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01.03.2019 15:15
Approximately three thousand Orthodox Christians gather for prayerful vigil in Lutsk
On 28 February 2019, some three thousand faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church gathered for prayerful vigil at the Volyn Regional State Administration in Lutsk in order to defend their right to freedom of religion, the UOC Information and Education Department reports.
01.03.2019 11:09
Representative of Ukrainian Orthodox Church to European international organizations holds meetings at Council of Europe
(Russian) 27-28 февраля 2019 года в Страсбурге с рабочим визитом находился представитель Украинской Православной Церкви при международных европейских организациях епископ Барышевский Виктор.
28.02.2019 23:14
Patriarch Kirill meets with head of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
On February 28, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Archbishop Luoma of Turku and Finland, at the Patriarchal and Synodal Residence in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow.
28.02.2019 12:44
Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church has great concerns about large-scale of violence against believers of the canonical Church in Ukraine
In his letter to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Syrian Orthodox Church His Holiness Mar Ignatius Aphrem II expressed great concerns about ‘the magnitude of hardships endured by and coercion exerted on the Orthodox faithful in Ukraine.’
28.02.2019 9:22
Serbian Orthodox Church formulates its official position on ecclesiastical situation in Ukraine
The Press and Mass Information Bureau of the Serbian Orthodox Church spread a statement emphasizing, in particular, that the only Church known to and recognized by the Serbian Patriarchate in Ukraine is the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine.
28.02.2019 9:12
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
On 27 February 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Archbishop Tapio Luoma, head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF). The meeting took place at the DECR premises.
26.02.2019 17:06
Solemn celebrations held in Sofia on commemoration day of St. Seraphim the Archbishop of Boguchar
On February 25, 2019, His Holiness Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, met with Metropolitan Tikhon of Vladimir and Suzdal, who came to Bulgaria for the celebrations on the commemoration day of St. Seraphim (Sobolev), Archbishop of Boguchar.
26.02.2019 16:01
On the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The statement was adopted at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on 26 February 2019.
26.02.2019 12:02
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill chairs the first in 2019 session of the Holy Synod
On 26 February 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its regular session in conference hall of the Holy Synod at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in Danilov Monastery in Moscow.
25.02.2019 18:25
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: The Serbian Church will not accept the legalization of the schism in Ukraine
In an interview to the Belgrade daily Politika, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia spoke, among other things, about the reaction of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the granting of "tomos" of autocephaly to the newly-created church structure in Ukraine, as well as about the inter-Christian dialogue and major challenges facing Serbia…