EASTERN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES BETWEEN STATE AND SOCIETY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE IN UKRAINE (1989–2014)

Natalia Shlikhta
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,Department of History

MEETING OF ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

ΦΩΚΙΔΟΣ ΘΕΟΚΤΙΣΤΟΣ: ΣΤΗΡΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΤΟ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ - ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΕΝΩΜΕΝΟΙ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΗΓΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΣΕΒΕΙΑΣ ΜΑΣ

Έγινα κοινωνός από τα ΜΜΕ διαφόρων επισκέψεων, συνεντεύξεων, δηλώσεων αδελφών αρχιερέων από τοπικές Εκκλησίες όπου επιχειρείται ένας έμμεσος-αν όχι άμεσος- «εκβιασμός» υπό τύπον "υπενθύμισης" ή ανάμειξης του ζητήματος των αδελφών του Παλαιού Ημερολογίου και περί διάσπασης της Ιεραρχίας της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος επί ζητημάτων εκκλησιαστικής επικαιρότητας και περί δήθεν αστόχων ενεργειών του Οικουμενικού Πατριάρχου μας. 

ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ Ο ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ ΒΕΡΟΙΑΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗ (ΦΩΤΟ)

Φως Φαναρίου

Τον Οικουμενικό Πατριάρχη Βαρθολομαίο επισκέφθηκε τις προηγούμενες ημέρες αντιπροσωπεία της Αυτοκεφάλου Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Ουκρανίας, με επικεφαλής τον Αρχιεπίσκοπο Ρίβνε Ιλαρίωνα. 

ΒΟΛΟΚΟΛΑΜΣΚ ΙΛΑΡΙΩΝΑΣ: ''ΤΟ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΡΕΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΘΕΙ ΠΑΝΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΩΣ''

Συνέντευξη στο Πρακτορείο Εκκλησιαστικών Ειδήσεων Romfea.gr παραχώρησε ο Πρόεδρος του Τμήματος Εξωτερικών Σχέσεων, Σεβ. Μητροπολίτης Βολοκολάμσκ κ. Ιλαρίωνας.

Ο Μητροπολίτης Βολοκολάμσκ πρόσφατα βρέθηκε για λίγες ημέρες στην Αθήνα, και απάντησε σε ερωτήσεις σχετικά με το ταξίδι του, αλλά και τις συναντήσεις που είχε στην Ελλάδα.

IL “VATICANO ORTODOSSO”

di: Giovanna Parravicini

«Quando lo spirito impuro esce dall’uomo, si aggira per luoghi deserti cercando sollievo, ma non ne trova. Allora dice: “Ritornerò nella mia casa, da cui sono uscito”. E, venuto, la trova vuota, spazzata e adorna. Allora va, prende con sé altri sette spiriti peggiori di lui, vi entrano e vi prendono dimora; e l’ultima condizione di quell’uomo diventa peggiore della prima. Così avverrà anche a questa generazione malvagia» (Mt 12,43-45).

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP JOB: “THE TRANSFER OF THE RELICS OF ST. PETER FROM ROME TO CONSTANTINOPLE IS A PROPHETIC SIGN.”

EXCLUSIVE Interview with Archbishop Job: “The transfer of the relics of St. Peter from Rome to Constantinople is a prophetic sign.”
JULY 16, 2019

FILARET ASKS COURT TO PROHIBIT TRANSFER OF ST. MICHAEL'S GOLDEN-DOMED MONASTERY TO OCU

The District administrative court received a petition from the Kyiv Patriarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) to secure a claim in which Kyiv Patriarchate of the UOC-KP requests the court to prohibit Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv City Council (KMP) from transfer of real estate to other entities.

ECUMENISM, THE DREAM OF THE PATRIARCHATE FOR THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Pope Francis and the Metropolitan bishops and the members of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Apostolic Palace, Sala Bologna, July 5, 2019 - credit Vatican Media / ACI Group

POPE FRANCIS’S RELIC DIPLOMACY

by George Demacopoulos,
publicorthodoxy

In June of 594, Pope Gregory the Great received a letter from Constantina, the empress, asking him to send the head of St. Paul to Constantinople so that she and others might benefit from venerating the bodily remains of such a great saint. St. Gregory denied the request, noting that it was not the custom of the Roman Church to dismember the bones of the saints.

DELEGATION OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UKRAINE VISITED CONSTANTINOPLE

  Press service of Kyiv Metropolitanate Ukrainian Orthodox Church

13 Липня 2019

З благословення Блаженнійшого Митрополита Київського і всієї України Епіфанія, 11-12 липня 2019 року делегація помісної Української Православної Цер

ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ: Η ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΠΑΝΤΟΤΕ «ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΕΝ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΩ»

Φως Φαναρίου

ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ 

Γραφείο Τύπου και Επικοινωνίας 

TIPS FOR COVERING ORTHODOX CHURCHES IN UKRAINE

Maksym Balaklytskyi

Religion regains its importance in post-secular countries, and media should respond to this trend.

