Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has issued a decree banning Archdeacon Andrey Kurayev, a well-known blogger and theologian, from religious activity.
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Our online shop includes apparel, phone cases, laptop sleeves, accessories (mugs and stickers) and bags displaying drawings inspired by Orthodox art. Our designs are completely authentic and never seen before….
On the occasion of the extension of the restrictive measures that also extend to the Church, as well as of the forthcoming session of the Standing Holy Synod to be held with a teleconference on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos spoke to ethnos.gr.
Although the Greek Orthodox Church earlier agreed to limit its services to just one-hour Divine Liturgies on Sundays, the state was not content, and on March 16 it banned all services until…
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has issued a decree banning Archdeacon Andrey Kurayev, a well-known blogger and theologian, from religious activity.
Our online shop includes apparel, phone cases, laptop sleeves, accessories (mugs and stickers) and bags displaying drawings inspired by Orthodox art. Our designs are completely authentic and never seen before….
On the occasion of the extension of the restrictive measures that also extend to the Church, as well as of the forthcoming session of the Standing Holy Synod to be held with a teleconference on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos spoke to ethnos.gr.
Although the Greek Orthodox Church earlier agreed to limit its services to just one-hour Divine Liturgies on Sundays, the state was not content, and on March 16 it banned all services until…
We wish to hear your views on the current situation, since your theology plays a great role in the present circumstances. Metropolitan John: My theology, unfortunately, cannot be applied. In Greece they have already closed the churches, and the Divine Liturgy is not being served. Is it served in Serbia? Taking into consideration the decision of the government that the number of people in one place be limited, as well as
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The Giorgi Abramishvili Military Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia in the city of Gori was declared a quarantine zone on March 2 as part of measures to prevent the possible spread of the coronavirus in the Caucasus country. Now the hospital carries the particular blessing of God, as His Eminence Metropolitan Andrew of Gori and Ateni recently blessed the yard of the hospital together with clergy from
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“On the third week of Great Lent (Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross) the Divine Liturgy was served in all churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in compliance with all instructions being required for protection from the COVID-19 virus (no more than five people inside the church, the faithful standing in front and on the side of the church to practice social distancing, etc.). However, uninvited guests from
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In the powerful earthquake that struck Zagreb on March 22, 202, the capital city of Croatia, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord at the Cvetni trg (Flower Square) was also damaged. As deacon Dragan Radic, author of photographs of the destroyed church and buildings in the surrounding streets told the Serbian Orthodox Church Information Service, there are no injuries among priests of the Serbian Orthodox Church and their
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As this Coronavirus crisis continues to spread and intensify on a global scale, the Ecumenical Patriarchate is monitoring the situation with an urgent sense of responsibility towards its faithful and all people without exception, and, following the Communiqué of 11 March 2020, upon deliberation of its Hierarchs in the City, announces the following: 1) The Ecumenical Patriarchate emphatically reiterates its appeal to everyone to limit their outings and travels to
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The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in similar fashion with other Orthodox Churches around the region, announced that cathedrals and chapels around the country will remain open only for personal worship. Daily services have been cancelled, while the Divine Liturgies on Sundays and during the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 will be celebrated without worshippers at the Holy Trinity chapel in Tirana.The Divine Liturgy will be broadcast over
