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Blessing & Dedication of Icon at Parumala Seminary Church by Catholicos Baselious Paulose II

His Holiness Moran Mor Baselious Marthoma Paulose II – Catholicos on the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas and Metropolitan of Malankara presided over the blessing and dedication ceremony of the newly painted Orthodox icon at Parumala Seminary Church. The new icon is painted on the wall of the major Altar of the Parumala Seminary Chruch.

The dedication ceremony was assisted by Metropolitan Abraham Mar Ephipanios of Sultan Bathery, Metropolitan Gevarghese Mar Yulios of Ahmedabad and several priests. The icon painting project was lead by Fr. Aswin Fernandez – Executive Secretary at the Ecumenical Relations Department of the Malankara Church.

Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Cardinal Kurt Koch

On October 18, 2018, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, met with the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unite, Cardinal Kurt Koch, within the framework of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church.

South Korean president to meet Pope with message from North Korea

Pope Francis will receive South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Vatican on 18 October, Greg Burke, the director of the Holy See’s Press Office said in a brief statement on Tuesday.   

He also said that the previous day, Wednesday October 17, Vatican Secretary of State, CardinalPietro Parolin will preside over a “Mass for Peace” on the Korean Peninsula in Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, in which President Moon will participate. 

Patriarch Kirill: It was a talk of Primates aware of their responsibility for the state of Universal Orthodoxy

His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia have met at the Throne Hall of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Phanar quarter in Istanbul.

Participating in the meeting were Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), Archpriest Nikolay Balashov, DECR vice-chairman, and members of the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

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New rules implemented following murder of Coptic Bishop

With the motive behind the murder of Bishop Epiphanius of the Monastery of Saint Macarius appearing to be money, Pope Tawadros II has put in place new rules to enforce discipline within the Coptic Orthodox Church.

After the murder of Bishop Epiphanius on July 29^th in Egypt, Pope Tawadros II has implemented new rules for Coptic Orthodox communities in an attempt to protect discipline in monasteries.