Patriarch Kirill bans Protodeacon Kurayev from religious activity
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has issued a decree banning Archdeacon Andrey Kurayev, a well-known blogger and theologian, from religious activity.
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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Jean-Claude Larchet, you are one of the first to have developed a theological reflection on disease, suffering, medicine. Your book “The Theology of Illness” published in 1991 has been translated…
The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea (Ecumenical Patriarchate) has issued the following Encyclical urging the faithful to pray with due reverence and care during the Covid-19 outbreak. Read the full text down below:
Dear in the Lord fathers, brothers, and sisters! I sincerely greet you with the very warmest well-wishes for the blessings of God, good health, spiritual calm, and the patience so needed in this trying time! I especially greet the doctors, nurses, and all who work in the hospitals, sincerely wishing them increased strength and Heavenly aid! I wish for those who are sick — and for their friends and relatives
Friday, April 03, 2020 PDF Version To the Clergy and Faithful Orthodox Christians of the United States of America: During this period of crisis, we, members of the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, are meeting in conference call sessions every Friday to continually monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, we discuss both pastoral and practical matters concerning the operational situation of
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 March 30, in an effort to contain the highly contagious coronavirus. However, while understanding the need to protect the faithful and all people, the Church also understands the need for the Divine Liturgy to be served. Thus, the Church has
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
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA announces an online resource center for clergy and faithful during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Resource Center includes updated news from the various jurisdictions as well as practical guidelines and resources for families, ministry leaders, parish leadership, and everyone. The Center will be updated regularly with new materials and expanded selections.
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Le samedi 27 mai 2023, aura lieu le pèlerinage annuel de l’Institut Saint-Serge à Vézelay. Programme détaillé de la journée : Pour ceux qui partiront depuis Paris et la régions…
Les offices de l’Église orthodoxe russe, le jour du 936e anniversaire du transfert des reliques de saint Nicolas de Myre en Lycie à Bari, ont eu lieu en la basilique de la ville. Le 22 mai 2023, la divine Liturgie a été célébrée par l’évêque de Bogorodskoïe Ambroise (Munteanu), vicaire de l’exarque patriarcal russe en Europe occidentale, assisté par le recteur de l’église orthodoxe russe à Bari, l’archiprêtre Viatcheslav (Batchine),
Un appel, signé par l’évêque-vicaire du diocèse d’Allemagne de l’Église orthodoxe russe hors-frontières, a été publié en date du 23 mai 2023 et adressé à tout le clergé accomplissant son ministère dans ce diocèse, au sujet de l’incidence du problème ukrainien dans les paroisses d’Allemagne : « Révérends Pères, qui accomplissez votre ministère pastoral dans le diocèse d’Allemagne,La guerre en Ukraine nous tourmente depuis plus d’une année déjà et nous
Le 16 mai, l’Assemblée des évêques orthodoxes de France a tenu sa réunion périodique. “Diverses informations ont été échangées sur la vie des diocèses orthodoxes en France et sur la…
ASCENSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR Saint Épiphane, évêque de Salamine à Chypre (403) et saint Germain, patriarche de Constantinople (740) ; saint Savin, archevêque de Chypre (Vème s.) ; saint Polybius de Chypre, évêque de Rinokyr en Égypte (Vème s.) ; saint Mondry, moine près de Blois (VIème s.) ; sainte Rictrude, veuve, abbesse de Marchiennes (688) ; saint Germain, patriarche de Constantinople, confesseur (740) ; saint Denis de Radonège (1633)
ASCENSION DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR Troisième invention du chef du saint prophète précurseur et baptiste, Jean (vers 850) ; saints Injurieux et Scholastique, en Auvergne (388) ; saint Théraponte, évêque de Chypre, martyr (IVème s.) ; saints Mauxe et Vénérand, martyrs à Evreux (IVème s.) ; saint Léon, abbé de Mantenay (550) ; saint Bède le vénérable, moine de Jarrow (735) saint Dizan, évêque de Saintes (VIIIème s.) ; saint Innocent,
Au cours du dernier pèlerinage de l’archevêché grec-orthodoxe d’Amérique en Égypte, plus de 50 fidèles ont visité le monastère de Sainte-Catherine dans la péninsule du Sinaï, en Égypte, sous la conduite de l’archevêque Élpidophore d’Amérique. Le mercredi 10 mai, l’archevêque Élpidophore a présidé la Divine Liturgie pour la fête de la Mi-Pentecôte. Dans son discours, il a souligné l’importance historique, ecclésiastique et théologique du monastère et a exprimé ses vœux
Les Éditions de Forgeville viennent de publier une biographie de l’évêque Jean de Saint-Denis (Eugraph Kovalevsky, frère de Maxime et de Pierre Kovalevsky, 1905-1970) d’Élie de Foucauld en trois volumes.
