Cross procession with the participation of UOC Primate in Podgorica (live)
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UOC Primate: OCU has no priesthood and cannot be called the Church
There is no apostolic succession and canonical ordination in the OCU, said the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. OCU is a non-canonical group that cannot be…
Embassy of Ukraine to Montenegro continues to incite hatred for UOC
Embassy officials posted a publication whose author calls the Primate of the UOC “an instructed ‘official’ of political and military circles” and criticizes the SOC. The Embassy…
Phanar believes Pat. Bartholomew to be a “master and leader” of the Church
Phanar is sure that the Patriarch of Constantinople is the guardian of unity and faith in the Orthodox Church. On January 20, 2020, on behalf of Patriarch…
Theologian: Met. Onuphry’s visit is a support for the Church in Montenegro
Met. Onuphry’s visit is believed in Montenegro to testify to the invincibility of God’s blessed order against all earthly political intrigues. Rector of the Cetinje Seminary of…
Polish hierarch: OCU – street boys dressed in church clothes
Abp. Abel of Lublin stressed that the Church is not a secular organization where you can change directors: the Church has apostolic succession, which the OCU lacks….
His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry: UOC has de facto autocephaly
Met. Onuphry said the circumstances experienced by the UOC stimulated the processes of improving the independence of church life. The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church His…
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia calls for Pan-Orthodox Council
The Primate of the Serbian Church believes the only right decision to resolve all issues arisen between the Local Churches is to convene the Pan-Orthodox Council. On…
ROC comments on the final Communique of the Amman meeting
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) is sure that meetings like the one that took place in Amman will continue. On February 26, the head of the ROC DECR, Metropolitan…
Metropolitan Onuphry to make a three-day visit to Montenegro
The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will arrive in Montenegro to celebrate the feast day of St. Simeon the Myrrh-streaming. The visit of the Primate of…
Final Communiqué of the Primates’ Council in Amman published online
The participants in the Synaxis of Primates consider unity and reconciliation within Holy Orthodoxy as the primary view. The final communique of the Primates’ Council of the Local Orthodox Churches…
Uniate bishop incites hatred for UOC
The representative of the UGCC Petro Kryk called on his subscribers to support the initiative to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The hierarch of the Ukrainian Greek…
Serbian hierarch: Those who fearlessly uphold the truth gathered in Amman
Despite the reluctance of Patriarch Bartholomew to convene a Pan-Orthodox Council, hierarchs gathered at the Synaxis of Primates. Bishop Irinej (Bulovic) of Bačka, the hierarch of the…
Spokesman for Patriarch in Jordan: We pray that God will preserve Orthodoxy
Archimandrite Benedict hopes that the meeting in Amman will allow hearing the Primates’ common opinion on the future development of the Church. On February 26, 2020, the…
UOC cleric: Participants in Amman Synaxis represent 80% of all Orthodox
In Jordan, there is a meeting of those who make up the vast majority of the Orthodox Church, Archpriest Alexander Ovcharenko emphasized. The Churches participating in the…
Serbian hierarch: Problem of loss of unity – the result of Phanar’s actions
The bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church believes that the actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople provoked instability in the Orthodox world. Bishop of Bačka, the hierarch…
Primate of UOC: Meeting in Amman is a big step toward good results
On February 26, 2020, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine shared his first impressions with the UOJ from the Meeting of the Local Orthodox…
Metropolitan Mitrofan: Events in Orthodoxy call for decision making
The Head of the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC believes that without a pan-Orthodox discussion, it will not be possible to resolve the crisis….
Drabinko questions canonical dignity of OCU “hierarchs”
Former metropolitan of the UOC Alexander (Drabinko) believes that it was only thanks to him that the Ukrainian schismatics received canonical status. Ex-metropolitan of the UOC Alexander…
Media: Head of the Church of Cyprus is going to Phanar
According to a Greek media outlet, the trip of Archbishop Chrysostomos II to Istanbul will be held from March 5 to 9, 2020. The Primate of the…
Head of UGCC calls Heavenly Hundred a model of love for neighbour
Bloodshed on the Maidan’s become “the standard by which we measure our social and even church life today,” Shevchuk said on the anniversary of the Revolution of…
UOC hierarch: Vinnytsia benefactor for OCU wants to buy a skete on Mt Athos
Metropolitan Varsonofy believes that the construction of the skete of the OCU on Mt. Athos will serve even greater division. Met. Varsonofy (Stoliar) of Vinnytsia and Bar reported on his…
ROC Hierarch: Only honest dialogue can overcome rifts in Orthodoxy
There is a threat of the deep split in Orthodoxy which can be overcome via honest and fraternal dialogue between the Local Churches, Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev) explained. On February 21,…
Primate: Through fasting and praying, we prepare ourselves to do good
By fasting and praying, we must purify ourselves of sin and evil deeds and to grow able to do good, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry explained. On February 23,…
Patriarch of Antioch refuses to participate in Amman Primates’ Council
The Primate of the Church of Antioch said he would not participate in the Primates’ Council, since this meeting could “increase divergence” in Orthodoxy. Patriarch John X of…