Chinese Orthodox Church
Reconstruction of Beijing’s Dormition Church almost completed
Reconstruction of the Dormition Church in Beijing, place of martyrdom of Chinese saints, is almost completed. Church shall be consecrated in coming October. The majority of necessary funds have been graciously granted by the Russian Embassy. But now we all have the possibility to take part [...]
Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
The 2009 Archdiocese Convention began on the morning of Sunday, July 19 in Palm Desert, California. Events commenced with the celebration of orthros and Divine Liturgy, as well as a Teen SOYO leadership workshop. Divine Liturgy commemorating the Prophet Elias was celebrated on Monday morning, and Monday’s schedule [...]
SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On Monday, July 20, 2009, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America issued the following statement on OCA seminaries after meeting via conference call earlier that day.
“The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America blesses and encourages the faculty and boards of each [...]
SOUTH CANAAN, PA [OCA Communications] — On Thursday, July 9, 2009, administrators and educators from Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [OCA], Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology [GOA], Holy Trinity Seminary [ROCOR] and Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [OCA] met at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery and Seminary here.
Present at the meeting were His Grace Bishop [...]
The last day of the session of the 13th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) in Lyon, members of the Central Committee, the most important part of the CEC, were elected by secret voting. Thanks to the effort of our delegation , the SOC got two places in this Committee, where in [...]
15th July on the holiday of Deposition of the Mantle of the Mother of God, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at the Patriarchate chapel in Belgrade.
After the Holy Liturgy, Metropolitan together with Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje, visited and administered [...]
Serbian Orthodox Church
An extraordinary session of the New Gracanica – Midwestern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America was held at the New Gracanica Monastery on Saturday, July 11, 2009. The agenda was completed successfully.
The session opened with the introductory greeting by His Grace Bishop Longin of New Gracanica-Midwestern America [...]
On Thursday 16 July 2009, Metropolitan Amba Bishoy of Damiette General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, representative of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, and Mor Theophilos George Saliba of Mount Lebanon Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Syrian Orthodox Church, representative of Patriarch Zakka I, met with His Holiness Aram [...]
On July 19, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated with great joy the Feast of Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Vartavar). During the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, 27 deacons were ordained to the priesthood by the celebrant and ordaining bishop, His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church [...]
Moscow, July 21, Interfax – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes it necessary to discuss issues of interreligious dialogue at a global level, including UNESCO platform.
“Russia has a unique experience of interreligious dialogue that has been accumulated for centuries. As a result we were able to build up a big country developing and living according to [...]
Barvikha, July 21, Interfax – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has supported the idea of introducing a course in religious culture and secular ethics at general schools, and for assigning priests to the army and navy.
Medvedev said at a meeting on Tuesday that he had received letters from the leaders of Russia’s main religions, proposing that [...]
Moscow, July 15, Interfax – Patriarch-Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians thanked the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh.
“We note with gratitude the Russian Orthodox Church’s contribution to the cause of a fair and peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, thanks to the efforts made by, blessed memory, [...]
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