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Coptic Orthodox Students to Study at Smolensk Orthodox Theological Seminary

OCP- February 16, 2025

mospat.ru DECR and OCP News Service – 15/02/2025 Moscow- Russia: On February 11,2025, with the assistance of the Department for External Church Relations of the ... Read More

Estonian Orthodox Church Battles Government Over Name Change, Alleges Religious Freedom Violation

OCP- February 15, 2025

mospat.ru orthodox.ee and OCP News Service – 15/02/2025 Tallinn- Estonia: The Estonian Orthodox Church (under the Moscow Patriarchate) is locked in a legal battle with the ... Read More

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Meets with Primate of Czech and Slovak Church

OCP- February 15, 2025

ec-patr.org OCP News Service – 15/02/2025 Constantinople – Turkey: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received Archbishop Rostislav of Prešov and Metropolitan of All Czechia and Slovakia at ... Read More

Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy Granted Official Recognition by Italian State

OCP- February 15, 2025

governo.it/ Basilica News and OCP News Service – 15/02/2025 Bucharest-Romania: The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy has achieved official recognition as a religion in Italy. Alfredo ... Read More

ROCOR Metropolitan Mark Pilgrims to Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric

OCP- February 13, 2025

mpc-spe.mk OCP News Service  – 13/02/2025 Ohrid- Macedonia: Metropolitan Mark of Berlin and Germany, the eldest hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia ... Read More

Patriarch Daniel Receives Czech Ambassador at Patriarchal Residence

OCP- February 13, 2025

basilica.ro Basilica News and OCP News Service – 13/02/2025 Bucharest-Romania: His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received the Czech Republic’s Ambassador to Romania, His Excellency Martin Košatka, at ... Read More

Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi Calls for Renewed Brotherhood Between Orthodox Churches, Recalling Shared History with Patriarch Kirill

OCP- February 13, 2025

romfea.gr romfea.gr and OCP News Service – 13/02/2025 Nairobi - Kenya:  Archbishop Makarios of Nairobi has issued a call for renewed brotherhood between the Orthodox ... Read More

Bishop Pachomius Elected New Metropolitan of Vidin

OCP- February 9, 2025

OCP News Service – 09/02/2025 Sofia – Bulgaria: The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church unanimously elected His Eminence Bishop Pachomius of Branica as ... Read More

Census: 95% of Moldova’s Population Identifies as Orthodox

OCP- February 8, 2025

mitropolia.md OCP News Service – 08/02/2025 Chişinău – Moldova: The 2024 census in the Republic of Moldova has revealed that while Orthodox Christians still make ... Read More

Catholicos Aram I Urges President Trump to Secure Release of Armenian Hostages and Artsakh Armenians’ Right of Return

OCP- February 8, 2025

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service – 08/02/2025 Beirut– Lebanon: His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, calls on President Trump to press ... Read More