Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin - 1/2/17 +Memory Eternal+ On January 30, the funeral rites for His Eminence Archbishop Mesrob Krikorian was held in the cemetery of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin located at the Mother See. Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; the body of Archbishop Mesrob was ...
Church of Serbia - 1/2/17 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at the church of Saint Athanasius the Great in Zemun's suburb of Plavi Horizonti on 31 January 2017 (phоto gallery). The Patriarch was con-celebrated by the priesthood of the Archdiocese of Belgrade-Karlovci, in the prayerful presence of Director of the Bureau for ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 1/2/17 Following a two-year discussion on the matter, bishops of the Church of England have announced that they will not accept gay marriage, defending instead that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, reports The Guardian. The bishops’ report comes after two years of intense internal debate and reflection involving clergy and laity ...
Church of Serbia - 1/2/17 His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Toplica, principal of the Saint Sava Cathedral and Vicar Bishop of the Serbian Patriarch, attended the Saint Sava’s Academy in the crypt of this Memorial Cathedral in the Vracar district on 25 January 2017. The Saint Sava’s academy, organized by the church of Saint Sava, was attended ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 1/2/17 Violence against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate is going strong already in 2017. As the Union of Orthodox Journalists reports, the latest include three schismatic priests beating up a priest in Katerynopil, Cherkasy Region, central Ukraine, and several churches being robbed and desecrated in Odessa. According to the Union’s source, ...
Pravoslavie.ru - 1/2/17 The Russian Orthodox Church is celebrating today, Wednesday, February 1 the eighth anniversary of the accession of Patriarch Kirill to the primatial throne. Following the December 5, 2008 passing of the beloved Patriarch Alexey II, the Holy Synod elected Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad as Locum Tenens of the patriarchal throne, and as ...
By Paul Jeffrey Catholic News Service - 1/2/17 MOSUL, Iraq -- As some residents of the city of Mosul celebrate their new freedom from the Islamic State group, an Iraqi Christian leader who visited the war-torn city said Christian residents are unlikely to return. "I don't see a future for Christians in Mosul," said Father Emanuel Youkhana, a priest, ...
By Murcadha O Flaherty and John Newton Aid to the Church in Need - 1/2/17 Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled plans to provide a future for Iraq's displaced Christians -- despite fresh reports showing the extent of the destruction of their homes in the Nineveh Plains. Archbishop Warda said the Churches aim to rebuild "so that the ...
St. Jacob Baradaeus Pan-Oriental Orthodox Fellowship - OCP News Service - 1/2/2017 Visit - http://returntoorthodoxy.com/ FB PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/returntoorthodoxy It is the unfortunate truth that in the modern day the Oriental Orthodox Churches have proven permeable (to one degree or another, depending upon the jurisdiction) to the influence of heterodox pop culture of the Evangelical and Charismatic variety. In most ...