The UOC hierarch conveyed greetings from His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry to Patriarch Neophyte. On May 27, 2019, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neophyte, met with the hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the hero of Ukraine, Archbishop Longin (Zhar) of Bancheny, the official website of the Bulgarian Patriarchate reported. The meeting was…

At today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers, BGN 500 000 were granted for finishing works of Varna temple „St. Procopius of Varna „. The money is granted after Prime Minister Boyko Borisov visited the new temple and talked to the Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav John. Metropolitan John thanked the Prime Minister, saying:…

Restoration of the church on the site of the first Russian settlement in California will begin soon, priest Alexander Volkov, the spokesman for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, said. “Restoration of the church in Fort Ross, California, will begin in the near future. It is a place of significance,” the priest said at…

The presence of Orthodox Christianity is needed in Europe, and the Russian Orthodox Church is planning to open new churches there; in Cyprus and Sweden, in the immediate future. “Churches in Cyprus – in Limassol – and in Sweden will soon be put into service,” Father Alexander Volkov, the spokesman for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow…

GENEVA – World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit sent a welcoming letter to Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa after his election by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as the new Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Rev. Tveit wrote that “Within the joyful atmosphere…

At the invitation of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, His Grace, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Interim Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, joined the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of at a session devoted to ongoing plans for celebrations marking the 50th Anniversaries of the Granting of Autocephaly and the Glorification of…

On 27 May 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and met with the Secretary General of this organization, Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland. They were joined in the meeting by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; Archimandrite Philaret…

On May 27, 2019, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, completed his visit to Strasbourg, France. At the airport, His Holiness was seen off by Metropolitan Ioann of Chersonese and Western Europe, Russian ambassador to France A. Meshkov, Russian permanent representative to the Council of Europe I. Soltanovsky, Russia’s consul general in…

In Strasbourg, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week met with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović. The Russian Patriarch referred to the significant role played by the Council of Europe as a safeguard for human rights. During the talks, His Holiness Kirill cited his deep concern, as…