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02.02.2019 | 14:55
WCC general secretary visits Head of Russian Orthodox Church
The World Council of Churches (WCC) continues its mission of being a platform for churches to come together, to understand each other better and to work together for the good of their societies, said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches during a meeting with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill…
02.02.2019 | 12:49
The Feast of St. Anthony at the Jerusalem Patriarchate
On Wednesday January 17/30, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Righteous Father Anthony the Great at the chapel dedicated to him at the north aisle of the Church of St. Nikolaos, on the west side of the Patriarchate. The Church celebrates St. Anthony as the great ascetic of Egypt who lived from 251…
02.02.2019 | 12:09
Metropolitan Emmanuel: We have not arrived here because we have any problem in relations with the Church of Georgia
We discussed all the issues that are on the agenda of the Orthodox Church – we have not arrived here because we have any problem in relations with the Church of Georgia, – Metropolitan Emmanuel, representative of the World Patriarchate, said after the meeting held in the Patriarchate of Georgia. “The main purpose of all…
02.02.2019 | 12:03
Metropolitan Shio thanks World Patriarchate’s delegation for their constructive approach to issue of Ukrainian church
We discussed many details. The most important thing is that we clearly saw their constructive approach towards our church, – Metropolitan Shio told reporters after the meeting with the World Patriarchate’s delegation. Metropolitan Shio thanked the members of the delegation for their approach. “It was a very important meeting. . . . They said they…
02.02.2019 | 11:54
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Meet Greek Prime Minister Tsipras at Halki Theological School
On Wednesday, February 6, 2019, the Feast Day of St. Photios the Great, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is set to meet with Alexis Tsipras, the Prime Minister of Greece, at the famed Theological School of Halki, which was forcibly closed down by Turkish authorities in 1971. On the island of…
01.02.2019 | 23:52
Elder Ephraim of Vatopedi in hospital
Archimandrite Ephraim, the Superior Abbot of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos is hospitalized in a clinic in Kiev, Ukraine after having suffered a heart attack, on Friday noon. Elder Efraim is in Ukraine as a delegation member of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, to participate in the enthronement of “Metropolitan” Epiphany Dumenko in Kiev this Sunday, February…
01.02.2019 | 18:12
Patriarch Kirill calls on Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians not to give in to temptation
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed support for Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians and said he hopes he can visit that country again and pray with its people. “Apostle Paul said very good words in his epistle to Thessalonians: brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings. […] I would like to say…
01.02.2019 | 17:54
His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia: There is no place for schism in church life
On 31 January 2019, after the meeting with His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia answered several questions from journalists. – Your Beatitude, I would like to ask you the most burning question – about the ecclesiastical situation in Ukraine. I…
01.02.2019 | 17:44
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill meets with His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
On 31 January 2019, at the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. Representing the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting were also Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow…
