Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich believes that Filaret’s actions confirm the validity of all decisions made in his regard by the canonical Church. There was a split in the split, Filaret repeated the 1992 scenario. This was stated on his Facebook page by Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich….

June 20, 2019 Terrace on the Park Flushing, New York Your Eminences and Graces, Most Reverend Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod and Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of America, Beloved Priests and Presbyteres of the Holy Archdiocese of America and the Direct Archdiocesan District, Beloved Children in the Lord – brothers and sisters, I…

The annual US State Department report on international religious freedom was unveiled in Washington D.C., with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, among others, saying that “…we urge the immediate reopening of the Halki Seminary.” His reference to the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s still closed seminary was echoed by Sam Brownback, the US ambassador-at-large for religious freedom,…

The Bishop of Apollonia, His Grace Seraphim, this week hosted a welcome reception for the new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, at the Archdiocese in Sydney. Seraphim, who holds a titular title, was a close aide to Makarios’ predecessor, reposed in God Archbishop Stylianos.     Around the world, another new Greek Orthodox Archbishop,…

The Cincture of the Theotokos, known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash in Greek, continued to be venerated by the faithful in the northern Greece city of Drama on Saturday — two days after it was conveyed from the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mt. Athos. The Haghia Zoni will remain in…

The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidoforos, was enthroned today in a resplendent ceremony at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manhattan. The Elder Archbishop of America, His Eminence Demetrios, arrived earlier at the Cathedral and sat next to the throne, in anticipation of the arrival of his Ecumenical Patriarchate-elected successor. Numerous Orthodox hierarchs and…

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On 20 June 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) met with H.E. Carsten Søndergaard, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to the Russian Federation. They were joined in the meeting by deacon Andrei Titushkin of the DECR secretariat for far abroad countries….

Much has been written recently as a result of the Ukrainian issue, both positively and negatively, from whichever side one looks at it. In particular, there has been very harsh criticism of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Prompted by this, it has been necessary for me to write articles so as to explain some aspects of the…