Inter-Orthodox relations
02.11.2020 13:50
Chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church attends the funeral service for Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral
On November 1, 2020, His Holiness Irenaeus, Patriarch of Serbia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica and held the funeral service for Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radovic) of Montenegro and the Littoral who passed away in the Lord on October 30.
30.10.2020 15:11
Condolences of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church over the demise of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral
In his message to His Holiness Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed profound condolences over the passing away of Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral.
28.10.2020 17:44
Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus: Position of the Russian Church on the Ukrainian autocephaly is fair and wholly justified
In connection with the fact that on October 24, 2020, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, recognized one of the Ukrainian schismatic communities and with the comments he gave on this occasion to the press, published below is the text of the message of greeting…
26.10.2020 12:56
Moscow Patriarchate clergy took part in the funeral service for Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor)
In the evening of October 22, in the Church of John the Baptist in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, the place of His Eminence Theodosius’s childhood and beginning of his church service, an assembly of hierarchs and clergy of the Orthodox Church in America, led by His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and…
26.10.2020 10:05
Statement of hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus on the Archbishop Chrysostomos’ liturgical mention of head of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epifaniy Dumenko
On October 24, 2020, Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol, Metropolitan Nikephoros of Kykkos and Bishop Nicholas of Amathounta made a joint statement on the recognition of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine by Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, calling him as Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus to cancel immediately…
24.10.2020 16:13
Metropolitan Hilarion: Archbishop of Cyprus can be no longer liturgically mentioned in the Russian Orthodox Church
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, speaks about a possible reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church to the recognition of the ‘OCU’ by the Church of Cyprus in his talk to RIA Novosti news agency.
21.10.2020 23:58
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visits holy places of the Orthodox Church of Antioch
On October 21, 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, during his working visit to Syria with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited old Christian holy places in the country.
21.10.2020 22:30
His Beatitude Patriarch John meets with the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations
On October 20, 2020, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk arrived in Damascus for a working visit.
21.10.2020 17:28
A Panikhida was celebrated for the former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America Metropolitan Theodosius at the Church of St. Catherine-in-the-Fields in Moscow
On October 21, 2020, a Panikhida was celebrated for the departed Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), former Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, at the Church of St. Catherine In-the-Fields in Moscow.
21.10.2020 14:11
Funds raised by Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s faithful are delivered for restoring St. George church damaged by the explosion in Beirut
On October 14, 2020, Metropolitan Elias of Beirut (Orthodox Church of Antioch) met at his residence at Achrafieh with the rector of the Beirut representation of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), and the Rev. Vitaliy Gorzov, a staff member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s department for external church…