Holy Synod

Archimandrite Christoforos Atallah barred from duties, moves to Dibbin Monastery

April 17, 2013 News

16/4/13 AMMONNEWS – Archimandrite Christoforos Atallah addressed his congregation informing them that he has been barred from all his duties at the patriarchate exarchate for North Jordan based on a decision by the Holy Synod. His eminence bishop Filominos Makhamreh will replace Atallah, who leaves his position after 23 years of service. Archimandrite Atallah announced [...]

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Public Appeal to State Authorities of Serbia

April 12, 2013 Featured News

Mr. Tomislav Nikolic, President of Serbia Mr. Ivica Dacic, President of the Government of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, First Vice President of the Government of Serbia Belgrade – 9/4/13   Esteemed  Mr. President, Еsteemed Mr. Prime Minister, Еsteemed Mr. First Vice President of the Government, In this, for both Serbia and the Serbian people very [...]

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Holy Synod of Bishops concludes spring session

March 19, 2013 News

The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America held its spring session at the Chancery here Tuesday through Thursday, March 12-14, 2013. In addition to His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, who chaired the sessions, other members of the Holy Synod in attendance were His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel; His Eminence, Archbishop Nikon; His Eminence, [...]

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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets in session chaired by Patriarch Kirill

March 13, 2013 News

March 12, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has met for a regular session at the Synod’s Hall at the synodal and patriarchal residence in the St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow. It is chaired by His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. The permanent members of the Holy Synod are Metropolitans [...]

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New Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

March 2, 2013 Featured News

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 28 February 2013, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held at the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The hierarchs of the Holy Synod estimated the results of the collect organised in all the [...]

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His Grace Ciprian Campineanul is the New Archbishop of Buzau and Vrancea

March 2, 2013 Featured News

The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: On 28 February 2013, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church began at the Patriarchal Residence under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. After the session was opened, chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the election of the titular hierarch [...]

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List of Five Candidates Announced for the Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchal Throne

February 25, 2013 Featured News

25/2/13 Addis Ababa: The Patriarchal Electoral Committee of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church has announced the names of five candidates for the Patriarchal throne. They are as follows: His Eminence, Archbishop Abune Mattias of Jerusalem His Eminence Archbishop Abune Elsa of North Gondar His Eminence Abune Hizkias, Archbishop of Kaffa, Sheka, Bench and Maji, and General Secretary [...]

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Patriarch Neofit:The Cross is Heavy

February 25, 2013 Featured News

25/2/13 Heavy is the cross that God and our Holy Church are giving me today, but in God’s words I trust and ask him for strength for when I am weak, then am I strong, Bulgaria’s new patriarch said. Patriarch Neofit delivered his first address to the Bulgarian Orthodox Christians during his inauguration at St. [...]

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New Patriarch to pray for peace in Bulgarian’s Soul

February 25, 2013 News

25/2/13 Neofit, the newly elected Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, vowed to pray for peace in the hearts of the Bulgarian people, minutes after he was officially enthroned. On his way to the Holy Synod, the new patriarch declined to make any comments to the reporters and his only words were: “The first task [...]

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Ruse Metropolitan Neofit Elected Bulgarian Patriarch

February 24, 2013 Featured News
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  24/2/13 Ruse Metropolitan Neofit has been elected Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by the Holy Synod’s national church council. Neofit prevailed over two other candidates at runoff. The three who were were chosen after prolonged debates and stalemates last weekend were: Neofit, the Stara Zagora metropolitan Galaktion, and Lovech’sGavriil. The news about Neofit’s election was announced Sunday by interim Patriarch andSofia Metropolitan, Kiril. Neofit collected 90 votes at runoff against Gavrail, who got 47. The announcement [...]

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holds Historic Patriarch Vote

February 24, 2013 Featured News

24/2/13 The new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is going to be elected Sunday by the Holy Synod at a national church council. Bulgaria’s Patriarch Maxim, who led the Church since 1971, passed away on November 6, 2012, at the age of 98. The election is historic for Bulgaria as the last one happened [...]

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Bulgarian Holy Synod: All three runners worthy of Patriarch

February 19, 2013 Featured News

19/2/13 Bulgaria’s embattled Holy Synod issued an official statement Monday declaring all three bishops, elected to run for becoming the next Patriarch of the country, worthy of the post. The three who were chosen after prolonged debates and stalemates over the weekend are: the Stara Zagora metropolitan Galaktion, Ruse’s Neofit, and Lovech’s Gavriil. Galaktion was [...]

