PILGRIMAGE VISIT BY BISHOP OLBIA EPIPHANIUS TO THE METROPOLIS OF LAGADA FOR THE FEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THEOTOKOS

Press service of the Kyiv Metropolitanate Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OCU) 

ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΗΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΨΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΟΛΒΙΑΣ Κ. ΕΠΙΦΑΝΙΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΗ ΛΑΓΚΑΔΑ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΟΡΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑΣ

Разогнанные и очень обиженные

Как патриарх Кирилл сам создал себе мощную оппозицию в РПЦ, «уволив» почти всех членов своей прежней команды

После 10 лет патриаршества Кирилла (2009—2019) от его легендарной «команды мечты» почти ничего не осталось. Наиболее креативные члены «команды» (отцы Андрей Кураев и Всеволод Чаплин, Сергей Чапнин) перешли в открытую оппозицию,

NO DENOMINATION CAN HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO SERVE IN SAINT SOPHIA IN KYIV, - THE HEAD OF THE UGCC

HIS BEATITUDE, METROPOLITAN TIKHON MEETS WITH HIS EMINENCE, ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS

 The Orthodox Church in America

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon met with His Eminence, Archbishop Elpidiphoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Having been in Cappadocia with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the time of the enthronement of Archbishop Elpidiphoros, His Beatitude this was the first opportunity for His Beatitude to personally greet and congratulate His Eminence on his enthronement.

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OFFERS "RUSSIAN EXARCHATE" TO JOIN IT PRESERVING ITS STATUTE AND TRADITIONS

Moscow, August 12, Interfax - On Patriarch Kirill's behalf, head of the Patriarchal administration on foreign institutions Metropolitan Antony addressed the so-called "Russian exarchate" in Western Europe with a suggestion to join the Moscow Patriarchate.

Архімандрит Кирило Говорун: «В ідеальному випадку споживачем богословської освіти може бути кожен свідомий християнин»

У секулярному суспільстві ще існують стійкі стереотипи про богословську освіту, що це атавізм та пережиток. Натомість богослов’я продовжує відігравати важливу роль у самоусвідомленні Церкви. Якою і для кого має бути сучасна богословська освіта? Про це — бесіда з відомим українським православним богословом, професором Університету Лойоли Мерімаунт (Лос-Анджелес), архімандритом Кирилом (Говоруном).

CHURCH LEADERS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE REMAIN SURPRISINGLY LOTH TO CONDEMN THEIR OLD ADVERSARY

The extraordinary events of 1989 are half-forgotten as clerics look elsewhere

Aug 11th 2019

THIRTY YEARS AGO, amazing events were unfolding on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain.

Ο ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΓΕΡΟΝΤΑ ΕΦΡΑΙΜ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΙΖΟΝΑΣ

Archbishop of America Elpidophoros visits St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona

THE ARCHBISHOP OF THE ORTHODOX AUTONOMOUS CHURCH OF FINLAND AND THE LUTHERAN ARCHBISHOP OF FINLAND VISIT ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 

© Photo by Nicholas Manginas / Ecumenical Patriarchate

August 13, 2019

A DELEGATION FROM THE STANDING CONFERENCE OF ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES (SCOOCH) VISITS ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS

 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

STATEMENT OF THE MEETING OF THE HEADS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN DAMASCUS MOR APHREM MONASTERY, MAARAT SAYDNAYA – AUGUST 12, 2019

Antioch Patriarchate
Statement of the Meeting of the Heads of the Christian Churches in Damascus
Mor Aphrem Monastery, Maarat Saydnaya – August 12, 2019

REFLECTIONS ON AUTOCEPHALY BY A MEMBER OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA

DR. GAYLE E. WOLOSCHAK, 'Reflections on Autocephaly by a Member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USAReflections on Autocephaly by a Member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA'', in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 73-76.

WHAT HAS KOREA TO DO WITH UKRAINE? RUSSIA’S TRAGIC ASSAULT ON KOREAN UNITY

FR. PERRY HAMALIS, 'What has Korea to do with Ukraine? Russia’s Tragic Assault on Korean Unity'', in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 27-34.

