The autocephalous Church of Ukraine

As best I can tell, there are 941 active, canonical Orthodox bishops in the world right now. Give or take. Compared to the 19th century, that’s a big increase — in
The Orthodoxology website has posted a French translation of Xenia Krivocheine’s interview. Here is our English translation: Xenia Igorevna Krivocheine is a writer, an artist, a founding member of the
In an interview with the Romfea agency, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk talked about his recent trip to Greece and his meetings with the Greek bishops, about the relationship between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Constantinople Patriarchate, as well as about the situation in Ukraine.
Are we really in Paris? This is the first question that comes to mind when you arrive on Saint Sergius hill, on Buttes-Chaumont. Here, you will find the best hidden church of Paris and one of the most picturesque areas of the capital.
On July 14, 2019, Novak Djokovic won his 5th Wimbledon title, after an almost 5-hour epic match against Roger Federer. But before being number 1 tennis player in the world,
We recently presented The Foundations of Russian Culture, a book by Father Alexander Schmemann. The French daily La Croix has published a review by David Roure on it. Please find
Several Orthodox churches in Japan are presented on this page (including our featured picture). “The Japanese Orthodox Church became autonomous from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1970, the year of
“According to a report commissioned by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in some parts of the world the persecution of Christians is close to genocide”, says an article from the
From an article in the weekly “Le Point” on the values of the French people.
On June 1, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk participated in a symposium at the University of Fribourg. On this occasion, he gave an interview to the French agency Cath.ch, which
An interactive map of the parishes (as of November 2018) of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe is now available here.
The Serbian tennis player took advantage of a visit to the Simplon neighborhood in Paris to visit an Orthodox church.
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
His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Greek Orthodox Church, called to hurry in forming a Lebanese government. His Beatitude’s words came as part of the Sunday homily during the Divine Liturgy that was held in the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand.
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
We have just received a press release (read below) from the office of the Patriarchate of Antioch which informs us of the initiative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem to find
In a message to the priests, monks, and nuns of the Vicariate of the Russian tradition, Saint Mary of Paris and Saint Alexis the Just, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople gave
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
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.
The Church-Manger: The Visitation of God and the Visitation of Man
Could we speak of unique memory and mesmerizing consciousness that has been passed down through the generations from ancient times, from the time when there was a longing for unity?
L’archiprêtre du trône oecuménique p. Nicolas Xenos est nommé par son éminence le métropolite Emmanuel, vicaire épiscopal générale de la Métropole grecque orthodoxe de France. Le père Nicolas, originaire de
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.
This appeal of international Orthodox theologians, 86 scholars from 40 academic institutions and 13 countries, is made following the deeply concerning pronouncements and edicts coming from the beloved Patriarchate of Serbia. We have come together with this appeal as we are concerned about impingements on the freedom of speech and academic thought, independence of universities, and ecclesiastical morality. Support for this appeal is great, and the number of signatories to this appeal would have been far greater had we not limited the period to join to three days.
These are the daily dates that I use to share every day on my different sites and blogs as they appear on this Sunday night: יום א’ ראשון וראשי און
By Archpriest Alexander Winogradsky Frenkel (Patrairchate of Jerusalem)
Are we going to dwell in huts, booths, tents, tabernacles? or sukkot\סוכות? From Tishri 14, 5780/October 13, 2019 till Tishri 23, 5780/October 22, 2019, the Jewish Community celebrates the harvesting feast of the Booths