Category: Holy Synod
Metropolitan Jonah tenders resignation
SYOSSET, NY [OCA] 8/7/2012 In a letter addressed to the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops dated Friday, July 6, 2012, His Beatitude, Metropolitan ... Read More
Georgia church declares ID cards ‘Satan-free’
AFP 6/7/2012 TBILISI – Georgia’s powerful Orthodox Church has assured believers that the ex-Soviet state’s new electronic identity cards do not carry the mark of ... Read More
Basilica News Agency Four Years Since Setting Up
Romanian Orthodox Church On 16 June 2012, Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrates four years of existence. Read More
Bishop Makarios visits the Eritrean Community in the UK
16/5/2012 The British Orthodox Church During a visit to the clergy and faithful of the new Eritrean Orthodox Diocese of Europe in the UK, His ... Read More
Visit of Patriarch Irinej and members of the Holy Synod of Bishops to President and Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
11/6/2012 His Holiness Irinej accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Jovan of Zagreb-Ljubljana and members of the Holy Synod of Bishops Their Graces Bishops Vasilije of ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic leader to welcome Islamist president if he respects Christian rights
Bishop Passanty, the bishop of Helwan and Maasara and a member of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in Egypt, has said an Islamist ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church Urges Moldova to Amend Law on Gays
RIA Novosti 8/6/2012 The Moscow Patriarchate urged Moldova on Thursday to amend “the law on gays equality” to avert the promotion of “sexual perversions,” a ... Read More
Cyprus archbishop asks Russian Church to help wrench the north from Turkey
Nicosia, June 8, Interfax – The head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church asked the Russian Orthodox Church on Friday to help achieve the liberation of ... Read More
Historic visit by Moscow Patriarch
Kristina Boudylina 9/6/2012 CYPRUS welcomed Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev of Moscow who arrived yesterday for an official visit at the invitation of Archbishop Chrysostomos II. Read More
Feast of the Pentecost at the Romanian Patriarchate
On 3 June 2012, Sunday of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy ... Read More