Category: Featured News

‘Vaccination is the Free Choice of Every Person’ – Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral)

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 21, 2021

Pic - Twitter OCP News Service - 21/09/21 Washington DC- USA: Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, the first hierarch of the Russian ... Read More

‘Claims by Constantinople to Special Privileges, Special Powers in the Orthodox Church, are Akin to the Papal Powers in the Roman Catholic Church’ – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 21, 2021

Pic - Wiki OCP News Service - 21/9/21 Moscow-Russia: “In recent years, we have encountered with the Patriarch of Constantinople’s claims to special privileges, special ... Read More

Consecration of the Newly Built Resurrection Cathedral Held in the City of Kokshetau – Kazakhstan

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 19, 2021

Pic - https://mitropolia.kz/ OCP News Service - 19/9/21 Kokshetau-Kazakhstan: The consecration of the newly built church in honour of the Resurrection of Christ in the ... Read More

OCA Orthodox Christian Youth Report 2020 – Now Available

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 19, 2021

Pic - https://pixabay.com/ OCP News Service - 19/9/21 New York - USA: The Youth Project Coordinator’s Report to the Metropolitan Council of the Orthodox Church ... Read More

“Where are you, Adam?” Orthodox Christian Film Premiere Held at the Splendid Palace in Riga

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 19, 2021

Pic - http://www.pareizticiba.lv/ OCP News Service - 19/9/21 Riga-Latvia: An Orthodox Christian movie titled "Where are you, Adam?" was premiered at the Splendid Palace theatre ... Read More

Finnish Orthodox Church to Host ‘Diaconal Workshop’ in Valamo (November 2021)

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 19, 2021

Pic - https://pixabay.com/ OCP News Service - 19/9/21 Helsinki-Finland: A diaconal workshop will be held in Valamo on the 16th and 17th of November 2021. ... Read More

Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III Express Gratitude to Kurd Leader Masoud Barzani

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 18, 2021

Mar Awa III. Pic - https://www.facebook.com/assyrianchurch/ OCP News Service - 18/9/21 Kurdistan-Iraq: Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Awa III of the Assyrian Church of the East expressed his ... Read More

Orthodox Bishops Reject ‘Jihadist’ Claim by Uniate Catholic Prelate

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 18, 2021

Metropolitan Geevarghese Coorilos of the Niranam (L) and Yuhanon Meletius (R). Pic - Wiki OCP News Service - 18/9/21 Malankara-Kerala-India: Two Orthodox Christian Prelates, Metropolitan ... Read More

‘The State of Affairs in the Family of the Local Orthodox Churches is Cause for Great Concern’ – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 18, 2021

Pic - http://www.spc.rs/eng OCP News Service - 18/9/21 Moscow-Russia: A conference titled ‘World Orthodoxy: Primacy and Conciliarity in the Light of Orthodox Dogmatic Teaching’ conference ... Read More

The US-Ethiopian Bishops Urge End to ‘Diplomatic Pressure’

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 18, 2021

President Kennedy and Haile Selassie in 1963. Pic - Wiki OCP News Service - 18/09/21 Washington-USA: Nearly seven Archbishops and Bishops of the Ethiopian Orthodox ... Read More

New Children’s Book ‘The Kite, Eagles and the Saints’ Published in Bulgaria

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 17, 2021

Pic - https://bg-patriarshia.bg/ OCP News Service - 17/9/21 Sofia- Bulgaria: A new children's book titled 'The Kite, Eagles and the Saints' was published in the ... Read More

The British Museum May Return Looted Ethiopian Orthodox Artefacts

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 17, 2021

Ethiopian Priests carrying the Tabot. Pic - Wiki OCP News Service  - 17/9/21 London-United Kingdom: The British Museum may return Ethiopian Artefacts (9 tabots) that ... Read More

Lordan Zafranović to Direct a Movie on the Horrors of the Jasenovac Concentration Camp

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 17, 2021

Lordan Zafranović and Maja Gojkovic with the Patriarch of Serbia. Pic - http://www.spc.rs/ OCP News Service - 17/09/21 Belgrade-Serbia: Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia received famous ... Read More

Church of Cyprus Recovers Looted Church Doors from Japan

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 17, 2021

St. John's Cathedral, Nicosia. Pic -Wiki OCP News Service - 17/9/21 Nicosia-Cyprus: The Church of Cyprus have recovered an 18th century Church door stolen from ... Read More

New Draft Resolution on the Ownership of the Cetinje Monastery Sparks Dispute

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 17, 2021

Pic - Wiki OCP News Service - 17/9/21 Cetinje-Montenegro: Cetinje town local council in Montenegro has discussed a new draft resolution calling the authorities of ... Read More

Metropolitan Mathews Severios Nominated by the Holy Synod as the Successor to Catholicos-Mooppan and Malankara Metropolitan

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 16, 2021

Pic - https://www.facebook.com/mseverios OCP News Service - 16/9/21 Kottayam-Kerala-India: Metropolitan Mathews Severios of Kandanad West has been nominated by Holy Synod of the Malankara Church ... Read More

‘Children Should be Taught the Importance of Cross’ Bishop Varlaam of Ploieşti

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 16, 2021

Pic - https://basilica.ro/ OCP News Service - 16/9/21 Bucharest-Romania: "Children should be taught how important the cross is in our lives and for the salvation ... Read More

Controversy Erupts in Georgia Over ‘Leaked’ Church Documents

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 15, 2021

Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi. Pic - Wiki OCP News Service - 15/9/21 Tbilisi-Georgia: A controversy has erupted in Georgian over the leaked 'Church documents' ... Read More

Malankara Nasranis Celebrate 109th Anniversary of the Establishment of Catholicate in India

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 15, 2021

St. Mary's Church, Niranam. Pic - Wiki OCP News Service - 15/9/21 Kottayam-Kerala-India: The Nasrani faithful of the Malankara Church (Indian Orthodox Church) celebrates the ... Read More

Georgian Ombudsman Charge Blogger, Orthodox Archpriest for Organizing Anti-Pride Rally

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 15, 2021

Zurab Makharadze. Pic - Alt Info Kincha/OC Media (https://oc-media.org/) OCP News Service - 15/9/21 Tbilisi-Georgia: Archpriest Spiridon and blogger Zurab Makharadze have been identified by ... Read More

Bishop Justin of Hvosno Consecrated Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 15, 2021

Pic - http://www.spc.rs/ OCP News Service - 15/9/21 Belgrade-Serbia: Archimandrite Justin (Jeremic) was elevated as the Bishop of Hvosno and as the Vicar of the ... Read More