Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Azerbaijan protests against construction of Orthodox Church

June 22, 2010 News

21/6/2010 Azerbaijan’s State Committee for the Work with Religious Associations expressed a protest against construction of an orthodox church in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) that was not agreed with the Azeri authorities. The head of the committee press service Saleh Aslanov stated that construction of a Russian orthodox church in Stepanakert demonstrates disrespect for principles [...]

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Candle of Memory international action starts in Moscow Cathedral

June 22, 2010 News

Candle of Memory international action starts in Moscow cathedral on the eve of commemorating the first war Day Moscow. June 21, Interfax – Action Candle of Memory: June 22 will be held on Monday evening in 100 cities and towns of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia. The action starts in the Moscow Yelokhovo Cathedral where the [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion Leads Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Archbishop’s Chapel at the Diocesan Headquarters

June 22, 2010 News

RUSSIAN CHURCH OUTSIDE RUSSIA – DIOCESE OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 21/6/2010 On June 21, 2010, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, officiated at divine services at the Archbishop’s Chapel at the headquarters of the Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand in Croydon, NSW. After [...]

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Armenian Pontiff Receives World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order

June 22, 2010 News

21/6/2010 Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On June 21, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians received 31 members of the Standing Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. His Grace Bishop Hovakim Manukian, Director of the Inter Church [...]

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PONTIFICAL LETTER CELEBRATING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT

June 22, 2010 News

06/20/2010 Catholicosate of Cilicia On Sunday 20 June 2010, during Holy Liturgy, the celebrant read the Pontifical Letter of His Holiness Aram I celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Sunday School movement in the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia. The Letter reminded the faithful that that late Catholicoi Sahak II and Papken I of [...]

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Faith and Order Standing Commission Convenes in Holy Etchmiadzin

June 22, 2010 News

21/6/2010 On June 21, the five day meeting of the Faith and Order Standing Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The meeting is being held in the Mother See upon the invitation His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. 31 representatives [...]

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Serbian Patriarch IRINEJ visits Kragujevac

June 22, 2010 News

21/6/2010 On Sunday, on June 20,2010, His Holiness IRINEJ, Serbian Patriarch visited Kragujevac, after returning from Kosovo and Metohija. The faithful people and priesthood of the Hierarchal governorship of Kragujevac and Lepenica with His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija welcomed His Holiness cordially. In honor of the arrival of His Holiness, His Grace Bishop Jovan [...]

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Patriarch IRINEJ continues his visit to Northern Kosovo

June 22, 2010 News

20/6/2010 Patriarch IRINEJ continues his visit to Northern Kosovo, Metropolitan Amfilohije served in Ranilug and visits Kosovo Pomoravlje His Holiness IRINEJ, Serbian Patriarch served this morning Holy Liturgy in the monastery of Devic with the concelebration of Vicar Bishop Teodosije and priests of Mitrovac governorship. After Devic, Patriarch IRINEJ visited along with Bishop Teodosije monasteries [...]

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Formal end of the school year for Orthodox catechists in Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac

June 22, 2010 News

Serbian Orthodox Church With the liturgical gathering in the church of St. Basil of Ostrog in Bezanija the school year of 2009/10 was prayerfully finished. The catechists of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac, led by His Grace Bishop Atanasije of Hvosno, the president of the Committee for the religious education and other members of this church [...]

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Serbian Patriarch IRINEJ serves Holy Liturgy in Patriarchate of Pec, visits Visoky Decani Monastery

June 22, 2010 News

His Holiness IRINEJ, Serbian Patriarch has served this morning Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Pec Patriarchate monastery with the concelebration of Vicar Bishop Teodosije of Lipljan and five priests. During the Holy Liturgy heugomene Fevronija with sisters and twenty believers from near-by returnee villages also participated. Patriarch IRINEJ held an inspired sermon to the believers. [...]

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PASTORAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMME IN TIME OF CRISIS

June 22, 2010 News

strong>THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE informs us: During the weekly working session of 17 June 2010, held in the Synodal Room of the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Standing Meeting of the Church National Council decided that the Romanian Patriarchate should present a pastoral and social programme [...]

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Concept of development of the Church-State relations in the field of social policy

June 22, 2010 News

Project of the Synodal Department for Charity and Social Ministry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church 1. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as the largest religious community of Ukraine and unalienable part of the Ukrainian society cannot stand apart from the urgent problems of people’s lives and of the society on the whole. …

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“Lives of the Holy Doctors, Healers and Unmercenaries”

June 22, 2010 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church “Lives of the Holy Doctors, Healers and Unmercenaries” was issued in print on the occasion of the Medical Worker’s Day The book was prepared by the Synodal Department of the UOC “Mission Church and Medicine” together with Liturgical Theological Commission to the Holy Synod of the UOC, dedicated to the Day of [...]

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Kyiv Theological Schools Graduation Held

June 22, 2010 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On June 15, commemoration of the Kyiv-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God, the successive graduation was held at Kyiv Theological Schools. On that day Rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, His Eminence Anthony, Archbishop of Boryspil celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Refectory (Sts Anthony and Theodosius) …

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates at the “Joy to All the Afflicted”

June 22, 2010 News

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrates at the “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God on the commemoration day of St. Hilarion the New A festive divine service was celebrated at the Moscow Church of “Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street on the [...]

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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk lectures at St. Dimitry’s Sisterhood Medical Nurses College

June 22, 2010 News

16.06.2010 On 16 June 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with the students of St. Dimitry’s Sisterhood Medical Nurses College at the lecture hall of the Pirogov Russian State Medical University. Archpriest Arkady Shatov, father confessor of the students, greeted Metropolitan Hilarion. The DECR Chairman [...]

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Russia to donate 2 mln. dollars for restoring Orthodox shrines in Kosovo

June 22, 2010 News

Moscow, June 21, Interfax – Russia decided to make a voluntarily target contribution to UNESCO for financing restoration works of Orthodox shrines in Kosovo. According to Vladimir Putin’s order posted at the official governmental website, 1 mln dollars will be transferred in 2010 and the other million – in 2011. Putin instructed the Foreign Ministry [...]

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