Orthodox Churches
Exclusive interview with Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv
8. April 2019 - 11:42
While in Kyiv as a representative of the Orthodox Faculty of Belgrade at a conference of the Ecclеsiastical Academy of Kyiv on March 26, 2019, Nikolaj Sapsaj interviewed Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv. Topics include the events that have marked his ministry so far, the relationships with the Patriarchate of Serbia, and the situation in Ukraine..
Ethnic Korean bishop appointed for Russian Church’s Korean Diocese
8. April 2019 - 11:31
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church gathered yesterday under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at Moscow’s Danilov Monastery. Among the Synod’s work was the appointment of hierarchs for several vacant dioceses, according to the report published on the official site of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Ukrainian Holy Synod establishes new feast days, officially adds St. Raphael of Brooklyn to liturgical calendar
5. April 2019 - 14:09
The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its first session this year at the Kiev Caves Lavra today under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, making several important decisions, including adding several feast days to the Church’s liturgical calendar, reports the Church’s website.
1,600 glasses and eye exam equipment donated to Orthodox clinic in Guatemalan village
1. April 2019 - 11:21
The village of Aguacate, near the Mexico border in Guatemala, became home to first-ever Orthodox medical clinic in Guatemala, and possibly in all of Central America, in 2015. Most of the residents of the village joined the Orthodox Church in 2010, along with more than 100 other communities throughout the country.
The Second Sunday of the Great Fast in New York City
29. March 2019 - 14:53
On the Second Sunday of the Great Fast–dedicated to St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop and Wonderworker of Thessaloniki–the Serbian and Greek communities gathered together to celebrate this great holy day liturgically in the Church of St. Eleftherios in New York City.
The Patriarch of Alexandria decorated the Ambassador of Ukraine to Egypt
29. March 2019 - 11:22
Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa celebrated Ambassador of Ukraine to Egypt, Hennadil