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The Holy Synod elects Metropolitan bishops of Ruse, Stara Zagora and Lovech

February 17, 2013 Featured News

Bulgarian Orthodox Church – 17/2/13 Sofia. The Holy Synod published on its official website a communication on the election of three candidates for the patriarchal throne. The communication of the Holy Synod said: Today, February 16, 2013, the Synod Office after long hours of voting followed the meeting of the previous day, the Holy Synod [...]

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Election of Bulgarian Patriarchal Candidates Reaches Stalemate

February 17, 2013 News

17/2/13 The election of Bulgaria’s new Orthodox patriarch reached a stalemate on Saturday, with the Holy Synod reportedly being unable to pick two of the three candidates for the job. On Friday, Stara Zagora bishop Galaktion became the first candidate named by the Holy Synod. He is still the only patriarch hopeful to have gathered [...]

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Bulgarian Church to name 3 Patriarch Candidtes

February 16, 2013 News

16/2/13   The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will name Friday and Saturday the three candidates for the position of patriarch. The new Bulgarian patriarch will be chosen at a national church council the following Sunday, February 24. A candidate must be a serving metropolitan bishop, to have been in that position for [...]

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Serbian Patriarch Irinej in Prizren

February 13, 2013 News

8/2/13 Serbian Patriarch Irinej along with bishops celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Prizren. The Holy Synod of Bishops and the Committee for Kosovo and Metohia held a meeting His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch celebrated yesterday the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of Saint Great Martyr George in Prizren, with concelebration of seven bishops, members [...]

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Bulgaria Orthodox Church remembers communist victims

February 2, 2013 News

2/2/13 Bulgaria’s Christian Orthodox Church commemorated for the first time the victims of communist repression on Friday, 23 years after the toppling of the regime. A special memorial service was held at Sofia’s Alexander Nevski cathedral by Varna metropolitan and interim patriarch Kiril, joined by a number of other Church dignitaries. “This is the first [...]

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Holy Synod of Russian Orthodox Church begins its first session in 2013

January 31, 2013 News

On 30 January 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia chaired the first in 2013 session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The session is being held at the Synod’s Hall of the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery. Taking part in the session are permanent members [...]

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Vigil celebrated at DC cathedral on eve of Metropolitan Tikhon’s Enthronement

January 27, 2013 News

His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, presided at the Saturday evening Vigil at Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC, on Saturday, January 26, 2013, the eve of his Enthronement as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. Members of the Holy Synod of Bishops, many clergy, and numerous faithful also attended the service and received Metropolitan Tikhon’s blessing. [...]

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2013 – Solemn Year of Saints Emperors Constantine and Helen

January 3, 2013 Featured News
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o3/o1/13 – Romanian Orthodox Church 2013 – Solemn Year of Saints Emperors Constantine and Helen and Commemorative Year of “Dumitru Staniloae” at the Romanian Patriarchate Following the initiative of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel taken during the working session of 25 October 2011, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church approved that the year 2013 [...]

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Holy Synod approves documents regulating liturgical, administrative and social activity and establishes new dioceses

December 31, 2012 News

On 26 December 2012, the Holy Synod continued its sessions at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Approved for reading at the services and for prayers at home were the texts of the Akathistos hymn to the “Queen of [...]

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Bulgarian Church Honors Late Patriarch Maxim

December 15, 2012 Featured News

15/12/12 The Bulgarian Christian Orthodox Church honors Saturday 40 days after the passing away of Patriarch Maxim. The solemn mass will be served in the Troyan Monastery, where the latePatriarch was laid to rest, the Holy Synod announced. The liturgy will be led by Varna Metropolitan Kiril, who is acting as SofiaMetropolitan and interim Patriarch. [...]

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Archimandrite Alexander [Pihach] appointed Dean of Moscow’s St. Catherine Church, OCA Representative to Patriarchate

December 9, 2012 News

OCA – 9/12/2012 In a letter dated November 30, 2012, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon informed His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia that the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America had appointed Archimandrite Alexander [Pihach] as Dean of the Church of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr, Moscow, and Representative of [...]

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The boycott option

December 7, 2012 Featured News

6/12/2012 Shortly after his appointment as secretary to the Holy Synod, Bishop Raphael talks to Michael Adel about the Coptic Church’s stance towards the draft constitution and other issues. Bishop Raphael, bishop of the Coptic diocese of Central Cairo, was appointed secretary of the Holy Synod as soon as the new Pope Tawadros II was selected. He [...]

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The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church in solemn meeting

December 4, 2012 News

On 28 October 2012, feast of Saint Hierarch Iachint, Metropolitan of Wallachia, the solemn meeting of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held in Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna of the Patriarchate Palace, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The theme of the meeting was 2012 – Solemn year [...]

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