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Official commentary. Metropolitan Volodymyr was discharged from hospital

by OCP May 15, 2012 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On May 10, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine was discharged from “Oberih” hospital, where he was undergoing treatment and rehabilitation measures. The condition of His Beatitude Volodymyr is stable and allows him to return to work, to participate in church activities, meetings and social life. Metropolitan Volodymyr was put to [...]

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The 5th round of dialogue between the Center for Interreligious Dialogue and the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia

by OCP May 15, 2012 Featured News

15/5/2012 (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The fifth round of dialogues between the Center for Interreligious Dialogue and the Armenian Orthodox Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia, kicks off yesterday, May 14, in Tehran. Titled “The Role of Religion in Promotion of Ethical Values in the Society”, the forum has been organized by the Organization for Culture [...]

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West has betrayed Christianity, Russia will save it – Orthodox Church official

by OCP May 15, 2012 Featured News

14/5/2012 Countries of the “Russian world” are capable of changing the globe within ten years, believes top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Vsevolod Chaplin. By the “Russian world” he means states with a historically strong tradition of Orthodox Christianity which, apart from Russia, include Ukraine, Belarus, Greece, Romania and several others. “Our Orthodox civilization [...]

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700 Priests on a Conference at the Patriarchal Palace

by OCP May 15, 2012 News

On Monday, 14 May 2012, seven hundred clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest participated in the Spring semestral pastoral-missionary conference. The Conference was held under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchate Palace, in Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna Hall. Priests ofDeaneries I, II and III Capital, North [...]

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The Patriarch of Romania Re-consecrated the Church of Saint Basil the Great – Cotroceni

by OCP May 15, 2012 News

On 13 May 2012, the 5th Sunday after the Holy Easter, named of the Samarinean woman, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church re-consecrated the church of Saint Basil the Great and of Saint Pious Parascheva situated in Cotroceni district of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons, after the restoration [...]

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Solemn Procession in honour and glory of Our Holy Father Basil of Ostrog the Wonderworker went through streets of Niksic

by OCP May 15, 2012 Featured News

Serbian Orthodox Church 15/5/2012 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriaarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Their Graces Bishops retired Atanasije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina, Nikanor of Banat, Filaret of Milesevo, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina and Maxim of Western America with great number of priests and believers led on Saturday, May 12 [...]

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On the way to the great jubilee in 2013

by OCP May 15, 2012 News

Serbian Orthodox Church 14/5/2012 THE EDICT OF MILAN (313-2013): A BASIS FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF? Novi Sad, Serbia: May, 2nd – 5th, 2012. C O N C L U S I O N S Departing from the Everlasting values and permanent actuality of Edict of Milan, at the eve of the Great Jubilee [...]

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Announcement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the latest imprisonment of Archbishop John

by OCP May 15, 2012 Featured News
His Eminence Archbishop Jovan VI Archbishop Of Ohrid And Metropolitan Of Skopje (Serbian Orthodox Church)

Serbian Orthodox Church 14/5/2012 After years of persecution, harassment, arrests and imprisonments, His Beatitude the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje kyr Dr. John, pan-Orthodoxly renowned and recognized canonical Prelate of the ancient Ohrid Archbishopric, was sentenced yesterday, May 11th, to two and a half years in prison under false charges of alleged fraud [...]

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Bishop Teodosije: Poor conditions for the return of Serbs to Prizren

by OCP May 13, 2012 Featured News

Radio Serbia 12/5/2012 Prizren and other towns in southern and central Kosovo and Metohija are not safe for the return of Serbs yet, said the head of the Eparchy of Raska and Prizren within the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Teodosije, on a visit to the partly renovated Church of St Saviour in Prizren. Prizren and [...]

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From Catholic To Orthodox

by OCP May 11, 2012 Featured News
In the Orthodox cathedral of Helsinki- Finland. Laying the groundwork with a monk.

By Thom Nickels Special to the Weekly Press 9/5/2012 The word ‘orthodoxy’ can conjure up foul associations. There’s Bertrand Russell’s famous quote, “Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence,” which covers any sort of rigid or right thinking at the expense of creative thought. Orthodoxy (lower case) implies a strict adherence to tradition against which Modernism [...]

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Indian Orthodox Media Wing to Resume Operation

by OCP May 9, 2012 News

9/5/2012 Liju Cherian MUSCAT HG Pulikkottil Dr Geevarghese Mar Yulios, is the new Vice Chairman of Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church’s media wing for the Outside Kerala region. In his comments to Malankara Orthodox TV (M.TV) and Indian Orthodox Herald (IOH) during his recent visit to Muscat, the Metropolitan emphasized that the new media wing both [...]

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Paschal joy in Shanghai

by OCP May 8, 2012 News

The Chinese Orthodox Church English translation by Katherine Ilachinski 7/5/2012 On April 15, 2012 at St. Nicholas Church-monument was held in Shanghai festive Paschal service. Local authorities gave a permit to conduct church services, after a long delay: last time the faithful gathered for prayer in this unique temple remaining from the first Russian emigration, [...]

