| Leaders play down hopes of Orthodox ‘thaw’ with Rome May 22, 2014 As Pope Francis prepared to leave Rome for a historic three-day visit to the Holy Land, Orthodox and Catholic church voices tried to cool expectations regarding his meeting tomorrow with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I. The visit coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of the meeting in Jerusalem between the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras, and Pope Paul VI in January 1964. Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in an interview for the Swiss online paper katholisch-informiert.ch, said that too much should not be made of the encounter in terms of prospects for greater unity. While he thought the present good Catholic-Orthodox relations would be deepened on the Pope’s journey to the Holy Land, Cardinal Koch said he did not expect the problems that still existed in the theological dialogues with the individual Orthodox patriarchates to be solved. “I am more inclined to think that greater unity between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches will be reached at the Panorthodox Synod in 2016,” Cardinal Koch said. However, he insisted that “the four meetings with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I are clearly at the heart of the whole journey.” Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi made the same point last week. The rite “in which they will venerate the Holy Sepulchre is … the great ecumenical novelty of the trip,” he said. “In other words, it will be an historic and extraordinary event”. Meanwhile, in an interview in Moscow, the Russian Orthodox Church offered its own perspective on the meeting between Francis and Bartholomew. The meeting is one between the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople, with no special validity for other Orthodox Churches, said Metropolitan Hilarion, the Moscow patriarchate’s director of foreign church affairs. Metropolitan Hilarion said the current crisis in Ukraine, which has heightened tensions between the Churches there, has also set back Moscow-Vatican relations that had started to improve under Pope Francis. Speaking in his office at Moscow’s Danilov Monastery, Metropolitan Hilarion said: “All these events and the activity of the Uniates take us back to the situation when Catholics and Orthodox didn’t consider themselves allies, but enemies.” 24 мая 2014 г. Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| The Ministry of Justice determined that, From the moment of the suspension of the activity of the religious organization “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” are suspended the rights of the religious organization “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” and local organizations of Jehovah’s Witnesses that are members of its structure, like their founder, to media of mass information. They are prohibited to use state and municipal news media, to plan and to conduct meetings, rallies, demonstrations, parades, picketing and other mass actions or public events, and to use bank deposits, with the exception of use for settling accounts connected with their economic activity, and covering losses (damages) caused by their actions, and payment of taxes, fees, or fines, and outlays based on labor contracts. 24 марта 2017 г. скрыть способы оплаты скрыть способы оплаты Смотри также Комментарии Dimitry Zarechnak 4 мая 2017, 01:32 I have to amend my support of Ed Ortiz " s comments, since I have just read that Jehovah " s Witnesses prohibit blood transfusions, which can sometimes result in death. Dimitry Zarechnak 4 мая 2017, 01:09 I completely agree with Ed Ortiz. Religious beliefs, no matter how wrong, should not be subject to civil sanctions. Ed Ortiz 3 апреля 2017, 01:31 What, exactly, is their " extremism " ? Sure, they are heretics. And can be rather annoying when they knock on your door on a Saturday morning. But annoyance isn " t dangerous or threatening. Better the Orthodox Church publicly debate them on TV and radio, publish detailed polemical literature exposing their heresies and train the clergy to preach eloquently against them and other sects. Legal persecution is not the Orthodox way. And it will needlessly hurt simple people who are innocent of any crime. I oppose this suppressive law. Anthony 24 марта 2017, 21:50 Lucky Russians. This lot are an absolute menace. They are crawling around everywhere. Should be completely banned. Подпишитесь на рассылку Православие.Ru |
