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Orthodox Church

24 May 2011

Orthodox Patriarch and Baptist leader share peace messages

Two senior church leaders from very different Christian traditions have affirmed the common calling of Christians to seek peace and to share it with others.
23 Mar 2011

Orthodox churches are struggling to overcome differences

Differences over arcane church issues are preventing Orthodox churches getting together to discuss common issues and speak with one voice on major topics.
8 Mar 2011

Inter-Orthodox consultation looks at nature and mission of the church

A week-long inter-Orthodox consultation is continuing its work, with some forty senior church participants, in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
15 Dec 2010

Bulgarian Orthodox priests decide to join a trade union

Bulgarian Orthodox priests have decided to to join a trade union because they have not received statutory entitlements and have not been paid on time.
2 Dec 2010

Protests at donation of Austrian Catholic church to Orthodox

Polish congregations in Vienna have protested against a decision to offer one of the city's Catholic churches to Serbian Orthodox Christians
25 Nov 2010

Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican leaders seek unity boost

Ecumenism, which seeks global church unity, is in need of new energy, top Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican leaders have said.
27 Oct 2009

Orthodox leader's New Orleans visit highlights environmental challenge

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.
21 Sep 2009

Territorial row between Russian, Abkhazian and Georgian Orthodox

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.
21 Jul 2009

Orthodox leader calls for pan-European Christian alliance

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.
26 Feb 2009

New Orthodox Church in America head faces need for change

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.

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