Tag: ecumenical patriarchate

French court rules Orthodox cathedral in Nice belongs to Russia

Associated Press reports on January 20th 2010: A French court ruled Wednesday that a Russian Orthodox cathedral built on the French Riviera nearly a century ago under Czar Nicholas II now belongs…

Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission completes its work

Our friends at SSJC Youngstown Ohio send us this reports:   The Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission, meeting in Chambesy, Switzerland, closed its work on December 16 2009 with a thanksgiving. The Commission, whose task…

Patriarch Pavle of Serbia: Memory Eternal

Patriarch Pavle of Serbia died on Sunday aged 95. His funeral took place today, Thursday 19th November, led by Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. The Pope was represented by Cardinal Sodano, Secretary of…

Apostolic Visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch to the United States

His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I, made an Apostolic Visitation to the United States October 20 to November 6 2009. A superb website has been created to commemorate the visit,…

“Christ is the Head of the Church, not the Pope”

Metropolitan John of Pergamon, Co-Chairman of the Joint Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox and the Catholics, at the 11th Plenary Session at Paphos, Cyprus. Left, Gennadios of Sassima. Right,…