Tag: World Council
BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: OUTSIDE THE ORTHODOX CHURCH “THERE ARE NO OTHER CHURCHES, ONLY HERESIES AND SCHISMS”
www.pravoslavie.ru - April 2016 The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church announced on Thursday April 21 policy positions stemming from its recent meeting and pertaining ... Read More
GREEK PRIEST AND THEOLOGIAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DRAFT DOCUMENT OF PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL
Pravoslavie.ru - 9/3/16 The Greek information agency Romfea has published a detailed commentary on the draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council “Relations of the Orthodox Church ... Read More
METROPOLITAN OF LIMASSOL: “WHAT UNITY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THOSE WHO DEPARTED FROM THE CHURCH ARE HERETICS AND SCHISMATICS”
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/ Romfea - 12/2/16 There are serious gaps in the theological and canonical discussions at the upcoming meeting of the Pan-Orthodox Synod, notes Metropolitan Athanasios of ... Read More
Bishop Angaelos gives address on refugee crisis at WCC Consultation in Munich
29/10/15 His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, spoke of the challenges and opportunities of the current ... Read More
Patriarch of Romania Celebrates his 64th Birthday
Tuesday, 22 July 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates his 64th birthday. The Patriarch of Romania was born on 22 ... Read More
New Director of Inter-Church Relations at the Mother See
July 2015 By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Rev. Fr. Shahe Ananyan was appointed to serve ... Read More
Executive Committee Members of WCC visits the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex
On June 10, the members of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to pay tribute to the ... Read More
Ethiopian Christians killed by IS remembered in prayers in Geneva
World Council of Churches - April 2015 A prayer service paying tribute to the Ethiopian Christians killed by the Islamic State (IS) last week was organized ... Read More
Some Assyrians Who Fled Their Town Say They Wish to Leave Iraq
Assyrian residents from the town of Telsqof, now living as refugees in Ankawa, Iraq, interviewed by World Council of Churches. A house in Telsqof destroyed ... Read More
CHRISTIANS FROM SYRIA SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE: HISTORIC CONFERENCE IN GENEVA ON 8 MAY 2014
May 2014 On 8 May 2014, a historic conference will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, where seven senior religious and secular leaders from Syria’s largest ... Read More
His Holiness Aram I at the Ecumenical and International Consultation on Syria organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC)
21/1/14 Between 15-17 January 2014, Catholicos Aram I took part in the consultation held at the WCC in Geneva Switzerland. The participants included religious leaders ... Read More
Officials visiting His Holiness Aram I on Armenian Christmas discuss the situation in Lebanon and the Middle Eas
21/1/14 According to the established tradition, religious and political officials, as well as representatives of civil society and interreligious associations visit Antelias to express their ... Read More
World Council of Churches assembly gets underway in Korea
2/11/13 The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) opened on Wednesday 30 October in Busan, Republic of Korea under the themeGod of ... Read More
War is not the solution: Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Paulose II
10/9/13 War is not the solution for problems in state affairs of nations & International arguments and peace should be reinstated through discussions for peace, ... Read More
Global church heads distressed by Orthodox bishops’ abductions
Peter Kenny - 23/4/13 The Global Christian Forum, the World Council of Churches and the Conference of European Churches have expressed concern about the safety ... Read More
Feminism could destroy Russia, Russian Orthodox patriarch claims
Miriam Elder in Moscow 10/4/13 guardian.co.uk Kirill, head of church and close ally of Putin says feminist organisations 'proclaim the pseudo-freedom of women'. Feminism is a ... Read More
Orthodox patriarch hits at “unacceptable” attacks on ecumenism
Jonathan Luxmoore 4/4/2012 (ENInews). The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians has written to Greece's Orthodox state church, deploring anti-ecumenical statements by its leaders. ... Read More
“CONCILIARITY NEEDS TO BE REVISITED BY THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT” H.H. ARAM I
7/2/2012 Addressing to the gathering of the General Secretaries of the regional and national ecumenical councils, His Holiness Aram I emphasized "the pivotal importance of ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch calls for freedom of religion and minority rights
2/12/2011 In a presentation to a gathering of experts on religious freedom and religious rights of minorities, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I said there must ... Read More
Christian leaders plot ecumenical future in Indonesia
By Paul R. Kopenkoskey 4/10/2011 An estimated 275 Christian leaders are meeting in Indonesia this week (Oct. 4-7) to plot an ecumenical future in what ... Read More
Theological consultations held in Cambridge
10.08.2011 Theological consultations were held from August 3 to 5, 2011, at Westminster College in Cambridge to prepare a guide on Patristics for various Christian ... Read More