Category: Russian Orthodox
First All Orthodox Divine Liturgy in Great Britain
2/7/2011 The All Orthodox Bishopric conference for the British Isles was founded on June 21, 2010 on the founding assembly in London and it consisted ... Read More
Catholicos of All Armenians met with Governor of St. Petersburg
29/6/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II visited St. Petersburg on the occasion of celebrations dedicated to 300th anniversary of local Armenian community. Catholicos met ... Read More
Orthodox Churches still support ecumenism, Theologian Says
Arch-priest Viorel Ionita By Jonathan Luxmoore ENInews 27/6/2011 Orthodox churches remain “fully committed” to ecumenical cooperation, despite recent disagreements with Protestants, according to a senior ... Read More
One Christian in the world dies for faith every five minutes – Statistics
Moscow, June 24, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church urged well-developed countries to set up an effective system of protecting Christians, in particular using financial ... Read More
Patriarchate of Moscow launches program for protection of Christians Worldwide
By Nina Achmatova 06/23/201 The World Russian People’s Council will regularly publish information about violence and abuse against the community. Orthodox Church concerned over christianophobia ... Read More
Russian Church presents liturgical language reform Project
20/06/2011 MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti) The Russian Orthodox Church is preparing for a reform of its liturgical language, and a draft document on the role of Church ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria
14.06.2011 On June 13, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, paid a visit to the residence of Patriarch ... Read More
Five new dioceses to reinforce the authority of the Moscow Patriarch
by Nina Achmatova 06/06/2011 The synod approves the reorganisation of the canonical territory, still based on the Soviet framework with parishes in the same dioceses ... Read More
Conference of “Orthodoxy in the regions of China” was held in Almaty
The Chinese Orthodox Church 3/6/2011 A conference on “Orthodoxy in the regions of China,” dedicated to topical issues of Orthodoxy in China took place in ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church to Honor Bulgarian Batak Martyrs
3/6/2011 The Russian Orthodox Church has made the decision to officially honor the Bulgarian victims of the Batak and Novo Selo Massacres in 1876. Read More