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…

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…

The Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. King David Day. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II spoke about King David’s life after the liturgy. The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia also spoke about the last year, which he said was hard not only for Georgia but for the whole world. Ilia II expressed hope…

The Shemokmedi Archbishop Ioseb, congratulates Ukrainian Church on receiving tomos on autocephaly. Archbishop published the congratulation text on his Facebook page. “I congratulate the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on receiving tomos and I believe that Ukraine deserves autocephalous church. This country struggled for independence and autocephaly during centuries. Their aspiration will strengthen the Christian Orthodox unity”,…

The January 6th announcement of autocephaly for an independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine marks a historic achievement as Ukraine seeks to chart its own future – US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said. According to Pompeo, the United States reiterates its unwavering support for a sovereign, independent Ukraine. “The United States maintains its strong support…

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says that she has not congratulated the Ukrainian people or the Ukrainian leadership on the granting of autocephaly to the new church of Ukraine because the Georgian Orthodox Church has yet not voiced its stance on this issue. “This is a very sensitive issue for us,” Zourabichvili said at a press…

In an interview to the InterPressNews Georgian news agency, a hierarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Nicholas of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo, said that in order to take a decision concerning the actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine, a thorough examination of this matter is needed. Speaking about the newly created structure, Metropolitan…

In his talk with a journalist from Polityka newsmagazine His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland underscored that in the light of canon law “metropolitan Epifany” Dumenko (head of the newly created structure called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”) is not a clergymen as he was not ordained by a canonical Church. “Great harm…

The internationally respected historian of early Christianity and Orthodox theologian Dr. Paul L. Gavrilyuk explained the IOTA acronym chosen for the International Orthodox Theological Association at the inaugural conference held in Iasi. In his presidential address delivered at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, January 9, the Association’s President and Founder Paul Gavrilyuk noted that IOTA…