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Polish Orthodox Church to Honor Cypriot Byzantinist Chotzakoglou

by OCP May 7, 2012 News

By Areti Kotseli 4/5/2012 Byzantinist of the Greek Open University in Athens and member of the administrative board of the “World Forum For Religions and Cultures” of the Holy Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus, Charalampos G. Chotzakoglou, will be honored by the Prince Konstantin Ostrogski Foundation of the Polish Orthodox Church for his scientific work in [...]

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Ordination at London Mission

by OCP May 5, 2012 News

The British Orthodox Church 5/5/2012 On 5 May, during the regular monthly celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the British Orthodox London Mission of SS. George & Paul the Hermit at St. George-in-the-East, Shadwell, Abba Seraphim ordained Daniel Malyon as a Subdeacon. Daniel is a member of the BOC Portsmouth Parish but whilst teaching near [...]

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Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos to Visit Orthodox Church of Russia

by OCP May 5, 2012 News

By Areti Kotseli 4/5/2012 Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos will pay a visit to the Church of Russia May 23-30 at the invitation of Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Russia. Ieronymos, who will be accompanied by members of the Holy Synod and hierarchs, will visit Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where he will [...]

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Paschal celebrations in China

by OCP May 5, 2012 Featured News

Chinese Orthodox Church English translation by Katherine Ilachinsk 2/5/2012 Worship at the Dormition church-museum on the territory of Russian Embassy in China during the Holy Week occurred daily. Rector of the Dormition Church priest Sergey Voronin was helped by cleric of Australian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia, Fr Alexis Duke, and a [...]

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Sixty-Four Percent of Russians Trust Orthodox Church – Poll

by OCP May 5, 2012 News

04/05/2012 MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti) Russians have more trust in the Russian Orthodox Church in general than in its head Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, according to a survey conducted by the Kremlin-backed pollster Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). The survey, the results of which were published on Friday, said 64 percent of Russians have confidence [...]

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Up against Lady Gaga’s Sofia Concert

by OCP May 5, 2012 Featured News

4/5/2012 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has made it clear it disapproves of the upcoming concert of US pop star Lady Gaga in Sofia. 5-time Grammy Award winner’s Sofia gig will be the first one in the European leg of her Born This Way Ball tour, taking place on August 14, 2012. “What is sinful must [...]

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The Annual Meeting of the Consultative Council of the Religious Cults of Romania

by OCP May 5, 2012 Featured News

On 26 April 2012, the annual meeting of the Consultative Council of the Religious Cults of Romania took place in Conventus room of the Patriarchate Palace, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, with the participation with the right to vote of the representatives of the following recognized cults: – The Romanian Orthodox Church [...]

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Session of the Plenary of the Patriarchate Steering Committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church

by OCP May 5, 2012 News

4/5/2012 Before the beginning of the regular year’s session of the Plenary of the Patriarchate Steering Committee of the Serbian Orthodox Church on May 3, 2012 His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija served the Invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Patriarchate Chapel of St. Symeon the Myrrh-Gushing, in the presence of His Holiness Irinej, [...]

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Inter – Orthodox Assembly of priesthood in Melbourn

by OCP May 5, 2012 Featured News

On Monday, April 30, 2012 in the Greek parish of Holy Unmercenaries in Melbourn, the First Assembly of Priesthood of Melbourn and the surroundings. The assembly was led by Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis (vicar Bishop of Ecumenical Patriarchate), as the host of the meeting: His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, first hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; [...]

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IOC-DER Secretary visits British Orthodox Church Secretariat

by OCP May 3, 2012 News
Fr Thomas P John, Metropolitan Abba Seraphim and Fr Abraham Thomas

Indian – British Orthodox Churches On 2 May, during a brief visit to the United Kingdom, Father Abraham Thomas, Secretary of the Department of Ecumenical Relations of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church, accompanied by Father Thomas P. John, Parish Priest of St. Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church at Brockley, paid a fraternal call on Abba Seraphim [...]

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Russian Orthodox Church criticizes dissemination of opposition leaflets in Christ the Savior Cathedral

by OCP May 3, 2012 News

Moscow, May 2, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church considers the dissemination of leaflets on a church territory inappropriate and calls for respecting the sanctity of the place. It was reported earlier that unidentified people had thrown out leaflets on the territory of Christ the Savior Cathedral, calling on parishioners to join a protest rally [...]

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Metropolitan Volodymyr met with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem

by OCP May 1, 2012 News

Ukrainian Orthodox Church On April 25 the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr met with Patriarch Theophilos III of the Holy City of Jerusalemand All Palestine. The meeting was also attended by Metropolitan Volodymyr of Pochaiv, Chairman of the DECR of the UOC Archbishop Anthony of Boryspil, Secretary for the Primate of the [...]

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Indian Orthodox Church Head Feted

by OCP May 1, 2012 Featured News

1/5/2012 UAE/Abu Dhbai: Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, felicitated Moran Mar Baselios Marthoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, on the occasion of the 1960th anniversary of the establishment of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and the centenary celebrations of the establishment of the [...]

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