| A horror that binds/Православие.Ru A horror that binds SOURCE: The Economist When really tragic events occur, categories of people who previously didn " t feel much in common can find themselves coming together in a community of pain and indignation. Categories like....American Christians and Middle Eastern Christians, for example. Yes, I meant to write that. Until recently, America " s politically engaged Christians, especially those on the right, seemed deeply ambivalent in their attitude to co-religionists in the Middle East. When Christian residents of Bethlehem and other West Bank towns complained that their land was being appropriated to make way for new Israeli settlements (including ones that the American government had deplored), they rarely found much much sympathy in the United States. Or take Iraq: the displacement of more than half of that country " s Christian minority in the mayhem that followed the 2003 invasion has received remarkably little attention in American religious circles. Nor have church-going Americans been much engaged with Lebanon, unless they belong to denominations with Middle Eastern links. And when they do try to make sense of Lebanon " s internal feuding (in which Christian militias have fought on different sides, and committed their share of atrocities), American church people haven " t felt any automatic loyalty to their Lebanese counterparts. Back in the 1980s when the Reagan administration was deeply engaged in war-torn Lebanon, protecting the Christian cause never seemed to be a stated American concern. The horrors in Syria may have changed all that. At a hearing on Capitol Hill this week, called by Republican congressman Chris Smith, campaigners who testified about the sufferings of Christians and other religious minorities in Syria found a very sympathetic audience. News of that hearing, and of some horrific recent incidents in which clerics were reportedly beheaded, killed and targeted for assassination, have been circulating furiously in the American religious media, electronic and otherwise. In part, this concern is fueled by partisan point-scoring. Arming the wrong people in Syria is being portrayed as one of the many sins of the Obama administration, along with socialist health-care and undermining marriage. |
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| Lazar spoke as parishioners prepared for two days of celebration of 100 years for St. George, which, like many other institutions founded in Detroit, moved to the suburbs in the 1950s and " 60s as population shifted out of the city. After a concert by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this afternoon and a memorial service tonight, St. George " s centennial festivities will resume today with a liturgy at 10 a.m. led by Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and other clergy. At noon, the archbishop will bless an elaborate new special cross, called a troitsa (pronounced troy-EET-sa) outside the church to honor the anniversary. A dinner will be at 2 p.m. in the cathedral " s cultural center. The original St. George made way for an expansion of Wayne County " s juvenile services facilities. Parishioners built a new church on 9 Mile just west of the Lodge Freeway in Southfield, with some members questioning the move so far from the city " s traditional core. The cathedral was consecrated in 1961, and as metro Detroit " s population moved north and west, Southfield became the region " s geographic population center. The church " s 250 members come from Oakland County, but also as far as Ann Arbor and Almont in Lapeer County. Some are relatively new immigrants who came after the 1989 revolution that toppled Romania " s communist regime. Services are mostly in English with Romanian scattered throughout. Some parishioners request Romanian-language services for events such as baptisms, Lazar said. The modest Southfield church features mosaics of saints beneath its eaves in an architectural style modeled after churches in northeast Romania, from which most of its early members immigrated. The interior worship space is covered in colorful murals, its nave divided from its sanctuary by an ornate wood-burned and painted walnut iconostas, or screen of saints, in Romanian folk-style. " This is our home, " Lazar said. " It is the vineyard of the Lord that we live in. " Detroit Free Press 12 ноября 2012 г. |
| Situation of religious minorities in Syria becomes even more menacing March 4, 2013 Statement of the Department for External Church Relations’ Communication Service Alarming news coming from different dioceses of the Orthodox Church of Antioch say that the situation of religious minorities in Syria becomes even more menacing due to the escalation of military confrontation in the country. For instance, on 18 February 2013, the diocesan council of the archdiocese of Aleppo published a statement about the situation in Aleppo, saying that 20% of the city had been ruined and 80% of its infrastructure had been damaged thus posing problems with electricity and supply of fresh water. Aleppo has been blockaded for seven months because of the battles and clashes in the north of Syria. Normal life in the city has been broken, people have lost their jobs, shops and 90% of schools have been closed. Goods of prime necessity in Aleppo went up in price five-ten times due to the energy crisis and economic blockade. Christian minority, not being a party to the conflict, raises up its voice for keeping peace in the country and appeals to the confronting parties to come to the negotiating table. Yet, Christians suffer from violence and scourge of war no less than other people. Most part of them have already fled from Aleppo to other cities of Syria and Lebanon, others left the city for Europe and North America, while the poor Christian families remain in the city. Many houses of Christians and their public building, including an old Christian cathedral, have been destroyed. Metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta