Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox Patriarch
Sofia, Bulgaria AP Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevsky Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch Neophyte, who died Wednesday at the age of 78. Neophyte, who became Patriarch in 2013, was the first head of the Bulgarian church to be chosen after the […]
Ecumenical Patriarchate orders churches to halt services until end-March
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters The spiritual head of Orthodox Christians worldwide has ordered churches to halt services and rites until the end of March in response to the spread of the coronavirus, the Ecumenical Patriarchate said. The patriarchate, which is the seat of the spiritual leader of some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, announced the move in […]
Émigré Russian church leader switches loyalty to Moscow
ParisRNS The network of émigré Russian Orthodox parishes in Western Europe, founded in Paris by refugees from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, appears to be headed for years of complex canonical and legal disputes after their archbishop announced on Saturday that he would rejoin the Moscow Patriarchate and urged his followers to accompany him. A special […]
ORTHODOX CHURCH: ÉMIGRÉ RUSSIANS INCH TOWARD A RETURN TO MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE
TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, reports on the decision facing Russian churches in Western Europe…
ORTHODOX CHURCH: OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR UKRAINIAN CHURCH CREATES GROWING DIVIDE
NIKOLIA APOSTOLOU reports for Religion News Service…
ORTHODOX CHURCH: RISKING A SPLIT OVER INDEPENDENCE FOR UKRAINE’S CHURCH
TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, reports from Paris on the divisions in the Orthodox Church…
Archbishop of Canterbury and Ecumenical Patriarch sign joint declaration condemning modern slavery
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, have signed a joint declaration condemning modern slavery at a meeting in Istanbul this week. In the declaration, the two church leaders not only condemned all forms of human enslavement but repented for not doing enough to combat modern slavery, urged members of […]