Category - Orthodox Church

Orthodox leader's New Orleans visit highlights environmental challenge

agency reporter — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:49:10 +0000

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has made a return visit to the Lower Ninth Ward District of New Orleans, USA, to survey the restoration and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

Territorial row between Russian, Abkhazian and Georgian Orthodox

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:59:13 +0100

The leader of Orthodox Christians in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, has declared that his diocese is breaking with the Patriarchate of Georgia in defiance of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Orthodox leader calls for pan-European Christian alliance

Stephen Brown — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:48:20 +0100

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I has called for the creation of a churches' umbrella body in Europe to include Catholics alongside Anglicans, Orthodox and Protestants.

New Orthodox Church in America head faces need for change

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:20:23 +0000

Metropolitan Jonah, the new head of the Orthodox Church in America, says he "laughs off" any comparison made between himself and US President Barack Obama as a reformer and agent of change.

Pope and Patriarch tread St Paul's road to greater unity

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:05:40 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI and the Orthodox ecumenical patriarch Bartholemew are seeking to put differences aside in order to encourage a growing global vision of Christian unity in a divided world, using St Paul as an exemplar.

Orthodox Church women welcome participation and seek more change

agency reporter — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:40:34 +0100

Women in the Orthodox Church have reached significant milestones regarding their participation in church life, but many of their concerns have not yet been fully addressed, an international gathering of Orthodox women has stated.

Romanian Orthodox Church faces trade union challenge

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:29:15 +0100

The Romanian Orthodox Church has condemned the formation of a trade union among its clergy, and has said that priests should follow church procedures in making demands and airing grievances. But the workers involved disagree.

Armenian spiritual leader decries genocide denial

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:13:58 +0100

The leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, visiting Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, has spoken of the "genocide" suffered by his compatriots in the Ottoman empire, and said that those with power should ensure that justice prevails.

Medvedev gets backing of religious leaders in Russia

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:27:52 +0000

Russia's president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor, can count on support from his country's religious organizations which have congratulated him after his landslide victory in the recent elections.

Protests at Turkish damage to historic Orthodox monastery

staff writers — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:08:42 +0000

A world church leader has responded with "strong disappointment and shock" to what he says is the unlawful recent destruction of an historic Orthodox Christian Church by eight officials of a local Ministry of Forestry in Turkey.