Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made an appeal to the Ukrainian people on the eve of the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine. Bartholomew also confirmed his decision to grant an autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church.
Επίσημη επίσκεψη στην Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος πραγματοποιεί από σήμερα έως 17 Νοεμβρίου ο Συρορθόδοξος Πατριάρχης Αντιοχείας και πάσης Ανατολής κ. Ιγνάτιος-Εφραίμ Β’.
The heads of the schismatic “Kiev Patriarchate” (KP) and the schismatic “Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church” (UAOC) have both written to Constantinople, acknowledging that they agree not to nominate themselves for the position of head of the new Ukrainian church that Constantinople is creating, a source in the UAOC reported to the Ukrainian site Vesti.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet with the bishops of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Tuesday, the Kiev Metropolia reported to RIA-Novosti yesterday.
Ουκρανική εφημερίδα αναφέρει ότι ο Φιλάρετος και ο Μακάριος Μαλετίτς δε θα θέσουν υποψηφιότητα για την ηγεσία της ενοποιημένης τοπικής Εκκλησίας στην Ουκρανία, δεσμευόμενοι με επιστολές προς τον Οικουμενικό Πατριάρχη.
Ουκρανική εφημερίδα αναφέρει ότι ο Φιλάρετος και ο Μακάριος Μαλετίτς δε θα θέσουν υποψηφιότητα για την ηγεσία της ενοποιημένης τοπικής Εκκλησίας στην Ουκρανία, δεσμευόμενοι με επιστολές προς τον Οικουμενικό Πατριάρχη.
If Christianity is to survive as a viable lifestyle attractive to modern men and women, it will not be as an obscurantist, anti-intellectual culture of folklore and ritualism, sustained by the rejection of modernity and change…. – Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, SJ
Στο πλαίσιο ενός ειλικρινούς και εν αγάπη διαλόγου να επιλυθούν τα ζητήματα που προκύπτουν με την αυτοκεφαλία της Εκκλησίας της Ουκρανίας αναφέρει η Αρχιεπισκοπή Κύπρου.
During the working visit to Finland, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with Primate of the Finnish Orthodox Church His Eminence Archbishop Leo, the president’s press service reported on Wednesday evening, Ukrinform reports.
On November 7, 2018, the Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, visited in Nicosia the Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus where he met with His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus.
More strong words stressing the consequences of the “Orthodox schism” on inter-Orthodox relations were delivered by Metropolitan Hilarion in this second interview with SIR: “The mechanisms of inter-Orthodox dialogue and cooperation, which had been developing for a long time, have been destroyed”
This was a schism created for no other reason than an abuse of power resulting in millions of Orthodox believers paying the price for such politics.” Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Throne, shared the “viewpoint” of Constantinople on the Ukrainian issue
Quale rapporto esiste tra sinodalità e primato nell’esperienza degli ortodossi e in quella dei cattolici? Come trovare un’armonia che apra la strada all’unità?
Η εαρινή συνάντηση της Κωνσταντινούπολης μεταξύ Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχη κκ. Βαρθολομαίου και Πατριάρχη Μόσχας κκ. Κυρίλλου επισφράγισε τη διαφωνία πάνω στο ζήτημα της Ουκρανικής Εκκλησίας. Σε καμία όμως περίπτωση, αυτή δεν έπεσε ως κεραυνός εν αιθρία.
Підписана Угода про співробітництво та взаємодію між Україною і Вселенським Константинопольським Патріархатом 3 листопада є документом про підтримку створення єдиної помісної православної церкви в Україні, заявляє Радник Президента України, директор Національного інституту стратегічних досліджень Ростислав Павленко.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate told Sputnik that it does not take part in the efforts of Kiev’s authorities and non-canonical Orthodox organizations to establish a single independent church in the country or the so-called Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, according to Sputnik.
Patriarch Filaret (r) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev's patriarchy speaks during a press conference in Kiev Oct. 11. The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate on Oct. 11 said it had agreed to recognize the independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move strongly desired by Kiev but which risks stoking new tensions with Moscow. A synod meeting chaired by Patriarch Bartholomew, seen as the first among equals of Orthodox Church leaders, 'decreed to proceed to the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine,' said an official statement read in Istanbul, formerly Constantinople. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images)
Moscow, November 1, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes that the plans of politicians to establish an autocephalous church in Ukraine are doomed to fail.
On 15 October, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) decided to sever relations and eucharistic communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (PC). This decision is a reaction to the decision by the Synod of Bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which on 11 October annulled its decision of 1686 to transfer the metropolis of Kiev to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, and confirmed that it would continue to work for the establishment of an autocephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine. In a special statement, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church said that “the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople has hypocritically, by its reckless and politically motivated decisions, introduced even greater division and deepened the suffering of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church”.
Кирило Говорун, “Автокефалія та її український варіант.” In Людина між Церквою і світом: від антагонізму до синергії, 37–44. Матеріали Міжнародної науково-практичної конференції Волинської Православної Богословської Академії Української Православної Церкви Київського Патріархату, Lutsk: Eikon, 2018.
on November 2, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Svyatoslav, met with Sebastian Gromig, the Chair of the Department of Culture of the German Embassy in Ukraine. During the meeting, which was held at the request of the German side, the current religious situation in Ukraine was discussed.