Patriarch Kirill warms to his usual theme that Ukraine is not Ukraine but “the southern regions of historic Rus”, meaning a Russian area. You might just as well say that Muscovy is merely…
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14 June 2014 It will be a weekend of remembrance for hundreds of Orthodox Christians in Gloucestershire with special prayer services for Ukraine and Russia. St. John Chrysostom, Greek Orthodox Church, Bentham,…
To Catholic Bishops Conferences, priests, religious and the faithful of the Church To All Christians and People of good will that stand in solidarity with Ukraine. Dear Brothers and Sisters! Over the…
10 June, 2014 Pope Francis has named Cardinal Jozef Tomko, the retired Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as his special envoy to mark the 25th anniversary of the…
Metropolitan Hilarion (Shukalo) of Donetsk, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, has distanced himself from the parties in conflict in the East and warns: “There can be no blessings for those who…
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…
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…
Moscow, June 2, Interfax – The self-defence forces in southeastern Ukraine do not have broad support and are “separatists,” Metropolitan Alexander (Drabinko), secretary of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of…
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…
2 June 2014 At the Regina Coeli address on Sunday, Pope Francis prayed “for the victims of the tensions that still continue in some regions of Ukraine, as well as in the…