Friday, December 4, 2009

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Dec 2, 2009 NEW YORK – Archbishop Demetrios of America returns to Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., to present a lecture on “St. Paul, the Apostle of Joy,” Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. The lecture will take place at Sacred Heart University’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit [...]

Orthodox Church in America 11/30/09 November 2009 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). Dearly Beloved in the Lord, As I conclude my first year of service as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, I have come [...]

3/12/ 2009 His Grace vicar Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Dr. Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, Locum tenens of the Patriarch’s throne, will serve the Divine Liturgy on Saturday December 5, 2009, at the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Podvorye of the Russian Patriarchate in Belgrade, [...]

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On Tuesday, December 1, Father Superior of the Holy Entrance Monastery Archimandrite Damian Davidov celebrated his 50th birthday anniversary. That day on the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church the divine liturgy at the monastery was headed by Archbishop Augustine of Lviv and Halych in concelebration of Archbishop …

Ukrainian Orthodox Church Report of Archbishop Serhiy of Ternopil and Kremenets to His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr HIS BEATITUDE THE MOST BLESSED VOLODYMYR, METROPOLITAN OF KYIV AND ALL UKRAINE, PRIMATE OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH 30.11.2009 №354 Your Beatitude! On November 29, 2009 the fourth attempt of seizure of the newly-built Holy Protection Church was made [...]

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin In honor of the 10th anniversary of the consecration of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Christian Education Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin initiated a youth competition called “Divine Liturgy from Student Voices” in local public schools. The program was …

3/12/09 ROME — Russia and the Vatican have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations, ending long-standing tensions, the Kremlin announced Thursday after President Dmitry Medvedev met Pope Benedict XVI. “President Medvedev told Pope Benedict XVI that he had signed a decree concerning the establishment of full diplomatic relations with the Vatican,” Russian presidential spokeswoman Natalia [...]

2.12.2009 The 3d World Congress of Compatriots section meeting on ‘The role of the ROC and other traditional confessions in consolidation of united space of the Russian World’ on Dec. 2 at the Danilovskaya Hotel discussed the experience of work with compatriots on diocesan and parochial levels, prospects of this work in the far- and [...]

1.12.2009 The 3d World Congress of Compatriots living abroad began its work on Dec. 1 at the House of Unions Column Hall in Moscow. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox addressed the gathering. Among those who sat at the panel were Council of Federation Speaker S. Mironov, Russian Security Council secretary U. Patrushev, Tatarstan President [...]

Moscow, December 4, Interfax – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Vatican,” the Kremlin press service said. According to the document, the Foreign Ministry is instructed to hold talks with the Vatican to establish the diplomatic relations at the level of Russia’s embassy to the Vatican [...]

Moscow, December 4, Interfax – The Vatican representative to Russia Archbishop Antonio Mennini says the Holy See is “deeply satisfied” with the Russian President’s decision to establish diplomatic relations with the state. “This decision proves the Holy See and the Russian Federation has good level of relations that have been recently developing in direction of [...]