The Azeri civil activists held a demonstration on the territory of Davit Gareji monastery complex. The demonstrators argue that the disputed territory of Davit Gareji Monastery Complex is the territory of Azerbaijan. Special groups have been created in social networks, calling on the citizens of Azerbaijan to join the demonstration on May 28 in connection…
Public marching will be held on May 17 in connection with Family Purity Day at the initiative of Georgia’s Patriarchate. The marching will begin from Republic Square at 17:00 and will end at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral where Catholicos-Patriarch, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II will bless the participants. “The activity will be peaceful and…
With a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church visited Romania. It was led by Bishop Paramon of Sergiev Posad, abbot of the St. Sergius Laura of the Holy Trinity. On May 8, 2019, the eve of the Victory Day, the delegation visited the…
In Belgrade, the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Irinej, this week received the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the current chairman of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia, Milorad Dodik. The meeting at the Patriarchal residence came after an invitation by Irinej to the two Serbian leaders, with discussions focusing on the…
The Pancretan Association of Melbourne this week issued a statement welcoming the new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, and congratulating him on his election. The association expressed particularly satisfaction over the fact that the new Archbishop is of Cretan origin, and a successor of – reposed in Christ Archbishop Stylianos – another native of…
From May 6 to 13, 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and on the invitation of Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, a delegation of the faculty, staff and students of Moscow Theological Academy visited Egypt to help develop inter-church cooperation in academic sphere and make a pilgrimage to…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will host the third Halki Summit from May 31st to June 4th, 2019. The summit will convene distinguished representatives of Orthodox theological schools and seminaries from all over the world, and focus on the theme of “Theological Formation and Ecological Awareness.” Some 50 delegates from over 40 institutions will be…
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The Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week referred to the issue of Greece claiming WWII reparations from Germany. Hilarion, who is the head of the Russian Patriarchate’s department for external Church relations, told the “Russia24” channel that when nations seek to claim one thing from another, for issues that are in…