Patriarch Bartholomew’s letter to the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne on Ukraine

Patriarch Bartholomew’s letter to the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne on Ukraine

Please find here our English translation of the letter Patriarch Bartholomew sent on January 8, 2019, to the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne about Ukraine, after the granting of the tomos. A similar letter was sent to the primates of the Orthodox Churches on December 24, 2018. “Through our fraternal letter, we wish to inform your beloved Eminence of the following. For a long time, we have been receiving repeated

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“The nesting dolls of the Christian East”, by Father Alexander Winogradsky Frenkel

“The nesting dolls of the Christian East”, by Father Alexander Winogradsky Frenkel

Paraphrasing Luke the Evangelist in Acts 10:37, we could ask, “Do you know what happened in the whole country of Rus’?” The Patriarchate of Constantinople imposed the creation of a new “Orthodox Church in Ukraine” to the Moscow Patriarchate. Things evolved in conflicting ways between the heads of the Constantinople and Moscow Patriarchates, since the Russian Orthodox Church refused to participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council of Crete in 2016. Could

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January 11 

January 11 

January 11  Afterfeast of the Theophany. Ven. Theodosius the Great, the Cenobiarch (529). Ven. Michael of Klops Monastery, Fool-for-Christ (Novgorod—ca. 1453-56). St. Theodosius of Antioch (ca. 412). Ven. Theodosius, Metropolitan of Trebizond (1392). The “ELETSKAIA” Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos (1060). SAINT THEODOSIUS Saint Theodosius the Great lived during the fifth-sixth centuries, and was the founder of cenobitic monasticism. He was born in Cappadocia of pious parents. Endowed with a splendid

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2018 Nativity Message from Patriarch Irinej and the Assembly of Serbian Orthodox Bishops

+IRINEJ By the Grace of God Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, with the joyous Christmas greeting: Peace from God! Christ is Born! “And

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Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

Christmas Message by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Archpastors, Pastors, Deacons, Monastics and all the Faithful Children of the Russian Orthodox Church. Beloved in the Lord archpastors, all-honorable priests and deacons, God-loving monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters: From the depths of my heart I congratulate you all on the great and world-saving feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today, like the

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December 20 (old calendar) / January 2 (new)

December 20 (old calendar) / January 2 (new)

December 20 (old calendar) / January 2 (new) Nativity Fast Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ. Repose of St. John of Kronstadt (1908). Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer, Bishop of Antioch (107). Ven. Ignatii (Ignatius), Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves (Far Caves—1435). St. Philogonius, Bishop of Antioch (323). (1338). SAINT IGNATIUS The Hieromartyr Ignatius the God-Bearer, was a disciple of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, as was also Saint Polycarp,

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January 2

January 2

January 2  Forefeast of the Theophany. Repose of Ven. Seraphim, Wonderworker of Sarov (1833). St. Sylvester, Pope of Rome (335). Ven. Sylvester of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves—12th c.). Righteous Juliana of Lazarévsk (Múrom—1604). Hieromartyr Theogenes, Bishop of Parium on the Hellespont (ca. 320). SAINT SERAPHIM OF SAROV Saint Seraphim of Sarov, a great ascetic of the Russian Church, was born on July 19, 1754. His parents, Isidore and Agathia Moshnin,

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A first discriminatory law against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was passed yesterday by the Ukrainian Parliament

A first discriminatory law against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was passed yesterday by the Ukrainian Parliament

Despite the assurances made by President Poroshenko and the primate of the new “autocephalous Church” the first discriminatory law against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) was passed yesterday by the Ukrainian Parliament.

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