The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople ended its session on Thursday, November 29, 2018. As the Patriarchate previously announced it would, the date for the “unification council,” whereby a new church will be created in Ukraine, was reportedly set during this session. According to a report from the Greek portal orthodoxia.info, the council…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Patriarch Daniel of Romania on Friday concelebrated the Divine Liturgy for the first patronal feast of the newly-consecrated National Cathedral dedicated to Saint Andrew the First Called. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included several hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Patriarchal homily In his homily delivered after…

Although Saint John Jacob chose to live in the desert of Hozeva, almost 3,000 km far away from his homeland Romania, a particle of his holy relics will be enshrined in the National Cathedral and that is not accidental. A fragment of St John Jacob the New Chosebite’s holy relics and the epitrachelion he wore…

On 29 November 2018, at the Dormition Convent of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, located near the city of Tartus, Syria, His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great Antioch and All the East met with Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarchal Throne of Antioch. During…

On Thursday, Nov. 29, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine was officially welcomed at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by the Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Tronos Byzantine Choir chanted the polychronion for the two Orthodox Patriarchs.  ‘Welcome to our country and our Church,’ Patriarch Daniel said addressing the…

The Holy and Sacred Synod convened under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness for its regular sessions from Tuesday, November 27, to Thursday, November 29, 2018, the Ecumenical Patriarchate reports. During its sessions, it examined all of the items on the agenda, upon which the appropriate decisions were made, including the following: a. Upon the recommendation…

It was reported on Tuesday that the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate had resolved to dissolve its Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe. The report was later confirmed by the administration of the Archdiocese itself, which noted in its statement that the decision came as a complete surprise…

Meeting in Alexandria under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa on Monday, the Holy Synod of the Church of Alexandria resolved to establish 5 new dioceses for the Church, reports the Patriarchate’s website. At the proposal of Pat. Theodors, the Synod decided to establish the new Metropolis of…

On 29 November 2018, an international theological conference dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lossky (1903-1958), prominent Russian theologian, took place at the Religious and Cultural Orthodox Centre in Paris. The meeting was organized by the Korsun diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of…