Thursday, December 24, 2009

23/12/09 In a strongly-worded statement the Georgian Orthodox Church said “hostile forces” were engaged in the campaign of “slander and insult” against the Church and warned it would have to take unspecified “appropriate steps” if the campaign continued. “It is unfortunate that media sources, which are under the authorities control, are also taking part in [...]

24/12/09 Sofia. Bulgaria’s Patriarch Maxim and the Sofia Metropolitan blessed festive table of all Bulgarians, a reporter of FOCUS News Agency announced. Our Orthodox faithful nation happily moved the family comfort of this sacred night in their homes by the burning of the Yule Log, Lenten meals, lighted candles, incensed festive table, as making good [...]

24/12/09 Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, held a telephone conversation with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kyrill, Kazakhstan Today agency reports citing the president’s press service. According to the press service, during the conversation, the head of state congratulated the Patriarch on the forthcoming holidays New Year and Christmas and noted importance of the [...]

12/ 22,/2009 Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Source:

Serbian Orthodox Church On Thursday, December 24, 2009 at the Saint Sava Memorial Cathedral on Vracar, beginning at 9:00am, the Divine Liturgy for the dead and forty-day memorial service will be served for Patriarch Pavle of Serbia of blessed repose. The memorial service will be served at the end of Divine Liturgy, about 11:00 am. [...]

23/12/09 The Bishops of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have rejected a plea from Moscow-backed conservatives in the church to return to the observance of the Julian calendar. On Dec 9, a spokesman said the calendar question would not be included on the agenda of the Dec 20 session of the Holy Synod, contradicting earlier press [...]