supports the families which need repair of their houses, medical treatment, medicaments, food and clothes. The ruling hierarch of Aleppo, Metropolitan Paul, and the diocesan council expressed sincere gratitude to all who render spiritual and material assistance to the archdiocese in this dramatic situation. Orthodox Christians of Aleppo offer up their prayers to God for the cessation of all forms of violence, for the beginning of negotiations between the conflicting parties, and for the re-establishment of peace for the much suffering people of Syria. The Holy Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church meeting on February 2-5, 2013, expressed deep concern over the sharp aggravation of the situation of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa. The Council’s resolution underscores that “the vanishing of Christianity in the lands where it has existed for two millennia and where the main events of the sacred history happened would become a spiritual and historical tragedy.” DECR Communication Service 4 марта 2013 г. ... Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| Eastern Orthodox make strong showing at March for Life/Православие.Ru Eastern Orthodox make strong showing at March for Life Washington, D.C., January 27, 2014 L-R: Bishop John (Abdallah), Bishop Mark (Maymon), Archbishop Nathaniel (Popp), and Metropolitan Tikhon (Mollard) March for Life President Jeanne Monahan addressed concerns that the annual pro-life walk was too heavily Catholic, reaching out to evangelical Protestants. But based on the participation of Eastern Orthodox Christians in this year " s events, marchers may have been forgiven for believing the whole march breathed with the other lung. Every major event, and several minor ones, featured distinguished clergy from the world " s second largest Christian denomination. Archpriest John Jillions, the chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), represented his church at the “National Memorial for the Preborn and their Mothers and Fathers,” an annual interdenominational prayer service held at Constitution Hall. The most visible participation came as Orthodox clergy filled the stage at the March for Life, which began with an invocation given by Bishop Demetrios (Kantzavelos), the Greek Orthodox bishop of Chicago. He prayed that the public witness would reach “civil authorities who have legislated against the rights of the unborn, jurists who have adjudicated against life, physicians who have not healed but have brought harm and death, parents who have made choices to end life in the womb – some callous and self-interested, others tragic and conflicted,” and “young persons raised in a culture that espouses a right for some to kill.” Bishop Demetrios, who also participated in the 2014 Chicago March for Life, said that supporting the right to abortion is based in “profound ignorance.” “Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do,” he said. He was joined on stage by the ruling hierarchy of the OCA (Metropolitan Tikhon, Bishop Melchisedek, Bishop Mark, Bishop Michael), as well as representatives of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, and a representative of the U.S. Catholic bishops. |
| Metropolitan Anthony at the gathering greeted the participants of the festivities on behalf of the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. The metropolitan noted the importance of Saint Thomas for India: “When the twelve closest disciples of our Lord began to preach the Gospel across the face of the earth, Saint Thomas travelled the furthest in reaching the Malabar Coast of Hindustan. There, having become a ‘fisher of men’ (Matt. 4.19), he cast wide his net, the result of which was an abundant haul. Like the other apostles, Saint Thomas ‘with great power’ bore testimony to the ‘resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (Acts 4.33). He founded in the land of India a Christian community which exists to this day.” Metropolitan Anthony noted that Saint Thomas was the heavenly protector of the people of India, whose lot it was to suffer many tribulations during the near two-thousand-year history of Christianity in India. However, in spite of interference from powers from abroad, Indian Christians have managed to retain their identity, liturgical traditions and language. The chairman of the Department or External Church Relations also stated that the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, in being an age-old Christian community in India, occupied a worthy place in the life of Indian society and helps with interconfessional dialogue and interreligious peace. “I must make mention of the unprecedented level of fraternal relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Malankara Church, which enjoy a good history and play an important role in the strengthening of ties between our churches,” stressed the metropolitan. At the end of his speech the chairman of the DECR thanked the primate of the Malankara Church for the invitation sent to the Russian Orthodox Church to participate in the festivities and presented as a gift to His Holiness and the Malankara Church an icon of the Saviour. DECR Communication Service /Patriarchia.ru Календарь ← 12 апреля 2024 г. (30 марта ст.ст.) пятница |
