A report by Metropolitan Luka of Zaporozhye and Melitopol at the conference "The Influence of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the Fate of Orthodoxy in Ukraine," organized by the Center for Russian Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.

23.10.2024

The struggle of the Moscow Patriarchate for Russian monastic presence on Mount Athos in the 1960s – early 1970s

03.10.2024

The Extreme Inconsistency of the Behaviour of Patriarch Bartholomew

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

Pyrrhic victory of the Ukrainian authorities: the fight against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Article by Vakhtang V. Kipshidze, vice-chairman of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media

16.11.2023 • Reviews

On the blessing of “same-sex” marriages in the Church of England

09.03.2023 • Reviews

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'

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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#Unity of the Russian Church

Vladimir Legoyda: Decision to revoke Metropolitan Onuphry’s citizenship is a political act aimed at putting pressure on entire millions-strong flock of the Ukrainian Church

03.07.2025

Litiya celebrated in the territory of St. Sergius Cathedral in Johannesburg on the anniversary of the end of Anglo-Boer War

03.06.2025

#Persecution of Christians

Raiders force parishioners out of a Ukrainian Orthodox church during service in Bukovyna village Stavchany

25.04.2025

Representative of the Ethiopian Patriarchate on the detention of a Hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova at Chisinau Airport: "An uncivilized and illegal act violating human rights and trampling moral norms"

21.04.2025

Patriarch Kirill addresses Primates of Local Orthodox Churches, Christian Leaders, Heads of State, and International organizations regarding law banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church

11.04.2025

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Metropolitan Hilarion: it is our duty to preserve God's creation.

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Will the Orthodox have their own "Pope"?

How one Ukrainian bishop had gone into a schism

Liturgy at sub-zero temperatures: the body is cold, but the heart is hot

Metropolitan Hilarion: The Lord entrusted us with the Church that has existed for a thousand years

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DECR Chairman: the politicization of the World Council of Churches puts its future under threat

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk meets with students of the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy

Representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches participate in Patriarchal service on the occasion of Saints Cyril and Methodius Day.

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Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission concelebrates with the Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Monastery of the Prophet Elisha

Metropolitan Juvenaly (Poyarkov) extends condolences to Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis following terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus

Russian Foreign Ministry expresses condolences over terrorist attack at Mar Elias church in Damascus

DECR secretary for affairs of the far abroad archpriest Sergy Zvonaryov defends doctoral dissertation.

Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church meets with Russia’s Ambassador to Syria

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'

Vladimir Legoyda: Decision to revoke Metropolitan Onuphry’s citizenship is a political act aimed at putting pressure on entire millions-strong flock of the Ukrainian Church

Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem calls for peace between Russia and Ukraine and the restoration of Church unity

St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye

Sunday Liturgy is celebrated at St. Nicholas Cathedral in the capital of Iran

DECR Chairman arrives in South Africa

Litiya celebrated in the territory of St. Sergius Cathedral in Johannesburg on the anniversary of the end of Anglo-Boer War

Raiders force parishioners out of a Ukrainian Orthodox church during service in Bukovyna village Stavchany

Representative of the Ethiopian Patriarchate on the detention of a Hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova at Chisinau Airport: "An uncivilized and illegal act violating human rights and trampling moral norms"

Patriarch Kirill addresses Primates of Local Orthodox Churches, Christian Leaders, Heads of State, and International organizations regarding law banning the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church

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