The long-awaited Ukrainian “unification council” will take place on December 15 in Kiev, says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. “The council will be held on December 15, 2018 in St. Sophia’s, which for centuries has been the center of Ukrainian Orthodox religious life,” Poroshenko said at a local government forum in Kiev. A message on the…

CROCEU at the High Level Event on Violence Against Women. Ending Violence Against Women-Taking Stock and Next Steps. Brussels, 4th December 2018 Today, December 4th 2018, at the invitation of the European Commission, CROCEU participated in the High Level Event on Violence Against Women 2018, held under the auspice of Her Excellency, Mrs. Vera Jourova,…

Under the high patronage of His Beatitude JOHN X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, a Byzantine Music Festival and a graduation ceremony for the Online Programs were held in the Great Hall of Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery, on Friday, November 30, 2018. This event was held in the occasion of the…

SEOUL, Dec. 4 — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of the Orthodox Church expressed support over South Korea’s efforts to seek reconciliation with Pyongyang on Tuesday, stating that the church will continue to pray for peace between the two Koreas. During the meeting with reporters in Seoul, the patriarch said the church prays for the separated…

On Sunday Morning December 2, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch JOHN X, of Antioch and All the East presided over the Divine Liturgy for the feast of St. John of Damascus, Patron Saint of the Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand. Concelebrating with His Beatitude were: His Grace Bishop Demetri (Charbak) of Banias, His…

The Archdiocesan Council of the Archdiocese of the Russian Churches in Western Europe of the Patriarchate of Constantinople has released a statement explaining that the Archdiocesan General Assembly will soon meet to respond to Constantinople’s sudden decision to dissolve the Archdiocese. Confirming earlier reports, the Archdiocese, officially the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of the…

The Department of Christian Education of the Eastern American Diocese is delighted to introduce The Nativity, Nativity, Blessed Day, a bilingual educational journal for children. Comprised of numerous exquisite illustrations, inspiring stories, and an graphic design, the Magazine is designed to convey the beauty of the mystery of the Nativity of Christ to children in…

On November 29, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) and rector of Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), met with the faculty and students of the St. Genevieve of Paris Religious Education Center of the Russian Orthodox Church diocese of Chersonese. Participating…

On November 30, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, who is on a visit to France with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, met with the Russian ambassador to France A. Meshkov. They discussed a wide range of issues on…