Tag: Lutheran Church

New Priest Consecrated for the Syriac Orthodox Church of Brazil

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 19, 2016

Syriac Orthodox Church of Brazil- February 2016 Brazil: On January 31, in the city of São Lui in Maranhão, Brazil, deacon Pablo Neves ( 30 ... Read More

Infant Communion revisited

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 8, 2015

By Fr. Gregory Hogg Source:   www.ancientfaith.com - February 2015 Commemoration of the Holy Innocents, 29 December 2014 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. ... Read More

Russian Orthodox Church cancels Lutheran dialogue over gay rights

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 13, 2014

Yle - September 2014 The Russian Orthodox Church has cancelled an official doctrinal dialogue with the Finnish Lutheran Church over the Lutheran stance on homosexuality. The ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill meets Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 4, 2014

4/9/14 On September 2, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, ... Read More

DECR chairman meets with Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- September 3, 2014

September 2014 On 2 September 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Primate ... Read More

From Lutheran priest to pastor of St. Stephen Orthodox Church, the Rev. Benjamin Kjendal’s journey has been one of faith, family

OCP- September 16, 2013

From left, the Kjendal family, Alyssa, holding Peter, 1, Mary, 5, Erika, 8, Anders, 7, and the Rev. A. Benjamin, pastor of St. Stephen Orthodox ... Read More

Lutheran, Orthodox Churches to Sign Statement on Common Principles

OCP- April 25, 2013

25/4/13 The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church and the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church are signing a joint statement on their shared theological beliefs today. The document ... Read More

Tolerance or respect for faith

OCP- January 18, 2013

Timur Utsayev, Grozny. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza 17/1/13 Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has proclaimed the need to open a synagogue in Grozny. He made this ... Read More

Finnish pastor Juha Molari converts to Orthodox Faith

OCP- November 8, 2011

Moscow, November 8, Interfax - Finnish Lutheran Church pastor Juha Molari converted to the Orthodox faith at a ceremony conducted by Archpriest Nikolay Voskoboinikov at ... Read More

Friction between Finnish Lutherans and Orthodox over policy of renting out church facilities

OCP- August 22, 2011

22.8.2011 Luther Foundation used Orthodox Church venues for events The policy of the Finnish Orthodox Church in renting venues to outside groups is causing friction ... Read More

His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr met with President of the Synod of the German Evangelic Lutheran Church

OCP- July 8, 2010

His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr met with President of the Synod of the German Evangelic Lutheran Church of Ukraine Pastor Andrew Hamburg Ukrainian Orthodox Church On ... Read More

Finnish Orthodox and Catholic churches criticise choice of woman as Lutheran Bishop

OCP- June 13, 2010

13/6/2010 Conservative revival movements also upset by election of Irja Askola The choice of Irja Askola as the Lutheran Bishop of Helsinki last week has ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill’s congratulations to newly-elected head of Evangelical Lutheran Church

OCP- June 8, 2010

Patriarch Kirill's congratulations to newly-elected head of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Dr. Kari Mäkinen Dear Brother, I cordially congratulate you on the assumption of ... Read More