His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira Inaugural Lecture as Orthodox Patron of the Society “Constantinople, Orthodoxy and Unity” at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family, Duke Street (corner of Weighhouse…
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Professor Antoine Arjakovsky, Orthodox historian and author of “From Saint Petersburg to Moscow: Anatomy of the Russian Soul” (Salvator, 2018), writing for La Croix (7.8.2018) explains what is at stake with the…
Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views, February 26, 2016 It seems that Cuba and Crete, two islands as remote from each other as can be, both geographically and culturally,…
In around 1515, the Monk Filofei of Pskov wrote to Grand Duke Vasily III of Moscow calling him to the high office o Emperor (Tsar) of the Third and Final Rome. The…
From First Things, 16th February 2105, with grateful acknowledgement. Like many Ukrainian Greco-Catholics, I am pleased that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill finally met in Havana February 12, even though the negotiations…
The Russian patriarch, not Pope Francis, has the most reason to be satisfied after the Havana meeting and joint statement. Fr Mark Drew, Saturday 13th February, writes: The reported first words of Pope…
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of you” (2 Cor 13:13). 1. By God…
Fr Mark Drew, our 2014 Christopher Morris Lecturer and Advisory Panel expert, writes, 12 February 2016 in the Catholic Herald: The Orthodox Church is not usually associated with rapid change and fast-moving…
In much of the world, Friday’s historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in Havana, Cuba, will be hailed as a breakthrough. Attitudes are more mixed, however,…
“Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, has recently called upon the Primates of Orthodox Churches to protect Orthodox Christians in Eastern Ukraine from “uniates” and “schismatics.” Here is the official response…