Sretensky Monastery Hosts a Regular Meeting of the Inter-Council Presence to Discuss Church Law
27. March 2012 - 14:56On March 23, 2012, Sretensky Stavropighial Monastery in Moscow held a regular meeting of the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church, presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Germany and Great Britain, to discuss church law.
21 priests serve in Russian army
27. March 2012 - 14:51
Over 240 military priests will serve in the Army and Navy, said Boris Lukichev, head of the Russian Armed Forces Directorate for working with religious servicemen.
"We have 21 priests in the army and navy. They signed contracts with commanders and perform their professional duties. Twenty are Orthodox Christians and one is from a Muslim ummah, imam-hatyb Sindikayev. He is serving in the Southern Military District. The rest were sent to other districts and army services," Lukichev said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, published on Monday.
Statement of the Episcopal Assembly of Oceania
27. March 2012 - 9:07
FOR THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LEGAL
AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, CANBERRA
Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Orthodox Christian position on marriage requires an adequate understanding of how the term ‘marriage’ is understood not only in our faith community, but also its broader societal implications.
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece at the Phanar
26. March 2012 - 9:32
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, His All-Holiness received His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece at the Phanar. Archbishop Ieronymos was accompanied by Metropolitan Vasilios of Elassona and Bishop Gabriel of Diavleia.
Source: Ecumenical Patriarchate
Exhibition timed to the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan opens at the National Library of Russia
23. March 2012 - 10:18
On 20 March 2012, an exhibition entitled “I am the only Russian here…” (from history of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Japan)” opened at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg.
The exhibition is timed to the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan and presents documents and other materials on the life and work of St. Nicholas, as well as materials about Japan, notes and memoirs of Russian and foreign authors published at the turn of the 19th century about Japanese traditions and customs.
General Consul of Japan in St. Petersburg, Mr. Ichiro Kavabata, addressed the guests of library at the opening ceremony, press service of the National Library of Russia reports.