La paroisse (1) Saint-Pantéléimon et Saint-Nicolas à Bruxelles a lancé un appel aux dons. Source de la photographie : site paroissial
Saint Siméon le jeune, stylite au Mont Admirable en Syrie (596) ; saint Mélèce le stratilate, avec saints Étienne, Jean, Sérapion l’égyptien, Callinique le mage, Théodore, Fauste et 11208 guerriers,…
Saint Mocius (ou Mucius), prêtre, martyr à Constantinople (vers 295) ; saint Udaut, apôtre des Huns, martyr (452) ; saint Mamert, évêque de Vienne (477) ; saint Possesseur, évêque de…
Message du Saint-Synode de l’Église orthodoxe ukrainienne, qui s’est tenu le 23 mai 2023, à l’occasion du trente et unième anniversaire de l’Assemblée des évêques à Kharkiv (qui a élu…
Un an après que le schisme de plusieurs décennies de l’Église orthodoxe macédonienne – archevêché d’Ohrid a été guéri et que les primats et hiérarques serbes et macédoniens ont concélébré…
En octobre, le Saint-Synode de l’Église orthodoxe roumaine a décidé de canoniser le saint hiérarque métropolite Néophyte le Crétois (†1753). Hier, dimanche 21 mai, la proclamation liturgique de cette canonisation a été proclamée lors de l’office à la cathédrale patriarcale de Bucarest, rapporte l’agence de presse Basilica. Le tomos de canonisation a été lu par Mgr Barlaam de Ploieşteanu, vicaire du patriarche, puis le tropaire à saint Néofit a été
His Holiness Abune Mathias I, Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, visited the Russian Orthodox Church on 15-20 May 2018. During his visit, the Primate of the Ethiopian Church and the accompanying delegation were guests of the churches, monasteries and academic institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church and became acquainted with its experience in social ministry and in manufacturing ecclesiastical goods. On 17 May 2018, the feast of the Ascension of
In the office of the Holy Synod on May 14, Archbishop Ieronymos, Primate of the Greek Church, received the members of the Commission of the Ecumenical Patriarchate dedicated to dogmatic and nomocanonical questions. They came to inform him of the evolution of the ecclesiastical situation in the Ukraine. The members of the Patriarchal Commission are Bishop John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon, Metropolitan Emmanuel, of France, and Metropolitan Bartholomew, of Smyrna. Archbishop
A new Chinese version of the Book of Hours was just published to meet the needs of daily liturgical worship. The Book of Hours contains texts of the first, third, sixth and ninth hours, vespers, matins, compline, and the midnight service. According to current liturgical practice, these texts were compiled in three volumes. The translation used is the one made by the Beijing Ecclesiastical Mission. Proper names have been translated
Since 2015, May 17 is a day worldwide dedicated to events against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB). The Orthodox Church professes that marriage is the holy and sacramental union between one man and one woman. Consequently, this year, on the day which also happened to be the feast of the Ascension, the Georgian Orthodox Church decided to make a statement by organizing a procession, as well as celebrating four
According to Archpriest Vladimir Vorobiev, rector of Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities, located in Moscow, their Department of Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church has been compiling an impressive database. It now includes around thirty-five thousand martyrs who suffered for their faith last century, already canonized or not, with biographical details and items such as pictures and writings. Source
To allow a parallel ecclesial jurisdiction in the Ukraine [that is to say, the two current schismatic entities, on the assumption that the Patriarchate of Constantinople would grant autocephaly, note of the editor] would mean to abandon [the project of] a single Church in the Ukraine. This was the statement made by Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary, chancellor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in an interview with the Greek agency
For many years, Prince Charles of Wales has shown a deep interest in Orthodoxy, especially in Mount Athos and Romanian monasteries. On the occasion of his most recent visit in Greece at the beginning of May, he met with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece. The latter highlighted the connections between both countries. In gratitude for his financial help, Prince Charles was offered an icon of the Theotokos. For
In an interview with the Greek newspaper “Kosmos” in Australia, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his optimism about the reopening of the Halki Theological School: “I think that for Halki, we are on the right track. Of course, it should never have been closed in the first place. In the nearly 130 years of its existence, it provided the Church and society with educated executives and wise graduates who served both
So far, students at the ROCOR Jordanville Seminary, New York, were able to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology. On April 10, the Board of Trustees decided to offer a Master of Divinity degree, starting next school year. Full scholarships will also be available. The seminary was founded in 1948 by Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko). Thanks to the rich relationship between the seminary and Holy Trinity Monastery, seminarians have the opportunity
On May 6, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the church Sainte-Photinie, in Mpaka, in the suburbs of Pointe-Noire, was consecrated. It will be the third parish community in the city, which is the second capital of the country. The ceremony was presided by Metropolitan Panteleimon of Brazzaville and Gabon, assisted by the local clergy, in the presence of the authorities and a large number of faithful. The day before, the
Archimandrite Ephrem, the hegumen of the Athonite monastery of Vatopedi, sent a letter to the Cypriot Parliament, urging the government not to legalize abortion in their country. Currently, abortion is banned in Cyprus, but there have been talks to change the law, since the European Parliament told representatives of the Cypriot government that not allowing abortion is considered a violation of women’s rights in the EU European. The Orthodox Church
In an interview with the Greek Agency Romfea, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, addressed various issues, including the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Here is a translation of it. – A few days ago, the Ecumenical Patriarchate agreed to consider the issue of granting autocephaly in the Ukraine. How does the Russian Church see this decision? – With perplexity. Neither His Holiness the Patriarch
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, which met under the presidency of Patriarch John X at the Balamand monastery, finished its work. The Patriarchate of Antioch proceeded to the election of bishops and metropolitans, and examined the prevailing situation in Syria and in the Middle East. The Holy Synod again expressed its strong protest about Qatar. “The Patriarch of Antioch suffers because of the intrusion and establishment of
It will be one of the highest churches in the country. The act of the return of the land to the diocese of Feodosia was signed during the 4th International Economic Forum of Yalta, by Sergei Borozdine, head of the administration of the city of Kerch, and by Metropolitan Platon of Feodosia and Kerch. “We hope for a quick build,” said Borozdine. The plans of the church were designed by
Le “Patriarcat de Kiev”, qui n’est pas reconnu dans le monde orthodoxe, s’est adressé au patriarche de Constantinople Bartholomée afin de lui demande la reconnaissance de cette structure dissidente comme Église d’Ukraine locale et autocéphale, nous apprend une dépêche de l’agence d’information russe Interfax.ru. Les auteurs de cette demande signée du vicaire « du patriarche » Philarète, l’archevêque Dimitri ( Rudiuk) et du député du peuple Lilia Gregorevitch, assurent que