(AFP) — A Turkish court has freed five men accused of torturing and murdering three Christian missionaries in 2007, after the suspects’ time in detention while on trial exceeded new legal limits,…
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Ukrainian churches praised as crisis continues – Fr James Siemens, UK | Premier.org.uk, Current News
March 7, 2014 16:53 A Ukrainian priest and academic in Wales has praised church leaders in the troubled state who’ve been calling for justice in their country. As politicians from around the…
March 06, 2014 The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is giving witness similar to the witness of Blessed John Paul II Michael J. Miller – Catholic World Report In the midst…
Analysis/comment via Reuters and the Chicago Tribune. The other view is that Patriarch Kirill is not an arm of the Russian state, still less Putin’s regime, but a pre-eminent influential body in national…
By Phil Lawler (bio – articles ) | March 06, 2014 5:47 PM Pay close attention to the latest news about the effort to convene a meeting of all the patriarchs of…
His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew and the other First Hierarchs of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches at the Pre-Synodal Assembly at the Phanar this week Eastern Orthodox Church- Ecumenical Patriarchate From Prakash Varghese…
On March 6, 2014, Primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches met for their first day at the Cathedral of St. George at Fanar, the residence of the Patriarch of Constantinople in…
(Phanar, March 6, 2014) Your Beatitudes and most venerable Brothers in Christ, First-Hierarchs of the Most Holy Orthodox Churches, and honorable members of your entourages, Welcome to the courtyard of our Church,…
March 7, 2014 By Tim Kelleher “What a difference a day makes.” That was certainly the case when, in roughly twenty-four hours, Kiev went from flashpoint for civil war to a field…
The Romfea.gr Greek portal, referring to its own reliable sources, writes that the Holy Kinot of Holy Mount Athos has received an extensive message from His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of…