Category: MOSCOW

Metropolitan Hilarion: Orthodox China suffers from a lack of Priests

OCP- March 17, 2011

English translation by Katherine Ilachinski The Chinese Orthodox Church After the publishing of the book “Orthodoxy in China,” chairman of the Department for External Church ... Read More

Orthodox churches on Japan’s Pacific coast destroyed, communications lost – Bishop

OCP- March 16, 2011

Bishop Seraphim of Sendai (the Japanese Autonomous Church) Moscow, March 15, Interfax – Bishop Seraphim of Sendai (the Japanese Autonomous Church) told about serious consequences ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch Of Constantinople Bartholomew I Hoping For Unification Of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches

OCP- March 14, 2011

14/3/2011 Ecumenical Patriarch Of Constantinople Bartholomew I hopes for unification of Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, he said at the meeting with Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in ... Read More

The Light Of Christ In Kurdistan

OCP- March 12, 2011

Seraphim Maamdi An interview with Seraphim Maamdi, an Orthodox Kurd Out of the thirty million Kurds living in the world, the great majority confess Islam, ... Read More

The Glories of Byzantium

obl- March 12, 2011

Early sixth-century marble head of the Empress Ariane BYZANTIUM-silo BYZANTIUM-silo 12th-century arm reliquary of St. Theodore Read More

Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Prevented

OCP- March 9, 2011

9/3/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net – The Turkish police have prevented another assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian catholic news agency. ... Read More

CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee supports initiatives by Patriarch Kirill for improving national Population Policy

OCP- March 9, 2011

5.03.2011 CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee supports initiatives by Patriarch Kirill for improving national population Policy The CIS and Baltic Christian Inter-confessional Committee (CIAC) ... Read More

Church promotes dialogue on conflict Issues

OCP- March 3, 2011

By Salome Modebadze 2/3/2011 His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia Ilia the Second appealed ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill pays tribute to Gorbachev’s contribution to ensure cooperation between Church and State

obl- March 3, 2011

Moscow, March 3, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All-Russia congratulated the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on his 80th anniversary. “The end of ... Read More

Metropolitan Jonah rejected rumors of his Forced Leave

obl- March 1, 2011

1/3/2011 Moscow, March 1, Interfax – Metropolitan Jonah of All America and Canada made a statement to clear out reasons of his 60-day leave and ... Read More