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On September 3rd, 2024, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has published a statement on the recent legislation in Ukraine which affects the freedom of religion.
03.09.2024
St. Sergius Parish in South Africa participated in a charity event for orphans
03.09.2024
On 30th August the church centre for social aid at the Holy Trinity monastery of Kursk was visited by the head doctor and staff of the Saint Alexis hospital. During the visit agreement was reached upon cooperation in offering medical aid at the church hospital for those who need it and who have suffered in the Kursk region, reports the diaconia.ru website.
01.09.2024
His Holiness Patriarch Daniel calls upon believers to pray for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
29.08.2024
Back in 2016 the Patriarchate of Constantinople decided to set up a caricature ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ as a token of revenge on the Russian Orthodox Church. The actions of the Kievan Nazi regime with regard to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church are unprecedented and are worthy only of contempt. Thus speaks the metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom, head of the metropolitanate of Serbian Orthodox Church with its centre in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in an exclusive interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
28.08.2024
Albanian Orthodox Church calls for cancellation of the law banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
28.08.2024
Protopresbyter Ioannis K. Diotis. Theologian, social commentator, writer and publisher. Recipient of awards from the Academy of Sciences of Athens for his activities.
25.12.2023 • Reviews
Article by Vakhtang V. Kipshidze, vice-chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media
16.11.2023 • Reviews
An article by Matthew Namee
28.10.2022
In the course of debates on the order of acceptance into the Church of persons ordained in schismatic communities one can often hear references to various precedents in history. For instance, the defenders of the position of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which had received members of the UOC KP and UAOC into communion without reordination, cite examples of acceptance in the present dignity of persons ordained by schismatics and even by heretics. Yet, in most cases these examples do not seem to be convincing upon closer look.
29.05.2022 • Reviews
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
The Church’s communication with the world external to her is a special but integral part of Orthodox mission. This ministry is not always the direct proclamation of the Word of God. However, it helps millions of people to see Orthodoxy from various viewpoints and also to come to feel the beauty and power of Orthodoxy.