| DECR chairman reads lecture on Orthodox-Catholic relations at Moscow theological schools November 2, 2010 On November 1, 2010, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relation, read a lecture on relations between Orthodoxy and Catholicism at Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary as part of the course on External Church Relations taught by DECR staff beginning from this academic year. His Eminence pointed to the priorities in relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church at the time of Vatican II. ‘As you know, East and West made up one Church for the first ten centuries of Christianity in spite of the fact that there were certain differences in theology and liturgical practice. The Church in East and West was united. The developments which took place in the mid-11 th century led to a sad division between Christian East and Christian West. Those were events of ecclesio-political nature, but there were also a number of other factors including disagreements on various points in the doctrine and church practice. In the subsequent almost ten centuries of our separate existence, these differences grew considerably and today they are quite substantial in various areas of theology and church life’, he said. During the second millennium up to the mid-20 th century, the key point in relations between Orthodoxy and Catholicism was the notion of heresy, the DECR chairman said and explained, ‘The Orthodox looked at the Catholics as heretics, and the Catholics looked at the Orthodox as heretics. Therefore, any talk on cooperation and the rule of co-existence in a particular territory was out of question’. A stable improvement in the relations between the two Churches has become visible in the recent years with the election of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. According to the DECR chairman, there is a need today for dialogue between the Russian and the Roman Catholic Churches for defending Christian values in the secular world. Both the Orthodox and the Catholics seek to defend traditional views on the family, bearing and raising children and to protect the integrity of marriage. They believe abortion to be a sin and euthanasia unacceptable. ‘We should develop this cooperation regardless of successes and failures of the theological dialogue’, Metropolitan Hilarion believes. DECR Communication Service 2 ноября 2010 г. ... Смотри также Комментарии Мы в соцсетях Подпишитесь на нашу рассылку |
| It eventually evolved into a secular holiday that involves people wearing costumes. There have been moves to ban Halloween in several Russian cities in recent years and the Orthodox Church has taken an increasingly vocal role in supporting efforts it sees as protecting cultural norms. The church is a proponent of a controversial law passed in June that bans the " propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations " and supported the imprisonment of Pussy Riot members after that performance-art group " s protest in a Moscow cathedral. But in Omsk, authorities appear to have taken a particularly hard line against celebrations involving facepaint and costumes. In August 2012, 300 people gathered for a planned " Zombie Walk " flash-mob before a permit for the event was abruptly withdrawn. Konstantin Sayenko, an administrator in the city of some 1.1 million people, explained at the time that the march would infringe on the rights of nonparticipants. " The diocese thought that scenes with bloody clothes could harm the mental health of nervous citizens and children, " he said. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 ноября 2013 г. ... Предыдущий Следующий Смотри также The Joyous Feast of the Pumpkin (Halloween) Bishop Alexander (Mileant) The Joyous Feast of the Pumpkin (Halloween) Bishop Alexander (Mileant) Halloween undermines the very basis of the Church, which was founded on the blood of martyrs who had refused, by giving up their lives, to partake in any form of idolatry. The holy Church must take a firm stand in counteracting any such (pagan) events. Christ taught us that God is the judge in all our actions and beliefs and that we are either FOR GOD or AGAINST GOD. There is no neutral or middle of the road approach. Halloween. Orthodoxy and Secular Culture Fr. John Moses Halloween. Orthodoxy and Secular Culture Fr. John Moses In some ways, talking to an Orthodox group about Halloween is like what we used to call " preaching to the choir. " In other words, non-participation in Halloween should be a " no-brainer. " Yet, I believe that the issue of Halloween is an example of a more fundamental struggle between Orthodoxy and the secular spirit of our age. The Archbishop of Zaporozhe asks the authorities to stop Halloween “celebrations” The Archbishop of Zaporozhe asks the authorities to stop Halloween “celebrations” Archbishop Luke addressed the deputy chairman of Zaporozhe region administration, Nicholai Yarmoschuk, and the director of the department of education and science, youth, and sport of the Zaporozhe city council, Vladimir Kuzmenko. Комментарии Войдите через FaceBook ВКонтакте Яндекс Mail.Ru Google или введите свои данные: © 1999-2015 Православие.Ru |
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