„Unfading Light. Creativity and Prayer in 20th Century Russian Orthodoxy” is the title of a conference organized by Oxford University on March 7-8, 2019. The conference aims to explore the divergent progressions of thought form late 19th century Russian ‘traditionalism’ towards a (re)discovery of the universal dimension of the Christianity of the Fathers in the…
‘Repentance is an effort for inner change, not a simple regret,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said in his Sunday homily at St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude noted that repentance does not simply imply saying ‘I’m sorry’ and moving on, ‘it is an effort to change the way of thinking,…
The Tomos is displayed at the Savior-Transfiguration Cathedral of Vinnitsa. Petro Poroshenko from the pulpit described how autocephaly had been granted. On January 13, Petro Poroshenko and OCU head Epiphany arrived with the original copy of the Tomos at the Savior-Transfiguration Cathedral, where they were met by Metropolitan Simeon (Shostatsky). According to “Ukrinform”, apart from…
A separately-standing two-storey building in the territory of the Kyiv Pecherska Lavra [monastery] caught fire in the afternoon of January 14, with 200 square meters of its area affected by fire, a statement published on the website of the State Emergencies Service of Ukraine has said. According to the statement, the building on fire is…
The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin at the Main Military Hospital in Kyiv has become part of the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). The hospital church has been subordinate to the then Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) for over 20 years, Ukrainian TV Channel 5 reports. The…
According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, closure of the Jvari Monastery in Mtskheta is related to outdoor trade. According to the head of the press service of the Patriarchate, Andrea Jagmaidze, the reason for the closure of the Jvari Monastery in Mtskheta is the inappropriate situation created by the traders. “The outdoor trade creates an…
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, gave an interview to the TV channel RT. – What can the Moscow Patriarchate do to support the Ukrainian Orthodox Church? – First of all, we are praying for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, for Ukraine and for the Ukrainian…
The ROC is concerned about the future of the monks and believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. What is happening today in Ukraine is a blatant intervention of the state in the internal affairs of the Church, reports the ROC DECR site, referring to the ROC DECR head Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. “At every Liturgy…
We should find new ideas, ways so that to change people to do good and not evil, – said the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, in the Holy Trinity Cathedral when conducting New Year’s prayer. “Happy New Year! May this year be a happiest for us, for Georgia, for the…