Friday, October 30, 2009

Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk begins his visit to Kosovo and Metochia

October 30, 2009 News

On 27 October 2009, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrived in Kosovo and Metochia at the invitation of the Raska-Prizren diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Archbishop Hilarion was met at the airport by Bishop Artemije of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metochia. The hierarchs, accompanied by the [...]

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Sretensky Monastery Publishes a Russian Translation of the Book Fr Seraphim Rose: His Life and Work

October 30, 2009 News

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia From the Editors: The following is Protopriest Alexander Lebedeff’s foreword to the book Fr Seraphim Rose: His Life and Work, by Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen), published by Sretensky Monastery, Moscow: The fate of the Orthodox missionary, Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose, 1934-1982), is noteworthy. Born to a Protestant American family, and following a [...]

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Session of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations Held at St Sophia of Kyiv with President’s Attendance

October 30, 2009 News

On October 28, 2009, at the former Metropolitan’s apartments in the territory of St Sophia of Kyiv the regular session of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations was held. Taking part in the Council’s work was the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine. Attending [...]

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Action “Prayer for Ukraine” Conducted at the Kyiv National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War

October 30, 2009 News

On October 28 at the Kyiv National Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War the action “Prayer for Ukraine” was conducted, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of liberation of Ukraine from German fascist invaders. At the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr taking part in the event was Bishop Panteleimon of …

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His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr Blessed Orphanage Pupils

October 30, 2009 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On October 28 the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church received a group of teacherts and pupils of the orphanage in the village of Rokytne, Kyiv region, at his residence at the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. His Beatitude Volodymyr wished the children to grow happy and to become worthy citizens of …

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Egypt Muslims stone Coptic churches in sectarian Clash

October 30, 2009 News

10/25/2009 CAIRO — Muslims students stoned Coptic Christian churches and homes in a southern Egyptian village on Saturday after four Muslims suspected of killing a Copt were kept in custody, police said.The unrest began when the prosecutor extended the detention of the Muslims in the village of Dairut who are suspected of killing an elderly [...]

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Bulgaria PM Congratulates Patriarch Maxim on 95th Birthday

October 30, 2009 News

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov congratulated His Holiness Patriarch Maxim on the occasion of his 95th birthday, the government press office announced Thursday. “Bowing down before your longevity, I would like to convey my special greetings for your long standing ecclesiastical service and for your efforts in upholding the original Christian truths.”, wrote Borisov. In his [...]

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Orthodox Christians in U.S. face obstacles before Unifying

October 30, 2009 News

As Orthodox Christians in the United States seek a new unity out of ethnic fragmentation, they must grapple with the fact that many who say they cherish the faith nevertheless ignore its teachings and practices. “They see the Orthodox Church in an unorthodox way,” said Alexei Krindatch, research director of the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute [...]

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Governor hails marriage assistance Programme

October 30, 2009 News

Indian Orthodox Church On the Occasion of the 89th birthday celebrations of Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Didymos-I at Parumala Seminary. India-Keralal State-PATHANAMTHITTA: Governor R.S.Gavai has said that the Malankara Orthodox Church’s marriage assistance programme is a model for those who take up humanitarian projects. Delivering the inaugural address at the function for the distribution of marriage [...]

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