Η ΡΩΣΙΚΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΕΙ ΣΤΟ «ΡΩΣΙΚΟ ΕΞΑΡΧΑΤΟ» ΝΑ ΕΝΤΑΧΤΕΙ ΣΤΟ ΣΩΜΑ ΤΗΣ

Η Ρωσική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία προτείνει στο «Ρωσικό Εξαρχάτο» να ενταχτεί στο σώμα της, διατηρώντας το Καταστατικό του και τις παραδόσεις του. Αναλυτικότερα εκ μέρους του Πατριάρχη Μόσχας και πασών των Ρωσιών κ.κ. Κυρίλλου ο επικεφαλής της Υπηρεσίας του Πατριαρχείου Μόσχας σε θέματα των ιδρυμάτων του εξωτερικού Μητροπολίτης Χερσονήσου και Δυτικής Ευρώπης κ. Αντώνιος απέστειλε επιστολή στο λεγόμενο «Ρωσικό Εξαρχάτο» στη Δυτική Ευρώπη να ενταχθεί στο σώμα του Πατριαρχείου Μόσχας.

OIKONOMIA FOR THE MAJORITY—AKRIVEIA FOR THE MINORITY

by John A. Heropoulos, publicorthodoxy

One of the Orthodox Church’s greatest strengths is the pastoral care used to nurture the faithful. 

L’IMPROBABILE AUTOCEFALIA NEI BALCANI

 

di: Lorenzo Prezzi

La propagazione tellurica provocata dal riconoscimento di autocefalia alla Chiesa ortodossa ucraina da parte di Costantinopoli (cf. SettimanaNews: L’Ortodossia, Ucraina e Parigi) e dal conflitto fra il patriarca di Mosca e quello del Fanar (Costantinopoli) ha messo in fibrillazione i luoghi di frizione fra le comunità, anche al di là del confronto fra i due patriarcati.

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH SEES GOOD SIGNAL IN ZELENSKY'S REMARKS AT MEETING WITH PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW

Kiev, August 8, Interfax - The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) has expressed its contentment with today's meeting between President Vladimir Zelensky and the Patriarch of Constantinople in Istanbul.

ZELENSKY REFUSES TO SIGN JOINT ECOLOGY-RELATED DECLARATION WITH PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW

The meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew was an initiative of President Volodymyr Zelensky and experts assess this step of the President as a good sign and an attempt to establish good relations with Constantinople.

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE CANONIZED SAINT LUKE OF SIMFEROPOL

 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Stavros Papagermanos, pressoffice@goarch.org

August 9, 2019

ΟΙ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΕΣ ΜΕΤΑ-ΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ ΜΟΣΧΑΣ

Ιερά Μητρόπολη Ναυπάκτου

Οἱ ἐκκλησιολογικές μετα-πτώσεις τοῦ Πατριαρχείου Μόσχας
Μητροπολίτου Ναυπάκτου καί Ἁγίου Βλασίου Ἱεροθέου

ΣΟΒΑΡΑ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΑ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΖΕΙ Η ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΥΚΡΑΝΙΑ

4 Αυγούστου 2019 8:06 πμ | Πέγκυ Ντόκου, dimokratiki.gr

Στις 27 Ιουλίου 2019 στο Κίεβο, πραγματοποιήθηκαν εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις με αφορμή την παραμονή της 1031ης επετείου από την βάπτιση των Ρως και της εορτής του Αγίου Βλαδίμηρου, όπου συμμετείχαν 300.000 πιστοί από όλη την Ουκρανία καθώς και από άλλες χώρες.

VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, TO THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 

Greek-English

© Photo by: Nicholas Manginas - Ecumenical Patriarchate

PRESIDENT HAD A MEETING WITH THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH

 The Presidential Office of Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Fener, Istanbul.

THE SERBIAN PATRIARCH RECEIVED THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIO

 Serbian Patriarchate

The Serbian Patriarch Irinej received His Excellency Lucan Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio in the Republic of Serbia, at the Serbian Patriarchate Palace in Belgrade on 7 August 2019.

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH IN ISTANBUL

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has begun a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

REPRESENTATIVES OF OCU, CONSTANTINOPLE, AND VICARIATE OF FORMER UOC-KP IN USA, CANADA DECIDE ON VICARIATE'S STATUS

On July 30, 2019, an official meeting of Metropolitan Emmanuel, representative of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Yevstratiy, representative of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and members of the former Vicariate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate in the USA and Canada – Fr. Victor Polarnyy, Fr. Oleksandr Dvinyatin, Fr. Roman Zagurski, Viktor Rud, Ivan Yaresko and Peter Palukh was held in Newark, New Jersey, Religion in Ukraine reports citing a Facebook account of Ivan Yaresko.