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In several portions of our Diocesan territory (Western Europe), temporary local government restrictions have been put in place that prevent group gatherings and, by extension, the regular performance of public Divine Services. This is not the case in every location; but where it is so mandated, we have put measures in place to ensure that the Divine Services themselves will by no means cease, even if the public celebration of
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Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini is ready to impose sanctions upon the Orthodox Church in the country if it does not comply with measures taken in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Pellegrini recalled that the crisis headquarters he heads has banned all mass public events, including religious services. The ban went into effect on Tuesday and will continue for 14 days. While the leadership of the Catholic
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Ce catéchisme est particulièrement bienvenu pour les parents en attente, pour leurs enfants d’un catéchisme orthodoxe fiable, mais aussi pour un certain nombre d’adultes qui pour des raisons diverses, n’ont pas été ou ont été insuffisamment catéchisés.Présenté en 250 pages dans un beau volume relié, il est l’œuvre du hiéromoine Grégoire (Chatziemmanouil), qui après avoir été un certain temps second du monastère de Stavronikita, s’est retiré depuis plusieurs décennies dans
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Vient de paraître: Jean-Claude Larchet, « “En suivant les Pères… ”. La vie et l’œuvre du Père Georges Florovsky », Éditions des Syrtes, Genève, 2019, 493 p.Le Père Georges Florovsky (1893-1979), après quelques années d’enseignement à Prague et à Paris, fit la plus grande partie de sa carrière aux États Unis où il enseigna dans les plus prestigieuses universités (Harvard, Cambridge, Princeton…). Unissant une vaste érudition, un attachement profond à
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15e dimanche après la Pentecôte Dimanche avant l’Exaltation de la Croix Clôture de la fête de la Nativité de la Très sainte Mère de Dieu ; saint Autonome, évêque en Italie,…
Le 30 septembre, un coffret avec des fragments de la Ceinture de la Mère de Dieu, venu du monastère de Kato Xenia (Thessalie, Grèce) sera apporté en France. Tout d’abord, la Ceinture de la Mère de Dieu visitera la paroisse orthodoxe roumaine de La Courneuve. Le programme est le suivant : – Vendredi 30 septembre : 18 h accueil de la Ceinture de la Mère de Dieu apportée par une délégation de Grèce ;
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Le 21 septembre 2022, l’Assemblée des évêques de l’Église orthodoxe russe hors-frontières a nommé l’évêque Georges de Canberra évêque diocésain d’Australie et de Nouvelle-Zélande avec le titre « de Sydney, d’Australie et de Nouvelle-Zélande ». Né aux États-Unis en 1950, Paul Schaeffer, le futur évêque Georges, s’est converti à l’Orthodoxie en 1974. L’année suivante, il devint novice au monastère de la Sainte-Trinité à Jordanville (État de New York), puis étudia au séminaire
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La veille de la fête de Saint Silouane de l’Athos, le 24 septembre, est une occasion d’honorer la mémoire de saint Sophrony l’Athonite.Saint Sophrony a été le disciple de saint Silouane…
Comme chaque année, le Centre théologique d’études et de recherche Dumitru-Staniloae, de la Métropole orthodoxe roumaine, lance une invitation à s’inscrire pour l’année universitaire 2022-2023. Les cours diffusés et accompagnés…
Le primat de l’Église orthodoxe de Lituanie n’approuve pas l’ingérence des autorités dans les processus internes de l’Église. Le métropolite Innocent, primat de l’Église orthodoxe de Lituanie, a fait un commentaire officiel sur la visite de représentants du ministère lituanien des Affaires étrangères au Phanar. Son commentaire suit ci-après :« Comme on l’a appris, le lundi 19 septembre, des représentants des autorités lituaniennes ont rencontré le patriarche Bartholomée de Constantinople au Phanar (Istanbul). Selon des communiqués laconiques publiés sur les sites
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has issued a decree banning Archdeacon Andrey Kurayev, a well-known blogger and theologian, from religious activity.
Our online shop includes apparel, phone cases, laptop sleeves, accessories (mugs and stickers) and bags displaying drawings inspired by Orthodox art. Our designs are completely authentic and never seen before.
On the occasion of the extension of the restrictive measures that also extend to the Church, as well as of the forthcoming session of the Standing Holy Synod to be held with a teleconference on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos spoke to ethnos.gr.
