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25.02.2019 16:02
Two parishioners of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church are injured during a seizure of church building by schismatics
On February 22, 2019, in Zhidichin village, Kivertsy district, Volyn region, Ukraine, a group of raiders in the presence of representatives of the “Kiev Patriarchate” cut the lock off the door of the Church of St. Nicholas belonging to the canonical Church and seized it
25.02.2019 15:58
In Volyn region authorities and schismatics try to “transfer” a monastery of the canonical Church to the OCU jurisdiction
The matter of jurisdiction of the Monastery of the Holy Dormition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Nizkinichi village, Volyn region, Ukraine, was on the agenda of two meetings held simultaneously – a gathering at a local school and an assembly of believers at the monastery.
25.02.2019 14:55
Provocations against communities of Ukrainian Orthodox Church take place in five villages in Bukovina
On 24 February 2019, activists of the so-called OCU organized provocations in the five villages of the diocese of Chernovtsy and Bukovina – Berezhnitsa, Berezhonka, Zadubrovka, Vaslovtsy and Tovtry.
24.02.2019 10:05
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Primate of Bulgarian Church on anniversary of his enthronement
His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, congratulated the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte on the anniversary of his ascension to the Patriarchal throne.
24.02.2019 10:04
DECR chairman sends congratulatory message to Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria on the occasion of anniversary of his Patriarchal ministry
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, congratulated the Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte, on the occasion of the anniversary of his ascension to the Patriarchate throne.
24.02.2019 8:16
Second Session of Commission for Bilateral Dialogue between Russian Orthodox Church and Syriac Orthodox Church took place in Lebanon
From February 18 to 22, 2019, the Second Session of the Commission for Bilateral Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church took place in the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, Lebanon.
21.02.2019 8:56
Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria: Patriarch Bartholomew’s granting status of autocephalous Church to schismatic community of Philaret and Epifaniy has not healed Ukrainian schism but deepened and aggravated it
The full text of the memo on the situation in church life in Ukraine drafted by Metropolitan Nikiphoros of Kykkos and Tillyria for the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus
20.02.2019 18:52
Chancellor of Ukrainian Orthodox Church meets with Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia
February 21, 2019 – Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, met with His Holiness and Beatitude Iliya II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, at his residence in the city of Tbilisi.
20.02.2019 14:39
Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus does not recognize “Orthodox church of Ukraine”
On 18 February 2019, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus held an extraordinary session under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of New Justiniana and All Cyprus to discuss the situation surrounding the church life in Ukraine.
19.02.2019 21:19
Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany: Actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople pave the way for confusion, pain and dissension for years to come
Archbishop Mark of Berlin and Germany, hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, appealed to the members of the German Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops with an open letter in which he expressed his diocese’s position concerning the situation in the Orthodox world caused by the decisions of…