STATEMENT OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ON THE SITUATION IN MONTENEGRO

The Russian Orthodox Church. Department for External Church Relations

Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on the situation in Montenegro

ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ: ''Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΘΑ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΡΙΣΕΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ''

Του Αιμίλιου Πολυγένη | 02.35, Romfaia

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Ecumenical Patriarch: Church of Greece will be the first to recognize the Church of Ukraine

The Ecumenical Patriarch was asked about the situation in Ukraine, the autocephaly status of the Orthodox Church, the recognition of the new Autocephalous Church, and the role of Moscow.

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE’S RESPONSE TO FALSE, UNSUBSTANTIATED, AND SLANDEROUS CHARGES REGARDING UKRAINE AUTOCEPHALY

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE PERMANENT DELEGATION TO THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

After journalists’ questions about offensive statements against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which were allegedly made recently by a member of the autonomous presence of the Patriarchate of Moscow in Ukraine, the Director of the Press and Communication Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Nikos Papachristou, said:

THE STORY OF AN HISTORIC GIFT FROM POPE FRANCIS “IT’S A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS UNITY

Archbishop Job of Telmessos with a gift from Pope Francis. Photo: Ecumenical Patriarchate

11 July 2019

Archbishop Job of Telmessos, who serves as permanent representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches (WCC), met with the WCC News and describes receiving an extraordinary gift from Pope Francis on 29 June.

LA LEZIONE DEI RUSSI AL PATRIARCA DI MOSCA

Riccardo Cristiano

La storia va sempre rispettata, e per farlo le Chiese devono dimostrare che loro si occupano dei territori e di chi li vive, non delle tribù. L'approfondimento di Riccardo Cristiano

COSTANTINOPOLI E ROMA, A CHE PUNTO SONO LE RELAZIONI ECUMENICHE?

Papa Francesco e il metropolita Job di Telmessos durante l'incontro in Vaticano del 28 giugno 2019
Foto: Vatican Media / ACI Group

Il metropolita Job di Telmessos fa il punto delle relazioni tra Patriarcato Ecumenico e Santa Sede. Tra questioni teologica e questioni pratiche

THE TERM AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH

Ιερά Μητρόπολη Ναυπάκτου

The Term Autocephalous Church

Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios

Translation of the article in Greek Ὁ ὅρος «Αὐτοκέφαλη Ἐκκλησία»

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UKRAINE UNDERGOING A CATHARSIS – CYRIL HOVORUN

Metropolitan Epifaniy, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Photo: OCU"s fb page 

The last months have been troubling for the six-month-old Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). The 90-year-old bishop Filaret carrying the title of “Honorary Patriarch” despite the dissolution of his church structure to create the legitimate OCU independent from Moscow, had attempted a power grab and revoked the OCU’s very declaration of independence, or Tomos.

HOLY MASS AND BLESSING OF THE SACRED PALLIUM FOR THE NEW METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES

HOLY MASS AND BLESSING OF THE SACRED PALLIUM
FOR THE NEW METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS
ON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

Saint Peter’s Basilica
Saturday, 29 June 2019

POPE: ORTHODOX AND CATHOLICS JOINING FORCES TO MEET PRESENT CHALLENGES

Ahead of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Francis greets a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, urging Orthodox and Catholic faithful to work together on issues such as welcoming migrants, combating modern slavery, and protecting creation.

ΤΟ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΥΠΟΔΕΧΕΤΑΙ ΑΠΟΤΜΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ ΛΕΙΨΑΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ ΠΕΤΡΟΥ

 Ecumenical Patriachate

Η Εκκλησία της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, που ίδρυσε ο Απόστολος Ανδρέας, υποδέχεται απότμημα του Ιερού λειψάνου του κατά σάρκα αδελφού του, Αποστόλου Πέτρου

ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣ: ''Ο ΤΟΜΟΣ ΗΤΑΝ ΜΙΑ ΒΕΒΙΑΣΜΕΝΗ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ''

Romfaia 

Συνέντευξη στην υπηρεσία πληροφόρησης της Εκκλησίας της Ουκρανίας (Πατριαρχείο Μόσχας) παραχώρησε ο Πανιερώτατος Μητροπολίτης Λεμεσού κ. Αθανάσιος.

