Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, gave an interview to the TV channel RT. – What can the Moscow Patriarchate do to support the Ukrainian Orthodox Church? – First of all, we are praying for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, for Ukraine and for the Ukrainian…

The ROC is concerned about the future of the monks and believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. What is happening today in Ukraine is a blatant intervention of the state in the internal affairs of the Church, reports the ROC DECR site, referring to the ROC DECR head Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. “At every Liturgy…

We should find new ideas, ways so that to change people to do good and not evil, – said the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, in the Holy Trinity Cathedral when conducting New Year’s prayer. “Happy New Year! May this year be a happiest for us, for Georgia, for the…

The Greek Orthodox Church has announced that His Eminence Metropolitan Paul of Sisanion and Siatista reposed in the Lord yesterday, January 13. Preliminary information indicates that His Eminence died of a heart attack. Met. Paul was born in 1947 in Chalkida. He studied at the Theological School of the University of Athens and was ordained…

The hierarchs who had passed to the OCU were decorated by the President “for their contribution to the establishment of spirituality, mercy and interfaith harmony”. President Petro Poroshenko awarded Metropolitans Simeon (Shostatsky) and Alexander (Drabinko), banned from ministry by the Holy Synod of the UOC, with orders. The corresponding decree of January 13 was published…

The Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. King David Day. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II spoke about King David’s life after the liturgy. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia also spoke about the last year, which he said was hard not only for Georgia but for the whole world. Ilia II expressed hope…

The Shemokmedi Archbishop Ioseb, congratulates Ukrainian Church on receiving tomos on autocephaly. Archbishop published the congratulation text on his Facebook page. “I congratulate the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on receiving tomos and I believe that Ukraine deserves autocephalous church. This country struggled for independence and autocephaly during centuries. Their aspiration will strengthen the Christian Orthodox unity”,…

The January 6th announcement of autocephaly for an independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine marks a historic achievement as Ukraine seeks to chart its own future – US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said. According to Pompeo, the United States reiterates its unwavering support for a sovereign, independent Ukraine. “The United States maintains its strong support…

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says that she has not congratulated the Ukrainian people or the Ukrainian leadership on the granting of autocephaly to the new church of Ukraine because the Georgian Orthodox Church has yet not voiced its stance on this issue. “This is a very sensitive issue for us,” Zourabichvili said at a press…