Orthodox Church
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New document from the theological dialogue with the Oriental Orthodox Churches
By Admin Webmaster 1/30/2023 9:28:51 AMThe Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches has published a new document entitled “The Sacraments in the Life of the Church”
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Ukraine celebrates Orthodox Christmas under the shadow of war
By Admin Webmaster 1/8/2023 6:59:49 AMChurch services have begun in Ukraine to mark the first Orthodox Christmas since Russia invaded the country last year. Worshipers gathered despite violations of an Orthodox Christmas Truce announced by Moscow.
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Georgios of Pafos is the new Orthodox archbishop of Cyprus
By Admin Webmaster 12/28/2022 8:42:21 AMOn Christmas Eve, the synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus elected its new archbishop: Metropolitan Georgios of Pafos, who succeeds Chrysostomos II, who died Nov. 7.
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Theological dialogue with Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church
By Admin Webmaster 12/19/2022 9:11:56 AMThe Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity took part in the theological dialogues with the Malankar Orthodox Churches
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Coptic Orthodox Church Overview
By Admin Webmaster 11/16/2022 10:42:05 AMThe Coptic Orthodox Church, the primary Christian church in Egypt, is one of the oldest branches of Christianity.
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Pope Francis remembers late Orthodox Primate of Cyprus Chrysostomos II
By Admin Webmaster 11/10/2022 8:40:17 AMPope Francis recalls the late Orthodox Archbishop of Cyprus, who passed away on November 7, as a man of dialogue and a lover of peace.
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Meeting of Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group in Cluj-Napoca
By Admin Webmaster 10/19/2022 10:07:52 AMThe Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group gathered for its eighteenth annual meeting from 12 to 16 October 2022 at the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the “Babeş-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Holy Father meets with Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk
By Admin Webmaster 8/10/2022 8:42:14 AMOn Friday 4 August the Holy Father received in a private audience Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk
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Coordinating Committee of the International Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 5/23/2022 8:53:45 AMThe Coordinating Committee of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church met from 16-20 May 2022 in Rethymno (Greece).
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PCPCU represented at Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation
By Admin Webmaster 5/18/2022 9:12:27 AMAn Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation was organized by the World Council of Churches in Cyprus from 10-15 May 2022.
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Russian Orthodox priests: no call for peace should be rejected
By Admin Webmaster 3/3/2022 8:20:52 AMReconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue, and the full awareness that there can be no room for violence are underscored in an appeal for peace by a group of 233 clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church, who also expressed hopes that all soldiers, Russian and Ukrainian, can return home unharmed.
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Cardinal Koch visits Russian Orthodox Seminary in France
By Admin Webmaster 2/21/2022 8:20:50 AMOn 13 February 2022, during his visit to Paris for the anniversary of the meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, visited the Russian Orthodox Seminary in France, where he was received by Metropolitan Antonij, Patriarchal Exarch for Western Europe of the Moscow Patriarchate, together with Reverend Father Alexandre Siniakov, Rector of the Seminary.
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Cattedra Tillard: Reverend Professor Patriciu Vlaicu
By Admin Webmaster 2/16/2022 9:05:24 AMReverend Professor Patriciu Vlaicu, of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Cluj-Napoca, will deliver the tenth lecture of the 2021‒2022 “Tillard Chair” on Friday 18 February 2022 at 5.30 pm.
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Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
By Admin Webmaster 2/7/2022 10:11:32 AMThe Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches held an online meeting on 26-28 January 2022.
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Pope Francis expresses greetings to Eastern Churches celebrating Christmas
By Admin Webmaster 1/10/2022 9:21:56 AMThe Holy Father sent his best wishes of peace and joy for Oriental, Catholic and Orthodox Christians celebrating Christmas on 7 January according to the Julian calendar.
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Bartholomew I Christmas message: Science is a priceless gift from God
By Admin Webmaster 12/23/2021 7:17:29 PMIn his 2021 Christmas message, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople reminds the faithful of the meaning of Divine Incarnation and invites everyone to gratefully accept the gift of science and get vaccinated in this time of pandemic.