THE DELEGATION OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE AT THE THRONAL FEAST OF THE CHURCH OF ROME

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches

ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΘΕΝ ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΗΣ ΣΥΝΑΚΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΩΝ-ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑΝΩΝ 27-28.06.2019

Στο Canterbury η Συντακτική Επιτροπή του Επίσημου Θεολογικού Διαλόγου μεταξύ Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας και Αγγλικανικής Κοινωνίας. 

Η ΣΥΝΑΝΤΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΑΣ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΠΑΠΑ ΦΡΑΓΚΙΣΚΟ (ΦΩΤΟ-BΙΝΤΕΟ)

Στην Θρονική Εορτή της Εκκλησίας της Ρώμης, επί τη μνήμη των Πρωτοκορυφαίων Αποστόλων Πέτρου και Παύλου, το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο αποστέλλει κάθε χρόνο επίσημη Αντιπροσωπεία, όπως άλλωστε πράττει και η Ρωμαιοκαθολική Εκκλησία κατά την Θρονική Εορτή της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (Αγίου Αποστόλου Ανδρέου, 30 Νοεμβρίου). 

Патријарх Вартоломеј о Православној Цркви у Црној Гори

Serbia Patriarchate

Патријарх Вартоломеј о Православној Цркви у Црној Гори

27. Јун 2019 - 13:04

Највиши црногорски званичници и бројни медији су посљедњих недеља били у еуфорији поводом наводног ”коначног рјешавања црквеног питања” (таква формулација неодољиво подсјећа на нацистичко ”коначно рјешавање јеврејског питања” или НДХ-овско ”коначно рјешење за Србе”).

INFORMAL TALKS BETWEEN THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE AND THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION

 Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches

The informal talks between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Anglican Communion took place on 26 June 2019 in the Deanery of the Cathedral of Canterbury (United Kingdom).

MHΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΟΥ ΝΑΥΠΑΚΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΘΕΟΥ: Ο ΟΡΟΣ «ΑΥΤΟΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ»

Ιερά Μητρόποκις Ναυπάκτου 

Ὁ ὅρος «Αὐτοκέφαλη Ἐκκλησία»
τοῦ Μητροπολίτου Ναυπάκτου καί Ἁγίου Βλασίου Ἱεροθέου
Τό κείμενο σέ μορφή PDF

METROPOLITAN HILARION MEETS WITH PRIMATE OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

 The Russian Orthodox Church. Department for External Church Relations

June 26, 2019 – Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is in Greece with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the office of the Holy Synod of the Greece Orthodox Church at Petraki Monastery in Athens.

CYRIL HOVORUN: PATRISTICS AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS

Cyril Hovorun ¹, Patristics and Sociolinguistics in Scrinium

UCRAINA E ORTODOSSIA: INDOMABILE FILARETE

di: Lorenzo Prezzi

La nuova Chiesa ortodossa ucraina autocefala è in crescenti difficoltà e minaccia di implodere, mentre, sul versante dell’Ortodossia mondiale, i timidi segnali di ricucitura dopo la frattura Mosca-Costantinopoli vanno proseguendo.

THE PRIMATE OF OCU DISCUSSED THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION WITH THE RABBI JONATHAN MARKOVICH

  Press service of Kyiv Metropolitanate Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Предстоятель обговорив релігійну ситуацію з рабином Йонатаном Марковичем

NATIONALISM AND THE LOCAL CHURCH: THE SOURCE OF ECCLESIASTICAL CONFLICT IN THE ORTHODOX COMMONWEALTH

Daniel P. Payne, Nationalities Papers , The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, Pages 831-852 | Published online: 06 Nov 2007.

AUTOCEPHALY: A DELAYED TRANSITION FROM EMPIRE TO NATIONAL STATE?

Dareg Zabarah, Autocephaly: A Delayed Transition from Empire to National State?Acta Slavica Iaponica, Tomus 33, pp. 47‒65

FILARET REMAINS IN OCU, TWO RUSSIAN BISHOPS EXCLUDED, SYNOD'S DECISION

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which took place today, June 24, adopted a decision to subordinate all parishes and monasteries of Kyiv to the Primate of the OCU, Metropolitan Epifaniy. Until recently, they had been subordinated to Patriarch Emeritus Filaret.

ORTHODOXY AND NATIONALISM IN RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY

D. Kalkandjieva,  Paper conference on “Ecclesiology and Nationalism in the Postmodern Era” held in the Volos Academy for Theological Studies (Greece), on May 24–27, 2012,

WHY ARE ORTHODOX CHURCHES PARTICULARLY PRONE TO NATIONALIZATION AND EVEN TO NATIONALISM?

V. Makrides, "Why are Orthodox Churches Particularly Prone to Nationalization and even to Nationalism?“, St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 54/3-4 (2013) 325-352