| His Holiness Patriarch Kirill prays for Metropolitan Onufry and believers in Ukraine Source: DECR Communication Service December 23, 2015 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill in his Christmas interview with the " Russia " TV channel broadcast on December 22 expressed his concern over events in the village of Ptichya and underscored that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was the only force that unites people in Ukraine. " We have sorrowful hearts about the current events in Ukraine as we see these terrifying seizures of churches. In the village of Ptichya in the Rovno region several women and two priests have been sitting in the church for several days and nights without water and food, huddling up to one another for warmth as electricity was switched off while the roaring crowd outside demanded to throw these people out of the church building to give it to another religious group which we call schismatic, " His Holiness said. " This kind of policy further divides the Ukrainian people, and those who do not want to experience anything similar to what happened in the village of Ptichya will fight tooth and nail against the possibility of the authorities coming to take their churches, " the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church explained. According to the patriarch, there is almost no one who works for the sake of unity in Ukraine, in particular referring to those, who, loudly proclaiming thier goals, further the enstrangement of Ukrainians one from another with their actions. " The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is my only hope as she is the confessor that really unites people living in the east, west, north or south of the country, humbly but courageously speaking the truth and steering people to unity, " His Holiness underscored. " I pray for His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry, the bishops, clergy and all the faithful. I believe that Ukraine will hold out and be a prosperous country, peaceful, free of trouble and friendly with its neighbors, " the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church said in conclusion. Edited by OrthoChristian.com DECR Communication Service 24 декабря 2015 г. Оценка: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Смотри также Комментарии Новые материалы Выбор читателей Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Archive Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk sums up the Search for Scriptures theological conference 13 November 2021 year 18:26 On November 12, 2021, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, who is in the USA with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and at the invitation of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada, attended the plenary sessions of the academic-theological conference on “Search for Scriptures”, which took place at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York. The conference gathered leading American specialists in the New Testament studies, including Professor Emeritus Carl Holladay, Kendler School of Theology, the Emory University; Professor of Biblical Studies Craig Keenner, Asbury Theological Seminary; Professor of New Testament Studies Gregory Sterling, Yale School of Divinity; Professor Emeritus Edit Humphrey, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; Prof Garwood Anderson, dean of the Nashotah-House Theological Seminary; Mr John Barnet, Associate Professor at the Chair of the New Testament, St. Vladimir’s Seminary; Associate Professor Bruce Beck, the Holy Cross Seminary in Brooklyn, MA; Prof of Religion and Philosophy James Walles, dean of the Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Ten. Each of the scholars who came to St. Vladimir’s Seminary presented a paper. Many speakers pointed to the importance of dialogue between the Orthodox Church and representatives of the contemporary biblical scholarship, which for the most part ignores the patristic tradition of interpreting Holy Scriptures while in Orthodoxy precisely this tradition is considered normative. Summing up the conference, Metropolitan Hilarion noted that the four canonical Gospels are the main and only sources from which information about the life and teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ should be drawn. Neither the apocryphal Gospels, nor any other “alternative sources” can be perceived as containing reliable information about Him. And the most authoritative interpretations of the Gospels is that which has formed within the Church and has been approved by it. At the same time, Orthodox theologians should not ignore the achievements of contemporary Bible studies in those aspects that do not contradict the Orthodox doctrine. Dialogue between representatives of the Orthodox Church and contemporary biblical scholarship is important for the both sides, Metropolitan Hilarion emphasized. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Archive OCA Primate celebrates Divine Liturgy at Moscow Church of St. Clement the Pope of Rome 9 December 2019 year 12:28 On 8 th December 2019, 25 th Sunday after Pentecost, commemoration day of the Holy Hieromartyrs Clement the Pope of Rome and Peter the Archbishop of Alexandria, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada, who had arrived in Moscow to lead the celebrations on the occasion of the 25 th anniversary of the establishment of the Representation of the Orthodox Church in America, officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome in Zamoskvorechye district. Concelebrating with the OCA Primate were Archbishop David of Sitka and Alaska; Archimandrite Andrei (Hoarte), bishop-elect of Cleveland, auxiliary to the archbishop of the Romanian Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America; Bishop Kliment of Krasnoslobodsk and Temnikov; Hegumen Iona Zaymovsky, cenobite of St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow; Archpriest Nikolai Krechetov, head of the Moskvoretskoye deanery in Moscow; Archpriest Leonid Kalinin, rector of the Church of St. Clement; Archpriest Daniel Andrejuk, rector of the OCA Representation in Moscow; members of the American delegation; and Moscow clergy. The Liturgy was celebrated in the Church Slavonic, English and Romanian languages. After the divine service Archpriest Leonid Kalinin greeted His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and presented him with the ‘Unfading Bloom’ Icon of the Mother of God. The OCA Primate expressed his gratitude to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia for the opportunity to celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Clement the Pope of Rome and to Archpriest Leonid Kalinin for the assistance in the restoration of the Church of Great Martyr Catherine In-the-Fields – Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church in America. His Beatitude presented Fr. Leonid with a pectoral cross to commemorate their conclebration. