Our attention has recently been recalled to the following interview granted by Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Department of External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, to Kommersant newspaper in December 2013: Metropolitan…
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The Russian Orthodox Church cannot afford to alienate Ukrainians as it bids for primacy within the Orthodox world By Fr Mark Drew on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 Patriarch Kirill doesn’t want large…
Through its spokesman, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the Patriarchate is intensifying its attacks on the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church at moments of ecumenical encounter between Catholics and Orthodox in wider forums. At…
By Jonathan Luxmoore CNS on Thursday, 29 May 2014 A Catholic bishop in eastern Ukraine said church members are afraid to attend Mass in Donetsk and other towns after a priest from…
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…
Moscow, May 28, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sharply criticized the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics Church. Once again, there is an enduring need to set the context for such remarks…
26 May 2014 On May 25 a group of armed members of the terrorist organization “People’s Republic of Luhansk” burst into two polling stations, threatening to injure the members of election commission,…
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…
Vatican City, 22 May 2014 (VIS) – The Pontifical Musical Choir of the Sistine Chapel, known as “the Pope’s choir”, will sing in Moscow on 25, 26 and 27 May. The initiative…
Moscow, Russia, May 15, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite its challenges, prison ministry in the Russian Federation is an important apostolate, changing lives and leading to conversions, a local Orthodox…