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On June 24, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' and His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews III of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, a delegation of doctors from the St. Gregory's Hospital and International Research Oncology Center in Parumala (Kerala, India), under the auspices of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, arrived in Russia to hold talks on cooperation with the Central Clinical Hospital of St. Alexii, Metropolitan of Moscow, and to exchange experiences in hospital ministry. This was reported by the website of St. Alexii Hospital.
26.06.2024
The fifth meeting of the Commission for Dialogue between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church of the East has been held
25.06.2024
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28.05.2024
Patriarchal exarch for Africa heads celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the founding in Tunis of the Church of Christ’s Resurrection.
28.05.2024
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27.05.2024
Secretary of the Surozh Diocese took part in the events on the occasion of the visit of the Primate of the Malankara Church of India to the UK
27.05.2024
Protopresbyter Ioannis K. Diotis. Theologian, social commentator, writer and publisher. Recipient of awards from the Academy of Sciences of Athens for his activities.
25.12.2023 • Reviews
Article by Vakhtang V. Kipshidze, vice-chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media
16.11.2023 • Reviews
An article by Matthew Namee
28.10.2022
In the course of debates on the order of acceptance into the Church of persons ordained in schismatic communities one can often hear references to various precedents in history. For instance, the defenders of the position of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which had received members of the UOC KP and UAOC into communion without reordination, cite examples of acceptance in the present dignity of persons ordained by schismatics and even by heretics. Yet, in most cases these examples do not seem to be convincing upon closer look.
29.05.2022 • Reviews
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia
The Church’s communication with the world external to her is a special but integral part of Orthodox mission. This ministry is not always the direct proclamation of the Word of God. However, it helps millions of people to see Orthodoxy from various viewpoints and also to come to feel the beauty and power of Orthodoxy.
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