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| 15,000 believers present at Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Saint Paraskeva of Iai Other several thousands of believers stood in a three-kilometre line to get to bow down before the relics of Saint Paraskeva and Saint Neophyte the Recluse from Cyprus, Doxologia marketing officer, Ioana Stoian, reports. Photo: http://basilica.ro/en His Eminence Athanasios, Metropolitan of Limassol (Orthodox Church of Cyprus) presided over the Divine Liturgy. Almost thirty hierarchs from home and abroad concelebrated: Following the gospel reading, His Eminence Athanasios, Metropolitan of Limassol, delivered a homily. Saint Paraskeva and Saint Neophyte are a proof that when man loves Christ, he lacks nothing else. On the contrary, when Christ is absent from the heart, man becomes unhappy, regardless of his belongings. Observing and studying the lives of the saints, we can judge our own lives. We receive a model and example of living, we are quickened by the Spirit, and we can follow them and become lovers of God. Remembering the Saints means following them and imitating them, Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol said. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Archbishop of Târgovite read out the blessing message conveyed by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the pilgrims present in Iai. Next, Metropolitan Teofan awarded several families with many children from Romania and the Republic of Moldova the Moldavian Cross . Basilica News Agency 20 октября 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии Anthony 22 октября 2016, 11:00 Our local Church in Cyprus is very blessed to have someone like Mitropolitis Lemesou, Athanasios - the spiritual son of Ayios Paisios, especially as the head of the Local Church is an ecumenist wolf who only ever speaks about politics, and berates and insults those who oppose his ecumenist delusions as " " fundamentalists " " . I would recommend the book " " The mountain of silence " " where the author Kyriakos Markides has a conversation with Mitr. Athanasios (using the pen name Fr Maximos) Note, I do not recommend the author Markides himself, as I find his " " theology " " weird, but what Mitr. Athanasios has to say in the conversation is well worth reading. Many years to Mitr. Athanasios! Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Christians are the Salt of Syria, and Will Remain in Our Land Bishop Qais of Erzurum Bishop Qais of Erzurum: Christians are the Salt of Syria, and Will Remain in Our Land Natalia Goroshkova, Bishop Qais of Erzurum Today the Church in Syria is going through a difficult period of persecutions. Churches, monasteries, convents, and cultural monuments are being destroyed, and people are being killed. In his interview with the Pravlife.org website Bishop Qais (Sadiq) of Erzurum, Vicar of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch, relates how the Church in Syria is trying to survive during the war. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Unilateral recognition of schism in Ukraine will have catastrophic consequences for the unity of the Orthodox Church His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: Unilateral recognition of schism in Ukraine will have catastrophic consequences for the unity of the Orthodox Church His Holiness reminded the participants in the meeting that last year the hierarchs of the abovementioned entities, ignoring His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine, the canonical Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, visited Ukraine on repeated occasions and openly spoke in support of schismatics, promising them the recognition of their structure as an autocephalous Church and claiming that they act on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. Patriarch of Serbia expresses concern for discrimination against canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej of Serbia Patriarch of Serbia expresses concern for discrimination against canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej of Serbia " With compassion and prayer the Serbian Orthodox Church is following the development of the conflict in Ptichya village in the Rovno Region, where our fellow faithful have become victims of pogroms and violence; where the Orthodox clergy are beaten up by unbridled fascist militants; where the weak elderly and women have been locked up in their own church for several days now without water and food, even without being provided with the necessary medical aid. " Комментарии Anthony 30 декабря 2016, 22:00 Amen. Now here are genuine words from a genuine Orthodox Christian. Unlike the nonsense spewing forth from Constantinople where one minute they support the canonical Church and the next minute they " re examining documents proposing schism. © 1999-2016 Православие.Ru |
