Patriarch Ilia II: “I said what I had to. And if I had been silent, it would have been shocking”
1. Април 2016 - 14:27
In his sermon after the service in the ancient Georgian capital of Mtskheta, at Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, the primate of the Georgian Orthodox Church Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II spoke on the Anti-Discrimination Act passed in Georgia in 2014 and on so-called "same-sex marriages," thus responding to the accusations against him by the European Commission in its report on racism and intolerance.
OCA Holy Synod elects Bishop Alexander of Toledo to vacant Dallas See
31. Март 2016 - 15:02
The members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America elected His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese to fill the vacant See of Dallas and the South during their Spring Session here on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.
Bishop Alexander succeeds His Eminence, the late Archbishop Dmitri, who in retirement fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 87 on August 28, 2011.
Primates of Greek Orthodox Churches of Middle East meet in Cyprus
31. Март 2016 - 14:55
Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, Spokesman of Antioch Patriarch, Bishop Elias and the Representative of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Athinodoros Papaevripiades are in Cyprus, at the invitation of Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos.
According to an official press release issued Tuesday, they participated Monday in a meeting of the Primates and the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches Middle East, which took place at the Holy Archbishopric, in Nicosia.
Consecration of His Grace Nikodemos of Nitria
31. Март 2016 - 14:51
On March 27, 2016, the Second Sunday of Lent, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa officiated at Orthros, and celebrated the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy during which he celebrated the consecration of His Grace Nikodemos Bishop of Nitria at the Holy Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. Savvas the Sanctified in Alexandria.
Pan-Orthodox Secretariat of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church begins its work in Chambésy
30. Март 2016 - 15:16
On 29 March 2016, the first meeting of the Pan-Orthodox Secretariat of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church began at the Orthodox Centre of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Chambésy, near Geneva, under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Jeremiah of Switzerland (Patriarchate of Constantinople).