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Visit to Vatican of His Eminence Metropolitan Polycarpos
By Admin Webmaster 6/2/2021 8:11:48 AMOn 22 May Pope Francis met with the new Orthodox Metropolitan of Italy and Exarch of All Southern Europe.
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Visit of Archbishop Mor Anthimos Jack Yakoub
By Admin Webmaster 4/23/2021 9:31:34 AMMor Anthimos Jack Yakoub, Patriarchal Vicar for Youth Affairs and Christian Education, visited Rome from 14–22 April 2021.
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Eastern Orthodox Denomination
By Admin Webmaster 4/19/2021 9:22:41 AMEastern Orthodox Denomination. Eastern Orthodoxy Is a United Family of 13 Self-Governing Churches.
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Enthronement of the new Orthodox Metropolitan of Italy 11 Mar 2021
By Admin Webmaster 3/12/2021 8:37:33 AMThe enthronement of the new Orthodox Metropolitan of Italy and Exarch of All Southern Europe, His Eminence Polycarpos Stavropoulos, took place in the Cathedral of Saint George of the Greeks in Venice on Thursday 11 March at 11.00 am.
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Election of His Holiness Profirije as new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
By Admin Webmaster 2/22/2021 9:36:18 AMOn 18 February 2021 the Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, gathered in assembly in the Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade, elected the new Patriarch of the Serbian Church, the Metropolitan of Zagabria and Ljubljana, Porfirije (Perić).
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Meeting of the Joint Working Group for Cultural Projects between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church
By Admin Webmaster 2/19/2021 9:02:59 AMAn online meeting took place on 12 February 2021 of the Joint Working Group for Cultural Projects between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Official inauguration of ecumenical cooperation between Angelicum and International Hellenic University
By Admin Webmaster 2/19/2021 8:52:01 AMThe ecumenical cooperation between the Institute for Ecumenical Studies of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and the Master Programme in Orthodox Ecumenical Theology of the International Hellenic University was officially inaugurated on 9 February 2021 by a webinar dedicated to the Catholic–Orthodox theological dialogue.
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In memoriam Metropolitan Philaret (Varkhomeev)
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2021 8:31:34 AMThe Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity joins in prayer with the Belarusian Orthodox Church on the death on 12 January 2021 at the age of 85 of His Eminence Metropolitan Philaret (Varkhomeev), Emeritus Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus.
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Cardinal Koch laments death of Orthodox former Patriarch of Belarus
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2021 6:55:44 AMThe President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity expresses his condolences for the death of Metropolitan Philaret, calling the former Patriarchal Exarch of Belarus “a luminous example of faith.”
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Tillard Chair: Lecture of Archbishop Job of Telmessos on the Encyclical "Ut unum sint"
By Admin Webmaster 12/23/2020 8:36:41 AML’Arcivescovo Giobbe di Telmessos, Rappresentante del Patriarcato ecumenico presso il Consiglio Ecumenico delle Chiese (Ginevra) e Copresidente della Commissione mista internazionale di dialogo teologico tra la Chiesa cattolica e la Chiesa ortodossa
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A delegation of the Holy See takes part in the patronal feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
By Admin Webmaster 12/2/2020 10:20:20 AMA delegation of the Holy See takes part in the patronal feast of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
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In memoriam His Holiness Patriarch Irinej
By Admin Webmaster 11/23/2020 10:42:00 AMThe Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has learned with great sadness of the death of His Holiness Irinej, Patriarch of the Serbian Church, who passed away on 20 November 2020.
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Serbian Patriarch Irinej was a model of faith and dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 11/21/2020 8:35:31 PMThe Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity mourns the death of Patriarch Irinej, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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Executive Meeting of the Joint Working Group
By Admin Webmaster 11/11/2020 10:25:48 AMThe Executive Committee of the Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (WCC) held an online meeting on 6 November 2020.