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15.01.2019 | 13:19
President and OCU head Epiphany bring Tomos to Vinnitsa
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…
15.01.2019 | 12:41
Two-storey building belonging to monastery complex of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra on fire
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…
15.01.2019 | 12:06
Kyiv Military Hospital’s church decides to join new Orthodox Church of Ukraine
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…
15.01.2019 | 11:51
According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, closure of the Jvari Monastery is related to outdoor trade
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…
15.01.2019 | 11:17
Metropolitan Hilarion: The Russian Orthodox Church originated in Kiev, not in Moscow, not in St. Petersburg
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…
14.01.2019 | 16:28
Met. Hilarion: UOC is going through a time of persecution by authorities
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…
14.01.2019 | 16:14
Ilia II: We should find new ideas, ways so that to change people to do good and not evil
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…
14.01.2019 | 16:09
Greek Metropolitan Paul of Sisanion and Siatista reposed in the Lord
The Greek Orthodox Church has announced that His Eminence Metropolitan Paul of Sisanion and Siatista reposed in the Lord yesterday, January 13. Preliminary information indicates that His Eminence died of a heart attack. Met. Paul was born in 1947 in Chalkida. He studied at the Theological School of the University of Athens and was ordained…
14.01.2019 | 15:46
Poroshenko awards orders to ex-Metrs. Simeon (Shostatsky) and Alexander (Drabinko)
The hierarchs who had passed to the OCU were decorated by the President “for their contribution to the establishment of spirituality, mercy and interfaith harmony”. President Petro Poroshenko awarded Metropolitans Simeon (Shostatsky) and Alexander (Drabinko), banned from ministry by the Holy Synod of the UOC, with orders. The corresponding decree of January 13 was published…