HOW CATHOLICS HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED AND TAUGHT DEIFICATION

by Jared Ortiz, publicorthodoxy

Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox all have an unfortunate habit of thinking that deification is somehow the exclusive provenance of the Orthodox. This claim is unfortunate not only because it has no basis in reality, but because it blinds us to the riches to be discovered in the tradition and because it slows down ecumenical progress.

Ο ΚΥΠΡΙΟΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΡΓΑΝΟ ΡΩΣΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΠΑΓΑΝΔΑΣ;

Γράφει η Τατιάνα Ντερκάτς Γράφει η Τατιάνα Ντερκάτς - Cerkvarium Μετάφραση από τα ρωσικά: Αλέξανδρος Ρωμηόπουλος 

THE VOICE OF SILENCE: A MONASTIC VOICE ON THE UKRAINIAN QUESTION

 MOTHER ABBESS THEOXENI, ''The Voice of Silence: A Monastic Voice on the Ukrainian Question'', in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 7-10.

‘THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF RUSSIA: THE THEORY OF THE THIRD ROME’

Holy Metropolis of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios 

‘The History of the Church of Russia: The Theory of the Third Rome’
Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios

Translation of the article in Greek «Ἱστορία τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ρωσίας, ἡ θεωρία τῆς Τρίτης Ρώμης»

Article in pdf 

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: SHOW SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE TO VIOLENCE AND HEATRED

 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Announcement on the killings in El Paso and Dayton, USA : Ecumenical Patriarch: Show spiritual resistance to violence and hatred

THE NORTH AMERICAN ORTHODOX-CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL CONSULTATION RELEASES NEW AGREED STATEMENT ON THE VOCATION AND MISSION OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD

 The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation Releases New Agreed Statement on the Vocation and Mission of the People of God

HOW RUSSIA’S ORTHODOX CHURCH REJECTS UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY

 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill visits St George church, the main Greek Orthodox cathedral during his visit on Aug. 31, 2018 in Istanbul.

Photo by AFP

 By VoxUkraine, Christine Borovkova, Scholar of the Democracy Study Center, Andreas Umland, political scientist, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

THE ROLE OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE IN GRANTING AUTOCEPHALY TO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN UKRAINE: A CANONICAL PERSPECTIVE

 DR. LEWIS J. PATSAVOS, ''The Role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Granting Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Canonical Perspective'', in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 66-72.

PASTORAL CARE FOR THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX

Fr. Cyril Hovorun, ''Pastoral Care for the Ukrainian Orthodox'',  in  The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Ukraine Autocephaly, Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Editor, May 2019, ORDER OF SAINT ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ARCHONS OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE, pp. 41-46.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CRISIS, NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN UKRAINE

  Dina Pisareva 

The research explores Russian-Ukrainian crisis 2014 in order to see (i) how it has impacted Ukrainian identity split between pro-Western and pro-Russian supporters and (ii) the situation with the process of democratic consolidation in Ukraine. The first research question uses data from public surveys and results of presidential and parliamentary elections 2014 and local elections 2015 in order to demonstrate that Ukrainian national identity has become more consolidated in its commitment to integration with the European Union. At the same time, there has been a significant rise of negative attitude towards Russia even in previously pro-Russian regions. The second research question is concerned with the democratic consolidation in Ukraine and whether resolution of pro-Russian vs. pro-Western identity conflict has resulted in enhanced democracy. In order to assess democratic consolidation in Ukraine the research looks at two main indicators post-crisis political party system and public support of democracy. From the analysis of second research question it can be concluded that democratic consolidation has been facing serious impediments in Ukraine and neither Ukrainian political party system nor political elites can be considered as sources of further consolidation of new regime. Public support of democracy has also slightly wavered by 2016 due to tough economic situation, non-decreasing corruption and lack of trust in politicians.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY TO MEET WITH PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IN ISTANBUL

On August 7-8, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will be on a visit to the Republic of Turkey. This is reported by the website of Ukraine's Head of State.

TΑΜΑΣΟΥ ΗΣΑΙΑΣ: ''ΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΜΑΣ Η ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΚΑΙ Η ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ''

Συνέντευξη του Μητροπολίτη Ταμασού και Ορεινής κ. Ησαΐα στην εφημερίδα "Αλήθεια"
Του Δημοσιογράφου Παναγιώτη Χατζηδημητρίου, Romfea.gr

''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.