Although the Greek Orthodox Church earlier agreed to limit its services to just one-hour Divine Liturgies on Sundays, the state was not content, and on March 16 it banned all services until
We wish to hear your views on the current situation, since your theology plays a great role in the present circumstances. Metropolitan John: My theology, unfortunately, cannot be applied. In Greece
The Giorgi Abramishvili Military Hospital of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia in the city of Gori was declared a quarantine zone on March 2 as part of measures to
“On the third week of Great Lent (Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross) the Divine Liturgy was served in all churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in compliance
In the powerful earthquake that struck Zagreb on March 22, 202, the capital city of Croatia, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord at the Cvetni trg (Flower Square)
As this Coronavirus crisis continues to spread and intensify on a global scale, the Ecumenical Patriarchate is monitoring the situation with an urgent sense of responsibility towards its faithful and
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in similar fashion with other Orthodox Churches around the region, announced that cathedrals and chapels around the country will remain open only for personal
In several portions of our Diocesan territory (Western Europe), temporary local government restrictions have been put in place that prevent group gatherings and, by extension, the regular performance of public
Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini is ready to impose sanctions upon the Orthodox Church in the country if it does not comply with measures taken in the fight against the
The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate has just approved the election by the general assembly of the Archdiocese of Orthodox churches of Russian tradition in Western Europe of two new vicar bishops: Archimandrite Simeon (Cossec), with the title bishop of Domodedovo , and the Hegumen Elisha (Germain), with the title bishop of Reoutov , “leaving the place and time of their ordination at the discretion of His Holiness the
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The Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece convened on Monday, with sessions to continue until Wednesday, amid growing concerns in the country over coronavirus infections, and stepped up public health measures to prevent an outbreak on the scale witnessed in northern Italy. Currently, some 73 cases of coronavirus have been officially reported in the east Mediterranean country, but, thankfully, no related fatalities. The Church of Greece has
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“To the faithful and beloved children of this God-preserved Diocese! As we enter now fully into this lenten period leading to the bright Resurrection of Christ, we find ourselves also in a period where many are stricken with fear at the spread of a new virus (Coronavirus COVID-19), which is affecting people in many parts of the world — including several countries within the borders of our Diocese. Since many
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n anticipation of the meeting of heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches in the capital city of Jordan, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, told Interfax-Religion portal about what and in what format is to be discussed by this forum.
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Heads and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches are to meet next week in Amman on the initiative of Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem. In an exclusive interview to RIA Novosti, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, tells who will discuss what and when and what will be the aims of the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church to be led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
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“In connection with the letters received from His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, in which he sent an invitation to participate in the fraternal gathering of the primates of the Local Orthodox Churches and their delegations in Amman, Jordan, the Holy Synod of the BOC-BP informs that it will refrain from participating in the aforementioned meeting, and, accordingly, will not send its representatives to Amman, the capital of Jordan.
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The decision came after an escalation of misunderstandings involving the Louvre Museum and The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The Synod became aware of the Exhibit “Art and Cultures in Bulgaria Between the 16th and 18th Centuries,” when Bulgarian Culture Minister, Boil Banov sought a blessing for the project. The exhibit included, crosses, icons, censers, Gospels, Royal Doors, etc.., A total of 16 objects from Bachkovo Monastery, the
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On October 10, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia resolved to canonize a number of 20th-century New Martyrs. The new saints were companions of the highly-venerated Hieromartyr St. Gorazd (Pavlik): Frs. Vladimír Petřek and Václav Čikl, as well as Ján Sonnevend, Václav Ornest, and Karel Louda and their families, who gave their lives for the glory of Christ and holy Orthodoxy during the
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A moleben prayer service for deliverance from the coronavirus epidemic was recently held at the Church of St. Nicholas in Moscow, which serves as the Patriarchal representation of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church. “Archpriest Igor Zuev, the rector of the dependency served a moleben for deliverance from the coronavirus pneumonia epidemic that has engulfed Russia’s ally, China,” Orthodox activist Kirill Frolov told Interfax on Tuesday. More than 60 Chinese people living in
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The Three Holy Hierarchs—Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—are the patron saints of schools and education for the Orthodox faithful, and their feast, January 30 on the new calendar, was traditionally celebrated as a school holiday in Greece. However, the Greek Education of Ministry has announced that classes will be held as normal on their feast this year, reports the National Herald. Orthodox hierarchs have different
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The Orthodox faithful of Montenegro continue to raise their voices against the scandalous new law that gives the state the authority to seize Church properties, coming out in prayerful defense of their holy churches and monasteries. Yesterday, January 12, more than 10,000 faithful took part in a prayerful procession in the capital city of Podgorica to this end, reports the official Facebook page of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of
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Following the promulgation of the law robbing the churches and ecclesiastical goods of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, the members of the Episcopal Council of the latter published the following press release Podgorica, December 29, 2019 The Episcopal Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro which, by decision of the Holy Assembly of Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church in May 2006, is made up of the bishops of
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During its session of December 26, 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to complete the composition of the Inter-Council Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church and to include in particular: 1) the archpriest Jean Gueit, vice-president of the Diocesan Council of the Archdiocese of the Orthodox Churches of Russian tradition in Western Europe, in the liturgical and ecclesial art commission, 2) the archpriest Nicolas Cernokrak, dean
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The ROC expressed deep sorrow due to the anti-canonical actions of Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and confirmed the non-commemoration of his name in the Diptych.
