Δευτέρα 5 Αυγούστου 2019

''H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΜΟΥ''. ΤΟ ΝΕΟ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΑΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΕΦΑΛΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ


''MY CHURCH ''. THE NEW JOURNAL OF NEW AUTOCEFALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UKRAINE
Ιωάννης Λότσιος
 Οι ποιμαντικές παρεμβάσεις και ο διάλογος της νέας Αυτοκέφαλης Εκκλησίας αρχίζουν να λαμβάνουν σάρκα και οστά.

GEORGE FLOROVSKY ABOUT A GREAT BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, ST. FILARET OF MOSCOW



GEORGE FLOROVSKY ABOUT A GREAT BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, ST. FILARET OF MOSCOW
Filaret never looked upon Scripture abstractly or in isolation. The Bible is given to and is maintained in the Church.

EARLY AUGUST MEMORIAL FOR GREAT RUSSIAN THINKERS AND MARTYRS

On August 2, the holy martyr John Steblin-Kamensky  (1887–1930) was shot dead.

PENALTY OR ABUSE OF POWER? CANONICAL SANCTIONS AND UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY



FR. NICHOLAS DENYSENKO, ''Penalty or Abuse of Power? Canonical Sanctions and Ukrainian Autocephaly'',  in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 17-26.

Κυριακή 4 Αυγούστου 2019

ΤHE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY


DR. DANIELA KALKANDJIEVA, ''Τhe Bulgarian Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Autocephaly'', in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 60-65.

THE AUTOCEPHALY OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN UKRAINE AND THE CANONICAL PREROGATIVES OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

ARCHBISHOP JOB OF TELMESSOS:΄΄The Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and the Canonical Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate΄΄, in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 47-59.

PASTORAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY: A PERSONAL FACE TO A POLITICAL ISSUE


FR. JOHN CHRYSSAVGIS, ''Pastoral Perspectives of the Ukrainian Autocephaly: A Personal Face to a Political Issue'',  in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 11-16.

UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY: REFLECTIONS FROM THE DIASPORA


FR. BOHDAN HLADIO, ''Ukrainian Autocephaly: Reflections from the Diaspora'', in 
The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 35-41.

Σάββατο 3 Αυγούστου 2019

St. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM 2010 THEOLOGICAL ESSAY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT

The Orthodox Research Group of St. John Chrysostom is pleased to announce the Theological Essay Contest, which is our first official writing contest.

OCU EXPLAINS SYNOD DECISION ON LIQUIDATION OF LEGAL ENTITIES OF KYIV PATRIARCHY OF UOC-KP AND PATRIARCHY OF UAOC

The press service of the Kyiv Metropolia of the UOC (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) issued a clarification statement concerning the grounds on which the liquidation of legal entities "Kyiv Patriarchy of UOC-KP" and "Patriarchy of the UAOC" was performed.

"ROME IS NOT OUR FATHER, BUT NEITHER IS MOSCOW OUR MOTHER: WILL THERE BE A LOCAL UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH?


Geraldine Fagan and Aleksandr Shchipkov, "Rome Is Not Our FatherBut Neither Is Moscow Our MotherWill There Be a Local Ukrainian Orthodox Church? in Religion, State & Society, Vo!. 29, No. 3, 2001

THE INDEPENDENT UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINIAN IDENTITY AND RUSSIA


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Ukraine’s history has consisted of a desire and efforts to consolidate national identity and utilize its self-determination despite opposition from Russia.

CYRILL HOVORUN: ONE COMPOSITE CHRIST: ONENESS AND DUALITY OF JESUS IN THE BYZANTINE CHRISTOLOGY

Hovorun, Cyril. “One Composite Christ: Oneness and Duality of Jesus in the Byzantine Christology.” In Jesus Der Christus Im Glauben Der Einen Kirche, edited by Theresia Hainthaler, Dirk Ansorge, and Ansgar Wucherpfennig, 236–47, Freiburg; Basel; Wien: Herder, 2019

THE REALITY OF THE CATHOLIC EASTERN CHURCHES IN THE CONTEXT OF VATICAN II AND ECUMENISM: MODEL AND BRIDGE FOR UNITY?


THE REALITY OF THE CATHOLIC EASTERN CHURCHES IN THE CONTEXT OF VATICAN II AND ECUMENISM: MODEL AND BRIDGE FOR UNITY?
Cherian Karukaparambil Secretary, Syro Malabar Synodal Commission for Ecumenism

RELIGION, STATE, SOCIETY, AND IDENTITY IN TRANSITION Ukraine Editors (PdF)


Religion, State, Society, and Identity in Transition
Ukraine
 Rob van der Laarse, Mykhailo N. Cherenkov, Vitaliy V. Proshak, and Tetiana Mykhalchuk, eds

Πέμπτη 1 Αυγούστου 2019

Візит офіційної делегації Православної Церкви України до Грецької Республіки

A UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC REFLECTS ON CHURCH AND COUNTRY

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Even if political progress is slow, Constantinople’s recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine offers reason for hope, says one Ukrainian Catholic scholar.

MΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ ΝΑΥΠΑΚΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΘΕΟΣ: «IΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΡΩΣΙΑΣ, Η ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΤΡΙΤΗΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ»


«Ἱστορία τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ρωσίας, ἡ θεωρία τῆς Τρίτης Ρώμης»

Μητροπολίτου Ναυπάκτου καί Ἁγίου Βλασίου Ἱεροθέου


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Μέ ἀφορμή τό Οὐκρανικό ζήτημα πού μᾶς ἀπασχολεῖ τά τελευταῖα χρόνια, θέλησα νά διαβάσω κάποια ἐπιστημονικά κείμενα καί νά μάθω κάτι περισσότερο ἀπό ὅσα γνώριζα γιά τήν ἱστορία τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ρωσίας καί τήν περίφημη θεωρία τῆς «Τρίτης Ρώμης».

Τρίτη 30 Ιουλίου 2019

L’ORTODOSSIA, L’UCRAINA E PARIGI

di: Lorenzo Prezzi, 
Il clamoroso risultato elettorale in Ucraina a vantaggio della formazione politica del neo-presidente Volodymyr Zelensky (21 luglio) e l’assemblea straordinaria dell’eparchia della Chiesa ortodossa di tradizione russa in programma a Parigi il 7 settembre prossimo sono eventi non comparabili.

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONGRATULATES UKRAINIANS ON 1031 ANNIVERSARY OF BAPTISM OF RUS-UKRAINE

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew greeted Ukrainians on the 1031st anniversary of the baptism of Rus -Ukraine. Patriarch Bartholomew's message to the Ukrainian people was read by the head of the delegation of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, who attended the Liturgy on the Day of the baptism of Russia, UKRINFORM reports.

Η ΕΠΙΚΥΡΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΣΕΩΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΑΘΕΜΑΤΩΝ

arsi anathematon
Του Παναγιώτη Ι. Μπούμη, Ομοτ. Καθηγητή του Παν/μιου Αθηνών στην Romfea.gr

Δευτέρα 29 Ιουλίου 2019

Ι.Μ. ΛΑΓΚΑΔΑ: Ο ΣΕΒΑΣΜΙΩΤΑΤΟΣ ΠΑΡΕΣΤΗ ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΩΣ ΣΤΟ ΚΙΕΒΟ

kievo ioannis

Εις απάντησιν δημοσιευμάτων εις τα ηλεκτρονικά Μ.Μ.Ε. εξ αφορμής της μεταβάσεως του Σεβασμιωτάτου Μητροπολίτου Λαγκαδά, Λητής και Ρεντίνης κ.κ. Ιωάννου εις Κίεβον Ουκρανίας, ανακοινούμεν τα κάτωθι:

UKRAINE: MEGA-SIZED SILVER PROOF COIN MARKS AUTONOMY OF UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

The National Bank of Ukraine has issued (22nd July) their latest large-size silver Proof coin to mark the ultimate process for the autonomy of the country’s Orthodox church, which was finalised on the 5th January 2019.

CONSTANTINOPLE SHOULD FIND COMMON GROUND WITH MOSCOW TO OVERCOME SPLIT, SAYS METROPOLITAN


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The cleric is sure that handing over the Tomos of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has dealt a serious blow to the Constantinople Patriarchate

BELGRADE, July 29. /TASS/. The Constantinople Patriarchate should convene the Pan-Orthodox Council and come to terms with the Russian Orthodox Church in order to overcome the Orthodox Church split, Metropolitan bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral Amfilohije said in an interview with TASS on Monday.

REMEMBRANCE OF ST. VOLODYMYR THE GREAT AND THE DAY OF BAPTISM OF RUS CELEBRATED IN KYIV



The Day of Remembrance of the Holy and Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv is marked on 28 July. He was the grandson of the Holy Princess Olha, who is remembered on 24 July.

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UKRAINE: A SESSION OF THE HOLY SYNOD TOOK PLACE

Η ΑΥΤΟΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΟΡΤΑΣΕ ΤΗΝ 1031η ΕΠΕΤΕΙΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑ ΤΩΝ ΡΩΣ (ΦΩΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΝΤΕΟ)


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Στο Κίεβο, στην πρωτεύουσα της Ουκρανίας, γιορτάστηκε την Κυριακή 28 Ιουλίου 2019, από την Αυτοκέφαλο Εκκλησία της Ουκρανίας, η 1031η επέτειος από το Βάπτισμα των Ρως του Κιέβου.

Πέμπτη 25 Ιουλίου 2019

H.B. THEOPHILOS III MEETS WITH U.S. CHURCH LEADERS OVER CHALLENGES TO CHRISTIANS’ PRESENCE IN JERUSALEM

His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, met in Washington D.C., with influential Church leaders in the United States of America to discuss means of supporting the authentic Christian presence in the Holy Land in general and in Jerusalem in particular.

