Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey visits the Phanar
9. January 2011 - 11:41
On Monday, January 3, 2011, His All Holiness met at the Ecumenical Patriarchate with the Hon. Bülent Arınç, State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey. Mr. Arınç is also the former House Speaker of the Turkish Parliament (2002-2007). The Deputy Prime Minister held private conversations with the Ecumenical Patriarch, attended a reception with leading representatives of the Greek community and its institutions in Turkey, and addressed the media with the Patriarch.
Christmas Message of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia
10. January 2011 - 13:23
Christmas Message
of His Holiness Patriarch KIRILL of Moscow and All Russia
to the Archpastors, Pastors, Monastics and all the Faithful Children
of the Russian Orthodox Church
Your Eminences the archpastors, honourable fathers,
venerable monks and nuns, dear brothers and sisters!
On this present light-bearing night we again spiritually relive the joy of the world's finding of its Saviour. Again in our thoughts we gaze upon the Son of the Living God who lies in a manger of the cave of Bethlehem. Again we hear in our hearts the voice of the angels giving praise to the Creator and Redeemer: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men' (Lk. 2:14).
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church appoint a new administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate’s dioceses in Western Europe
1. January 2011 - 13:19
On 24 December 2010, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held in Moscow under chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, considered the matter of the Korsun diocese that unites parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in France, Spain, Switzerland, and Portugal.
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah for the Nativity of Christ 2010
22. December 2010 - 15:32
To the Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America
Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah for the Nativity of Christ 2010
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
"Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men" [Luke 2:14].
The angelic proclamation at the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the good news of the restoration of all things. In Christ, all things are made new, God is made man, and the order of nature is restored. All things are filled with His glory. All creation itself sings with joy, radiating the glory of God, while the angelic hosts join in praise of the One Who has been made manifest to us.
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America web site makes its debut
22. December 2010 - 15:25
The web site of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America -- formerly known as the Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America -- made its debut on Friday, December 17, 2010. It may be accessed at http://www.episcopalassembly.org.
