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Patriarch Theophilus to decide whether to concelebrate Liturgy with the new Ukrainian Church hierarchs
On the Orthodox Christian feast of Theophany, the 19th of January, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will visit Jerusalem. As part of this trip,...
The Evolving Orthodox Triangle Constantinople – Kiev – Moscow
Churches think in centuries and are not bound to short-term political mandates. On January 5, 2018 the Patriarch of Constantinople implemented his decision to...
X-rays Help to Uncover Who Painted a Centuries-old Masterpiece in Albania
Albanian researchers have used X-rays to discover who painted a delicate, centuries-old masterpiece of Saint George, one of Christianity’s most famous saints. Their methods...
Who will take over the former Western European Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate?
After the decision made by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 27, the parishes of the Archdiocese of Russian...
The Relics Of Saint Seraphim: A Journey Through Russian Orthodoxy
The Orthodox Church is going through deep changes in these last days of 2018. Ukraine is establishing an independent church leading to a serious...
After secularism, what?
In the beginning of December 2016, Angela Merkel called for a burka ban during the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party’s congress. Specifically, she...
Recognition of Macedonian schism by Constantinople – Threat Remains
After the publication in Macedonian news agency Sloboden Pecat, many believers of Serbian Orthodox Church gave a sigh of relief supposing that the common...
How Constantinople changed the Orthodox World
Soon it will be one month since the Ecumenical Patriarchate reinstated the primates of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC KP) and...
The Politics of Canons and Borders
The conflict surrounding the Orthodox church in Ukraine has moved irrevocably beyond the purely intra-ecclesiastical agenda. Experts, political scientists, and journalists have plunged headlong...
Is the Ecumenical Patriarchate Fine with St. Andrew’s Church in Kyiv?
On October 18, Ukrainian Parliament approved the handover of St. Andrew's church in Kyiv to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. During the second hearing, 237 deputies...