Η ΑΡΣΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΟΝΑΧΟΥ ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙΟΥ (ΠΡΩΗΝ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΣΟΛΥΜΩΝ)

Ἡ Ἁγία καί Ἱερά Σύνοδος τοῦ Πατριαρχείου Ἱεροσολύμων, Προεδρευομένη ὑπό τῆς Α.Θ.Μ. τοῦ Πατρός ἡμῶν καί Πατριάρχου Ἱεροσολύμων κ.κ. Θεοφίλου εἰς τήν ΡΙ´ Συνεδρίαν αὐτῆς τῆς 12ης/25ης Ἰουλίου 2019 ᾖρε ὁμοφώνως τήν καθαίρεσιν τοῦ μοναχοῦ Εἰρηναίου καί ἀποκατέστησε Αὐτόν εἰς τό Ἀρχιερατικόν ἀξίωμα, τό ὁποῖον ἐκέκτητο πρίν καί εἰς τόν βαθμόν τοῦ πρῴην Πατριάρχου Ἱεροσολύμων, ἀποδιδοῦσα εἰς Αὐτόν πλήρη τόν ὀφειλόμενον σεβασμόν εἰς τό ἀξίωμα Αὐτοῦ τοῦτο.

ΠΟΤΕ ΑΡΧΙΣΕ ΤΟ «ΥΠΕΡΟΡΙΟ» ΑΠΛΩΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΡΩΣΙΚΗΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΑΣ

Η Πρώτη Ελληνορθόδοξη εκκλησία της Αγίας Τριάδος στις Η.Π.Α. το 1864


Του Αριστείδη Πανώτη 
Άρχοντος Μ. Ιερομνήμονος της Μ.τ.Χ.Ε.
Θεολόγου - ιστορικού
Αφιερωμένο στον Σεβ. Αμερικής Ελπιδοφόρον 

EASTERN ORTHODOX AND WESTERN LATIN CHURCHES UNDER COMMUNISM: DIFFERENCES AND PARALLELS


Vasilios N. Makrides, Eastern Orthodox and Western Latin Churches under Communism: Differences and Parallels, , in: Thede Kahl / Johannes Kramer / Elton Prifti (Hg.), Romanica et Balcanica. Wolfgang Dahmen zum 65. Geburtstag (Jenaer Beiträge zur Romanistik, 7), München 2015, 703-724

ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ ΙΛΑΡΙΩΝΑΣ: ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΑ ΜΕΙΩΜΕΝΗ Η ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟ ΚΟΣΜΟ (Συνέντευξη)

© Sputnik / Michail Voskresensky, sputniknews
Πόσο πιθανό είναι η Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος να αναγνωρίσει τη σχισματική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Ουκρανίας; Σ' αυτό και πολλά άλλα, κρίσιμης σημασίας, ερωτήματα απαντάει ο Μητροπολίτης Βολοκολάμσκ, Ιλαρίων.

OPEN LETTER TO PATRIARCH AND COUNCIL OF BISHOPS OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH


Open letter from Religious Security Centre, which manage internet-project Cerkvarium, to Patriarch Irinej and Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church To Archbishop of Pech, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac Serbian Patriarch Irinej To the Holy Council of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church  Your Beatitude! Your Eminences! 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF FR. GEORGES FLOROVSKY





An International Conference on “The Theological Heritage of Fr. Georges Florovsky” is organized on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his death by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on 1-3 September 2019. Hierarchs, clergy, distinguished university professors and theologians from universities from all over the world will attend the International Conference which will be inaugurated by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

Δευτέρα 22 Ιουλίου 2019

THE RUSSIAN CHURCH WARNS CONSTANTINOPLE ABOUT PROBABLE AWKWARD SITUATION ITS OFFICIALS CAN FACE IN KIEV ON THE DAY OF RUSSIA'S BAPTISM

The Russian Church warns Constantinople about probable awkward situation its officials can face in Kiev on the Day of Russia's Baptism

Moscow, July 17, Interfax - The Constantinople Patriarchate's delegation that is going to visit Kiev on the Feast of Russia's Baptism on July 28, can be disappointed by the things they see there, the Russian Orthodox Church official warns.

ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION, THE NATION-STATE, AND THE SPECTER OF BYZANTIUM

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, the Nation-State, and the Specter of Byzantium

George Demacopolous

THE CANONICAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSES OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY TO THE CHALLENGES OF MODERNITY

Institute for Studies in Eastern Christianity
at Union Theological Seminary
in the City of New York

ECCLESIOLOGIES IN EASTERN ORTHODOX SCHOOL THEOLOGY AFTER BYZANTIUM


  Stuttgart 2019 Conference, 19-21 July Stolen Churches or Bridges to Orthodoxy? Impulses for Theological Dialogue Between Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches Academy of Diocese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Ecclesiologies in Eastern Orthodox School Theology after Byzantium David Heith-Stade, Ph. D.