Tag: World Council

St. Vladimir’s Seminary Trustees Attend Conference on Christian Witness in the Middle East

OCP- July 7, 2011

7/7/2011 —Two trustees from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Board Chair Anne Glynn-Mackoul and The Rev. Dr. Philip LeMasters, recently attended an international conference titled ... Read More

“Civil War” Has Broken Out In the Church of Greece

OCP- March 16, 2011

Maria Antoniadou 15/3/2011 Vema "Civil War" has broken out in the Church of Greece between the self-proclaimed traditional Orthodox hierarchs and those hierarchs engaged in ... Read More

Inter-Orthodox consultation begins discussion on the nature of the Church

OCP- March 5, 2011

04.03.11 A week-long inter-Orthodox consultation with the aim of studying the Faith and Order document “The Nature and Mission of the Church” began its work ... Read More

Iraqi church continues its work despite flight and Threats

OCP- February 25, 2011

24/2/2011 Declarations of "mission accomplished" and US troop withdrawals notwithstanding, Iraqi Christians continue to flee because their safety cannot be guaranteed and there is little ... Read More

Epiphany Celebrated Colorfully

OCP- January 19, 2011

19/1/2011 Addis Ababa, January 19 (WIC) – Ethiopian Christians celebrated epiphany colorfully on Tuesday through out the country. The holiday was marked colorfully in Addis ... Read More

Bartholomew I: we will continue to dialogue with the Pope and Islam

OCP- December 22, 2010

by NAT da Polis 12/21/2010 The Ecumenical Patriarch defends the choice of dialogue with Catholics, Jews and Muslims, despite criticisms from some sectors of Orthodox ... Read More

Russian Synod sets up Department for Relations with Society

OCP- April 2, 2009

Moscow, March 31, Interfax - A Department for Relations between the Church and Society has been set up within the church's administrative structure, according to ... Read More

Russian Church should be as influential as Vatican – expert

OCP- February 22, 2009

Moscow, February 17, Interfax – One of the new Patriarch of Moscow and new Russia tasks should be turning the Russian Church in an organization ... Read More

Metropolitan Kirill denounces approaches in betrayal of Orthodoxy addressed to Church Leaders

OCP- January 23, 2009

Moscow, January 23, Interfax - Patriarchal Locum Tenens Metropolitan Kirill says that accusations of the Russian Church leaders in betrayal of Orthodoxy are groundless. "I ... Read More