#Orthodox

Russia. Msgr. Pezzi (Moscow): “Orthodox Easter behind closed doors in response to the appeal of Patriarch Kirill”

Lockdown in Moscow and Easter behind closed doors. Also Russia is facing a surge in infections, with the health system…

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Bulgaria, state of emergency, deserted streets in Sofia. Mutafcijski (Crisis Unit), “we follow Italian rules”. Catholic and Orthodox celebrations online

Orthodox Church: 200 new parish complexes in Moscow. A project in motion

Orthodox Patriarch Kirill launched a major initiative in 2011 providing for the construction of places of worship and building complexes…

Greek-Catholics to Pope Francis. Enzo Bianchi: “A land with a vocation to reconciliation, unity and peace”

An “overall reading” of the complex situation in Ukraine “to undertake paths of reconciliation and peace, true signs of the…

Pope in Romania. Fr. Militaru (Orthodox diocese of Italy) “The Romanian people will cherish every word of goodness and hope”

Gheorghe Militaru: “The Romanian people know how to recognize goodness, regardless of where it comes from. They know how to…

Pope in Romania. Father Teleanu (Orthodox Romanian Patriarchate): “’Don’t be afraid’: we look forward to hearing this message also from Francis.”

Teleanu Bogdan-Aurel: “I remember the words of John Paul II, do not be afraid. I believe that this message remains…

Anniversary of Francis-Kirill meeting in Havana: end of life conference in Moscow. Card. Koch, “a new chapter” has opened “in the relationship between our Churches”

Orthodox: Ukrainian Autocephalous Church. Bartholomew, “strive for unity and peace”, especially with Moscow

A mosque and a cathedral inaugurated in Egypt. Pope Tawadros II: “A new page in our history”

For the first time in the history of the entire Middle East an Islamic mosque and a Christian Cathedral were…

Ukraine: Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Hilarion (Moscow), a “council of the wicked” that “will be erased from historical memory like the chaff that the wind blows away”

Ukraine: Epiphanius is Primate of new “Ukrainian Orthodox Church”. Ukrainian President Poroshenko, “without Putin, without Kirill”, but “with God and with Ukraine”