On January 29, 2019, after a meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East answered questions from media reporters. – Your Beatitude, they say Patriarch Bartholomew wants to become the Eastern Pope, to spread his influence in the East. What is your attitude to it?…

Patriarch John X of Antioch of All the East has appealed to all branches of the Eastern Orthodox Church to express their position on the issue of Ukrainian schism. “All of the assembled [at a Church of Antioch Synod] spoke of the need to do everything for the preservation of our unity. And we would…

Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church has expressed solidarity with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in light of the latest recent events in Ukraine. “Ukraine is a huge temptation for Orthodoxy in general. And this temptation is of great significance, because it is related to the center of Orthodoxy. This is not…

The delegation of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will arrive in Georgia – Father Andria Jaghmaidze, Head of Press Center of the Georgian Patriarchate told First Channel. Members of the delegation, headed by French Mitropolitan Emmanuel will meet with Caholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II on January 30. Talks will be held…

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, has sent greetings to His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, with the sixth anniversary of his primatial ministry. The text is given below. Your Beatitude, I cordially congratulate you upon the sixth anniversary of your elevation to the…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America on the anniversary of his elevation to the throne of Archbishops of Washington, Metropolitans of All America and Canada. Your Beatitude, beloved brother in the Lord and concelebrant at God’s Throne: Please accept my greetings with the…

In the evening of January 28, 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia arrived in Moscow to attend the celebration of the 10th anniversary of primatial ministry of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church is accompanied by Bishop Irinej of Bačka; Bishop Isihije of Mohacs,…

The Romanian Academy and the Romanian Patriarchate organized on Thursday, January 24, 2019, a scientific communication session at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest marking the 160th anniversary of the Union of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The event was chaired by the President of the Romanian Academy Ioan Aurel Pop and attended by the…

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia welcomed His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova, Dereck J Hogan, at his residence in Chișinău, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. This was the first time when Ambassador Hogan met with Metropolitan Petru after taking up his diplomatic mission in the…