Tag: russian orthodox church
Patriarchate of Moscow launches program for protection of Christians Worldwide
By Nina Achmatova 06/23/201 The World Russian People’s Council will regularly publish information about violence and abuse against the community. Orthodox Church concerned over christianophobia ... Read More
Russian Church presents liturgical language reform Project
20/06/2011 MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti) The Russian Orthodox Church is preparing for a reform of its liturgical language, and a draft document on the role of Church ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria
14.06.2011 On June 13, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, paid a visit to the residence of Patriarch ... Read More
Five new dioceses to reinforce the authority of the Moscow Patriarch
by Nina Achmatova 06/06/2011 The synod approves the reorganisation of the canonical territory, still based on the Soviet framework with parishes in the same dioceses ... Read More
Russian Orthodox Church to Honor Bulgarian Batak Martyrs
3/6/2011 The Russian Orthodox Church has made the decision to officially honor the Bulgarian victims of the Batak and Novo Selo Massacres in 1876. Read More
Angry priests damn Church’s relationship with the State
By Tom Washington 03/06/2011 A turbulent troika of priests has abandoned the Russian Orthodox Church over its supposedly heretical dealings with earthly powers. Fraternising with ... Read More
Shevchenko and the Peresopnytsia Gospels
TARAS SHEVCHENKO. SELF-PORTRAIT (1845) PORTRAIT OF YOSIP BODIANSKY, THE MAN WHO FIRST MADE THE PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPELS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE SAINT MATTHEW, COPY OF THE PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPELS’ ... Read More
Orthodox Church warns against hasty decisions over Lenin Reburial
(RIA Novosti) 25/5/2011 The Russian Orthodox Church urges against rushed decisions over the removal of the embalmed body of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin from the ... Read More
Praying With Icons: A Short History of Icons – Excerpt
By Jim Forest 18/5/2011 Visit Jim and Nancy Forest’s website here Here follows an extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis ... Read More
Russian First Lady seen actively promoting Orthodox Church
Paul Goble 5/10/2011 Svetlana Medvedeva, Russia’s first lady, currently plays an active role in promoting the spread of the values of the Russian Orthodox Church ... Read More