Pope Francis receives Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij
By Admin Webmaster 7/12/2024 10:06:55 PMRussian Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, meets Pope Francis in the Vatican.
Metropolitan Daniil elected Patriarch of Bulgaria
By Admin Webmaster 7/2/2024 9:00:00 AMThe Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects 52-year-old Metropolitan of Vidin, Daniil, as its new Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia succeeding the late Neofit.
Fiducia supplicans: Fernández Visits Tawadros
By Admin Webmaster 5/23/2024 8:28:23 PMThe meeting in Cairo centred on the Coptic Orthodox Church’s March 2024 declaration rejecting "same-sex marriage".
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Patriarch Bartholomew: Preparations underway for 1700th anniversary of Nicaea
By Admin Webmaster 5/17/2024 6:17:08 AMBartholomew I of Constantinople speaks to Vatican News about ecological conversion. He also discusses the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the ecumenical preparations for the upcoming 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Young women from Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America participate at the UN
By Admin Webmaster 3/25/2024 9:04:40 AMA group of 13 young women from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America have participated in advocacy for rights and beliefs at the United Nations in New York in conjunction with the Commission on the Status of Women.
Pope deeply saddened by death of Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria
By Admin Webmaster 3/17/2024 9:16:43 AMThe Pope sends his heartfelt condolences to Metropolitan Yoan, the Holy Synod and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for the passing away of Patriarch Neofit.
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Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte dies aged 78
By Admin Webmaster 3/15/2024 4:56:17 PMPatriarch Neophyte of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, and Metropolitan of Sofia, has died at the age of 78.
Twentieth meeting of Catholic-Oriental Orthodox dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:37:43 AMThe twentieth meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches took place in Rome from January 22 to 26, 2024.
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Vespers at the Conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:24:51 AMPope Francis marked the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 by presiding at Vespers at the Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls.
Academic Act for the 20th anniversary of the Catholic-Oriental Orthodox dialogue
By Admin Webmaster 1/31/2024 9:12:04 AMTo mark the twentieth anniversary of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
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Pope to Catholic-Oriental Orthodox commission: Pray and work for communion
By Admin Webmaster 1/26/2024 8:30:40 PMPope Francis highlights the dialogue of charity, truth, and life in his address to the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
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Translation into Arabic of ecumenical documents
By Admin Webmaster 1/24/2024 4:30:09 PMThe Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity [DPCU] is pleased to offer a translation into Arabic of all the dialogue documents of its Eastern Section, as well as of general documents on ecumenism.
Estonia says head of Russian Orthodox Church must go home
By Admin Webmaster 1/22/2024 10:18:08 AMEstonia will not renew the residence permit of Metropolitan Eugene of the Estonian Orthodox Church linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, saying he is a threat to national security.
A fraternal embrace that is also a commitment
By Admin Webmaster 1/19/2024 8:44:51 AMAs the Church celebrates the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, reflects on the relationship between Catholics and Orthodox 60 years after the historic encounter between Pope St. Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras.
To the Catholic Committee for Cultural Collaboration with the Orthodox Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
By Admin Webmaster 1/15/2024 10:53:09 AMWe can meet in these days leading up to the celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem: ‘My heart is saddened for suffering brothers’
By Admin Webmaster 10/24/2023 10:53:27 AMAfter 18 Christians were killed in last week's bombing of the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios in Gaza, Patriarch Theophilos III recalls the duty of Christians to “be peacemakers and seek justice” in an interview with the Osservatore Romano.
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Coptic Christians preserve 'an immeasurable treasure'
By Admin Webmaster 5/10/2023 7:54:24 PMAlberto Alfredo Winterberg, a PhD student at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, explores the ancient Coptic Christian tradition.
Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony greets Pope at audience
By Admin Webmaster 5/3/2023 7:53:30 PMThe chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate was present in St Peter's Square on Wednesday for the Pope’s General Audience, after meeting on Tuesday with Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.
Pope: Do not prevent necessary aid from reaching Syria
By Admin Webmaster 2/23/2023 7:10:44 PMPope Francis warns against impeding aid from reaching war-torn, earthquake-struck Syria, when addressing monks and priests from Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Russian Orthodoxy and Militant Religion.
By Admin Webmaster 2/20/2023 8:58:59 AMThe ecclesiastical dimension appears increasingly secondary in the exaltation of the "Russian World," pointing to the people and the empire more than liturgies and bishop's miters. Everywhere imprinted on flags, T-shirts and digital memes is the slogan "We are Russians, God is with us!" Tsar Nicholas I's battle cry in the mid-19th century Crimean War.
Plenary session of theological dialogue with Oriental Orthodox Churches
By Admin Webmaster 2/8/2023 9:21:05 AMThe nineteenth meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches took place at the Logos Center of the Saint Bishoy Monastery, Egypt, from 31 January – 4 February 2023, hosted by the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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”
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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).