Archive for July 12th, 2009

Session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Held on July 9, 2009 (2009-7-12)

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Journals of the Session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of July 9, 2009
JOURNAL NO.27
The session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church presided over by His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine -
CONSIDERED approval of the Address of the Holy Synod of the UOC to the Archpastors, [...]

Russian Orthodox Church Gets a Say on Duma Bills (2009-7-12)

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Orthodox Patriarch Kirill invited the United Russia deputies to his office to voice his angst over EU-backed plans to introduce sex education in Russian schools.
He left the meeting with a promise from the pro-Kremlin party that he would be allowed to preview all legislation considered in the State Duma.
The extraordinary agreement grants the Russian Orthodox [...]