| Current Education Minister is new Nero, bishops of Church of Greece say Athens, October 3, 2016 Metropolitan Paul of Sisanion and Siatista has compared the behavior of the current Greek Education Minister with that of the notorious Roman Emperor Nero: “Nero set Rome on fire and accused Christians of this crime so as to avoid the people’s wrath. Likewise, Mr. Nikos Filis, who holds the primary responsibility for society’s moral degradation is accusing the Orthodox Church of everything,” reports AgionOros.ru . The hierarch of the Church of Greece has supported His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece who refused to meet with N. Filis: “It is necessary to bring it to the head of government’s notice that the Minister has lost credit with the Church.” Metropolitan Anthony has accused the authorities of the unwillingness to build the relations with the Church on the basis of equality, within the framework laid out in the Constitution of Greece: “What does cooperation mean to you? ‘I speak and you just listen to me?’” The Education Minister’s bias has really displeased the hierarch: “He (Nikos Filis) has asked Jews, Muslims and Catholics to work out the curricula for the religious studies courses and to choose teachers for their own children; but he has deprived Orthodox Christians of this right.” In Metropolitan Anthony’s view, the minister’s true goal is to sow doubts in faith into Orthodox children’s hearts by means of specially devised curricula. Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus has expressed his opinion that a specific project aimed at “changing the religious identity” of Greeks is gradually being implemented. According to the metropolitan, Greeks must not “accept pseudo-multiculturalism whose genuine task is to make all people the same and to take our freedom.” The archpastor has stressed that there are attempts to prevent Greeks from passing on the national ideals, which form the Greek identity, from generation to generation and to turn the people into “a faceless mass.” Translated by Dmitry Lapa Pravoslavie.ru 4 октября 2016 г. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Смотри также Комментарии anthony 4 октября 2016, 14:00 Who voted these creatures into office? The Greek people. St Paisios when asked who to vote for was emphatic - vote for those who are practising Orthodox. He clearly foresaw what was going to happen. These governments have and are causing massive destruction to Greece. Really sad at how bleak things are. This is the result of turning away from God and His laws. Brings nothing but death destruction and nihilistic oblivion Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Charter of the OCA " s Sexual Misconduct Policy Advisory Committee Posted/Православие.Ru Charter of the OCA " s Sexual Misconduct Policy Advisory Committee Posted Syosset, NY [OCA] The Orthodox Church in America " s Sexual Misconduct Advisory Committee (SMPAC) held a teleconference on July 6, 2010. The SMPAC advises the Office of Review of Sexual Misconduct Allegations (Office), which is under the authority of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and coordinated by the Chancellor, Archpriest Alexander Garklavs. Among other important issues, the SMPAC discussed that there is a misunderstanding as to the purpose of the Committee. Some members of the Church mistakenly believe that the Committee is supposed to investigate complaints of sexual misconduct. The SMPAC is not investigating any current cases or allegations, since that goes beyond its adopted Charter. The Charter had been blessed by His Beatitude, Metropolitan JONAH and adopted on May 20, 2010. Previously cited in a release on the OCA website on May 27, 2010, the complete text of the Charter appears below. ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER The Sexual Misconduct Policy Advisory Committee (“Committee”) was created by Metropolitan JONAH on January 28, 2010 to work with and assist the Office of Review of Sexual Misconduct Allegations (“Office”). The Committee was initially known as the “Sexual Misconduct Allegations Review Committee.” AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBILITY AND SUPERVISION The Committee is under the authority of the Metropolitan, and is chaired by the Chancellor of the Church, who is the day-to-day supervisor of the Office. The Committee operates in an advisory capacity only and does not assume any responsibility for the handling of sexual misconduct allegations, because that responsibility properly belongs to the Diocesan Hierarchs and the Office, according to the Policies, Standards, and Procedures on Sexual Misconduct. Committee members are appointed by the Metropolitan. |
| Archive Recitals given in Slovakia and Czechia by the choir of the Moscow Cathedral of the Epiphany 1 October 2019 year 10:50 From September 27-29, 2019, the choir of the Cathedral of the Epiphany, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, gave recitals in Slovakia and Czechia. The choir was conducted by the cathedral’s chief precentor Alexander Majorov. The tour was made with the support of the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture. During their tour, the choristers were accompanied by the rector of the Cathedral of the Epiphany and the chairman of the Patriarchal church-public council for development of Russian church music, Archpriest Alexander Agheikin. On September 27, the day of the Elevation of the Honourable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the Russian choir sang festive hymns during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the church of St. Rostislav Equal-to-the-Apostles. The foundation stone was laid for this church during the visit of Patriarch Alexy II of blessed memory to the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in 1966. On September 28, the choir took part in the prayer service sung at the church of the Great Martyr George the Conqueror in Prague Castle – the oldest church in Prague (10 th cent.) in which the Holy Martyr Princess Ludmila of Prague is buried. On the eve of the commemoration day of St. Ludmila, a prayer service with the akathistos was celebrated at her tomb by His Beatitude Rostislav, who was assisted by Metropolitan Sergiy of Barnaul and Altai (Russian Orthodox Church) and hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. His Beatitude noted that the prayer together with the choir of the Moscow Cathedral of the Epiphany at the heart of Christian Czechia was a special event in the life of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia. In the evening, the choir gave a recital of the 20 th century Russian choral music at the Chrystal Hall of the Czechian representation of Rossotrudnichestvo. On September 29, the choir sang liturgical hymns in the church of Ss Peter and Paul at the Karlovy Vary representation of the Russian Orthodox Church. On September 28, the Rossotrudnichestvo representation in Czechia opened a multi-media exposition of masterpieces of Old Russian iconography from the Russian Museum funds (St. Petersburg). Presented are over one hundred works of art. In addition, on September 16 the State Museum of the History of Religion opened an exhibition on Monasteries and Monasticism in Russia, at the Chrystal Hall of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 7 December 2023 year |
