Sunday, June 1, 2014 Arabic original here. French translation here. Press Conference by His Beatitude Patriarch John X : On the Forthcoming Conference “Antiochian Unity: Its Dimensions and Exigencies”, June 26-28, 2014…
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Metropolitan Hilarion Notes Hope That ‘Spiritual Unity’ Expressed in Song Will Be Reflected in Churches’ Relations – but pours cold water on the meeting of Pope Francis, the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Patriarch of…
The following report from Catholic Culture indicates the Patriarchate of Moscow making its point that the Patriarch of Constantinople is not an Orthodox “opposite number” to the Bishop of Rome, but only the…
Archbishop Stephen of Ohrid (a see which historically was the patriarchate of the Bulgarian Empire, with which the See of Rome maintained semi-communion for the sake of the pastoral care of Byzantines in Southern…
A few notes before reading this fair-minded Reuters report. 1. The Byzantine Church of what is now Ukraine belonged to the Patriarchate of Constantinople and is not intrinsically Russian or dependent on…
Orthodox priests picking their way through the battlements in Ukraine is a symbol of how this church is caught in the middle of an unholy conflict. The majority of people on both…
On 30 May 2014 at the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College, London, Dr Sotiris Roussos, director of the Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS), Department of Political Studies…
Your Excellencies, the political and ecclesiastical leaders of the Orthodox people of Ukraine; Beloved and precious Orthodox Ukrainian faithful: Слава Ісусу Христу! The Holy Mother and Great Church of Christ of Constantinople…
27 March 2014 On March 22, 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who hosts the Church and World talk-show on Russia-24 TV channel, had as his guest the editor-in-chief of the Religion and…
Sophia Kishkovsky Religion News Service | Mar. 27, 2014 As Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border and a controversial secession vote in Crimea approached March 16, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox…