producers of the “Beyt Beytak” [Make yourselves at home] program ignored an invitation made by the program presenter, Mahmoud Saad, to Shubra el-Kheima Bishop Mark, president of the Media Committee at the Holy Synod, to talk on Saturday’s program about Christian teachings [...]
Concerning the accusations towards the Romanian Patriarchate about the alleged interdiction of services in Bulgarian at the St. Elijah Parish in Bucharest, we are reminding the following facts:
In the June 7, 1954 session, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, at the proposal of the worthy PAtriarch Justinian, decided that the St. Elijah – [...]
On Sunday 21st June 2009, at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Alexandria , the Patriarchal Concelebration of the Divine Liturgy by His Beatitude Theodoros II Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa and His Beatitude Ieronymos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece took place.
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His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece and His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa arrived in Cairo on the evening of 19th June 2009.
The two Primates were welcomed at the Patriarchal Vicariate by the Patriarchal Vicar His Grace Nikodimos, Bishop of Nitria, [...]
On the afternoon of 23rd June 2009, in a particularly warm atmosphere, His Excellency Mr. Dimitri Medvedev the President of Russia met in Cairo with His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.
The Venerable Primate of the Throne of St Mark welcomed the Russian President [...]
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan D. Williams visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate for three days and had meetings with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Committee on Inter-Christian Relations. He also visited the Theological School of Halki and attended the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George.
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On June 18, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians received Bashar Al-Asad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. President Asad was on an official state visit to Armenia. Accompanying the Syrian president was Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the [...]
On June 26 the Press-conference “Program of the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine from July 27 to August 5″ took place at UNIAN.
Taking part in the conference were Archbishop Metrophanes (Yurchyk) of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav – Administrator of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Head of the Synodal [...]
On June 14, with the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Chair of the Synodal Missionary Department of the UOC Archbishop Philip of Poltava and Myrhorod visited the capital of Portugal – the city of Lisbon, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the orthodox Church of All Saints. [...]
On June 26 His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr had a meeting at his Primate’s residence at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra with President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko, taking part in which were also the Administrator of the UOC, Archbishop Metrophanes of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav and Secretary for the Primate of the UOC Bishop Alexander of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi.
Among the [...]
On June 28, at Sophrony-Molchensk Pechersk Monastery of the Nativity of Theotokos (the village of Nova Sloboda, Putivl disctrict of Sumy region), at the Divine Liturgy, headed by His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr, the rite of glorification of four God-pleasers, who bore obedience at the monastery at different times.
Concelebrating with His Beatitude were: Archbishop [...]
ADDIS ABABA, June 30 (Reuters) – The head of Ethiopia’s
Orthodox Church on Tuesday denied reports that he is about to
unveil to the world the Ark of the Covenant that Moses is said
to have stored the Ten Commandments tablets in.
Patriarch Abune Paulos said Italian media had incorrectly
reported that he would place the Ark in a museum [...]
On Monday 29 June 2009, Cardinal André Vingt-Trois visited Catholicos Aram I after a visit to the President of Lebanon, General Michel Suleiman.
A high-level delegation, including the personal representative of the Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, accompanied the Cardinal. The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, was also attended by Archbishop Komitas [...]
On June 24, at the Vaskenian Theological Academy, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians presided over an opening ceremony for one of the first new environmental initiatives being undertaken by the Armenian Church. A solar water-heater system has been installed to supply the entire seminary with hot water. Present for [...]
It is with profound sorrow that the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informs our faithful that on the morning of June 27, His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian, entered his eternal rest. He was one of the senior members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin and a devoted servant of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church. He [...]
Moscow, June 30, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate welcomes closing of gambling establishments all over the country and urges society mutually help victims of gambling addiction.
“We’re very glad that we won a victory over outburst of gambling business in the country, we won this victory together – authorities, society, scientists, pedagogues, journalists, clergy, law-enforcement agencies,” [...]
Geneva, June 25, Interfax – Acting representative of the Russian Church at the European International Organizations and representative of the Russky Mir (Russian World) foundation Archpriest Antony Ilyin held discussions with leaders of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on a possibility of opening a Russian center there.
“The Russian center can not only [...]
Moscow, June 26, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate says its parishes abroad are short of funds for cultural and social work and asks the state authorities for support.
“Thanks God, today the state assigns some means to support compatriots (abroad – IF). Though parishes carry out the most extensive real work in this field, the [...]
ISTANBUL (A.A) – 29.06.2009 – Turkish government has not made any decisions yet on re-opening of the seminary in Istanbul, Culture & Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay said on Monday.
Gunay flied to Paris to attend a press conference with his French counterpart Frederic Mitterand to mark the inauguration of “Turkey Season” in the French capital.
Before his [...]
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