| Deputy Director General of UNESCO visited the Kyiv Caves Monastery/Православие.Ru Deputy Director General of UNESCO visited the Kyiv Caves Monastery Kiev, November 5, 2010 Before the beginning of the International seminar " The role of religious communities in managing the objects of World Heritage, taking place on November 2-5 in Kyiv under the aegis of UNESCO, under the auspices of the president of Ukraine and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, the meeting of Deputy Director General of UNESCO Francesco Bandarin with deputy chairman of the DECR of the UOC , His Grace Alexander, Bishop of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy was held. At the beginning of the meeting Mr. Francesco expressed condolence to His Beatitude Metropolitan Volodymyr on the death of his brother and shared his impressions of Kyiv and the Kyiv Caves Monastery. His Grace Alexander conveyed the Primate " s greetings to the participants of the International seminar and told the guest about the modern state of cooperation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the Ministry of Culture and museums-reserves in the field of preservation and restoration of the shrines of the Ukrainian nation. With regard to the merits in the field of preserving the objects of World Heritage, on the blessing of His Beatitude Volodymyr, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Francesco Bandarin was conferred on the order of the UOC of the Holy and Equal-to-the-Apostles prince Volodymyr. Taking part in the meeting also were representative of the center of World Heritage of UNESCO Anna Sydorenko and director general of the National Cultural Historical Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve Marina Hromova. Official site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church 6 ноября 2010 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod Meets in the Kiev-Caves Lavra Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod Meets in the Kiev-Caves Lavra The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, began its meeting on July 26, 2010, at the Dormition Monastery of the Caves in Kiev. UNESCO places Nativity Church on endangered site UNESCO places Nativity Church on endangered site UNESCO " s World Heritage committee on Friday approved a Palestinian bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger Restoration of the Kremlin monasteries to start after the decision of UNESCO Restoration of the Kremlin monasteries to start after the decision of UNESCO All the necessary documents related to the impending work have been submitted to UNESCO. Now all depends on the promptness of this organization’s decision-making. Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
| Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada enthroned Moscow, May 10, 2017 Photo: Basilica.ro On Sunday, May 7, His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian was enthroned as the first Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada during a ceremony at St. George’s Church in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada led by His Eminence Nicolae, the first Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, who was himself enthroned on April 30 in Chicago. The Synodal Tomos for the creation of the new Canadian Diocese was read out by His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon of Târgovite on behalf of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, reports the Basilica News Agency . The new diocese was established by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church at its October 28, 2016 session, with the ceremony of investiture taking place on Sunday, 30 October 2016, after the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, celebrated by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. Before the establishment of the new diocese, Bishop Ioan Casian was elected to the dignity of bishop by the Romanian Orthodox Holy Synod on March 2, 2006, and has served as Vicar Bishop of the Americas for the past ten years. Photo: Basilica.ro His Grace Ioan Casian addressed those gathered for the occasion with words of exhortation to fulfill the Church’s mission in society, becoming witnesses to Christ by our very lives for those around us. He also emphasized that the new diocese allows for a more concrete means of addressing Romanian and Canadian pastoral needs. The newly-enthroned prelate of Canada also highlighted the historic moment marked by the ceremony. “For over thirty-three years, we have been working on this project. This wonderful moment consecrates the efforts, the thoughts and hopes of generations of Romanians who lived in Canada for nearly 125 years,” he said, according to Trinitas TV. Photo: Basilica.ro Bishop Ioan also expressed the hope and desire that through the establishment of the new diocese, the entire Orthodox community of Canada will be strengthened. 10 мая 2017 г. скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Смотри также Комментарии Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru Рассылка выходит два раза в неделю: Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
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