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On 3rd November 2019, an official reception on the occasion of the reunification of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe with the Russian Orthodox Church took place in the Refectory Chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia shared with all those present his thoughts about the reasons behind the historic reunification of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe with the Mother Church.
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On 17th October 2019, during a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, a statement was adopted concerning the situation that arose in the Greek Orthodox Church after it convened on 12th October 2019 the extraordinary Council of Hierarchs on the Ukrainian church issue (Minutes No. 125).
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I am grateful to my Brother in Christ, His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, President of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, and Brother Hierarchs of the Council of Hierarchs, for today determining to support and follow the canonical and historical decisions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, opening the possibility of full interaction between our two Local Autocephalous Churches in all spheres. The histories of our
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While the Ukrainian question was not on the agenda of the Ordinary Assembly of the Orthodox Church of Greece set for October 8-11, 2019, an extraordinary session was scheduled for Saturday, October 12, in a letter to bishops dated October 7, whose agenda is “the report of SB the archbishop of Athens Jerome: information about the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine”.
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The Archdiocese of Russian Churches of Western Europe under His Eminence Archbishop John of Dubna, formerly an exarchate of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, has been officially received into the Russian Orthodox Church. “An historic session of the Holy Synod has ended,” writes His Grace Bishop Savva of Zelenograd, The Deputy Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, on his Telegram channel. “The Archdiocese of the Western European parishes of the Russian tradition is
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It was with a vote of approval that the clergy of the Archdiocese, gathered in a pastoral assembly on September 28 in the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, reaffirmed by a large majority the decision of Archishop Jean to request the canonical attachment to the Moscow Patriarchate.
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OCU representatives exert heavy pressure on the Romanian-speaking citizens of Ukraine, forcing them to join the “Romanian Vicariate” of the OCU.
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The Blessed Saint Matrona is one of the most beloved Muscovite saints, who lived and worked miracles in our times, and her story and relics are cherished by all Russians. Now, English speakers can be glad to hear that a Russian TV series on this wonderful saint is available on YouTube with English subtitles. The series is the result of nine years of archival work, putting together some of the most amazing miracles attributed
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To Clerics, monks and all the faithful of the Archdiocese On the night of September 14 to 15, 2019, following the communiqué of the Archbishop’s Office announcing his decision to request the canonical attachment to the Moscow Patriarchate, you received a so-called “Archbishop’s Council communiqué”, which disturbed many of you. This was not a communiqué from the Archdiocesan Council. It is a letter of 7 members of the Council, written
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On September 14, 2019, the Holy Synod considered an appeal from Archbishop John (Renneteau), head of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition, who expressed the desire of a majority of the Archdiocese’s clergy and parishes to preserve its existence through entering the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church and asked for the entry in canonical communion and unity with the Moscow Patriarchate together with those clergy and
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Letter, declaration and decision of Archbishop Jean (Renneteau) for the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe.
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An extraordinary general meeting of our Archdiocese was held on Saturday, September 7, 2019 to discuss the future of the Archdiocese, in accordance with Article 34 of the Statutes. After the presentation of different points of view, the following question was put to the vote : “Do you accept the act of canonical attachment of the Archdiocese to the Moscow Patriarchate as presented in the published document ? “. – On 186
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Archdiocese
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The worldwide religious community recognizes the role of the Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Church in guaranteeing international peace
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