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10.04.2019 20:11
Clergy of ROCOR diocese of Chicago and Mid-America condemn persecution of clergy and faithful of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
From March 18-20, 2019, the annual Lenten assembly of the diocesan clergy was held at the Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God in Des Plaines, Chicago, Illinois. It was chaired by Archbishop Peter of Chicago and Mid-America. This year, along with urgent diocesan concerns, the clergy touched…
09.04.2019 23:24
Clergymen of the ROCOR Eastern American Diocese express support to canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Participants in the Great Lenten Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, in the resolution adopted at the result of the meeting, noted “the grave situation of… Ukrainian Orthodox Church headed by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onouphry, which is suffering persecution at the…
09.04.2019 22:13
His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus discusses defense of the rights of Christians with President of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy
Mr. Sergei Gavrilov, President of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodox and chairman of the State Duma Committee on civil society and issues of public and religious organizations, met with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus.
09.04.2019 13:40
DECR chairman meets with Germany’s ex-president
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Germany’s ex-president Christian Wulff, at the DECR.
09.04.2019 13:23
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill holds traditional meeting with students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses
On 9 April 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
09.04.2019 11:28
Aid for Ukrainian Orthodox communities thrust out of their church buildings is collected in Montenegro
On 5 April 2019, Archpriest Ostoja Knežević, rector of the Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog in Nikšić, Montenegro, who was on pilgrimage to Ukraine with the blessing of Bishop Joanikije of Budimlja and Nikšić, brought funds collected by parishioners of the Cathedral to the communities of the Ternopol diocese…
06.04.2019 19:27
Rector, faculty and students of Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies prayerfully celebrate 10th anniversary of its foundation
On 6 April 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, rector of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Moscow Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist in-the-Woods.
05.04.2019 11:38
Polish Orthodox Church: Autocephaly in Ukraine cannot be granted to a group of schismatics
The Bishops’ Council of the Polish Orthodox Church published on its official site on April 2, 2019, a Statement on “the Ukrainian problem”.
04.04.2019 15:55
Holy Synod voices support to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church
On April 4, 2019, the Holy Synod under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia discussed the situation in Ukraine (Minutes 21).
04.04.2019 12:30
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 4 April 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its session at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in Danilov Monastery in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.