May 14, 2014 – George Weigel, First Things When we first met in April 2011, what initially impressed me about Sviatoslav Shevchuk was his almost preternatural calm: which was striking, in that,…
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Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, was denied entry to Ukraine and had to return home, being told he is persona non grata. The…
While we are delighted that faithful Venerable Pope Paul will be raised to the altars as Blessed, we recall that under his Pontificate that the recognition of the patriarchate of the Ukrainian…
Please note that we post this only for information about a significant statesman’s perspective on Eastern Christianity. Please see the item on line (below) to read various responses. From the report, setting to one side his…
Ukrainian Catholics in Crimea Forced to Register…Goes Unreported » Politichicks.tv
Beloved in the Lord Your Graces the archpastors, all-honourable pastors and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters! On ‘this chosen and holy Day’ when the world ‘that is visible…
Thanks to our SSJC US Youngstown friends, for drawing our attention to this: In an interview with the news agency Interfax-Religion, Vladimir Legoyda, head of the Synodal Information Department of the Russian…
Our Vice Chairman’s response to a recent interview given by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), Head of the Department for External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, to the National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin, has…
04/15/2014 Obama calls Putin over Ukraine; Orthodox Church warns against separatism Tension rises in the south-east of the former Soviet republic, while Moscow rejects accusations of interference. Metropolitan Atony of Boryspil and…
04/08/2014, by Nina Achmatova Metropolitan Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate talks about a message personally written by the Church’s pro temp head Onufry to the Russian president. As Kyiv launches…