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Church, Society, and Politics: A View from Moscow

By His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia (in a special issue of ‘European View’ dedicated to religion and politics) The DECR Communication Service publishes an article by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Russia from a special issue of ‘European View’ dedicated to the problems of religion and politics (“European…

WILL THE TRUE CHURCH STAND UP?

By Katherine G. Valone Pope Benedict XVI of Rome issued an important statement on July 10, 2007 stating that Our Lord Jesus Christ established one Church on earth, which is the Roman Church and that other communities “cannot be called ‘churches’ in the proper sense”, because they do not have apostolic succession – the ability…

THE ORTHODOX APPROACH TO MISSION: TRANSFORMING THE HEART OF THE WORLDRemarks Given at the XII All-Diaspora Youth Conference Paris, 5th July 2011

Remarks Given at the XII All-Diaspora Youth Conference Paris, 5th July 2011 Your Eminence, Your Grace, Reverend Fathers, Beloved Brothers and Sisters: In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: Amen. It is a joy for me to be giving what amounts to the first ‘formal’ lecture of this blessed conference,…

A NEW PENTECOST IN CHICAGO

By Chor-Episcopos Dr. Kyriakos of Chicago God’s grace was abundantly showered upon the people of God at an Orthodox Conference held at the Carmelite Retreat Center in Darien, a suburb of Chicago, from May 31 through June 3, 2007. This Conference was sponsored by the Brotherhood St. Moses the Black, and it was called the…

Russian Church Unity One Year On: Expectations, Impressions, Thoughts

By Priest Andrew Phillips One year ago, on Ascension Day, 17 May 2007, the two parts of the Russian Orthodox Church went up into the heavens and were blessed, officially entering into canonical communion with one another. Thus, the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia together reconstituted the Mother-Church of the whole…

SACRED MESSAGES OF PASCHA

Orthodox Pascha- April 8, 2007 By Katherine G. Valone CHRIST HAS DIED; CHRIST IS RISEN; CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN!!! The supreme object of his coming was to bring about the resurrection of the body. This was to be the monument to his victory over death, the assurance to all that he had himself conquered corruption…

Letters To The Editor

WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE ON THE ELECTION OF HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA, AND FEEL THAT IT IS TO BE POSTED IN OUR READERS’ RESPONSE COLUMN. LEST US HEAR ADDITIONAL RESPONSES TO THIS REACTION From: Rajan Zed <rjnzed@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:22 AM Subject: For publication/broadcast: Hindus…

Associated with the Neopaganism Neosatanismo?

Mr Lambrou Skontzou, Theologian, Professor. The modern world is literally immersed in an incredible state of spiritual decline.The spirituality of today’s man is synonymous with the occult and the entire spectrum of unhealthy mysticism, which is expressed with a variety of specific movements and groups. The source of the occult are common and diverse groups,…

POPE BENEDICT XVI REMOVES FROM HIS TITLES THE MOST ANCIENT ONE GIVEN BY THE FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF NICEA

The Ecumenical Patriarchate Reacts. It is hereby announced that during its last meeting the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate discussed the importance and the consequences for the relations between the Roman-Catholic and the Orthodox Churches of the recent decision of His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI of Rome, to remove from his titles…

The Orthodox Church in Belgium and in Luxemburg

by Fr. Sergius Model Saint Amandus of Elnon – Feb 6 Reposed in the Lord † 675. Born near Nantes in France, he lived as a hermit in Bourges for fifteen years. At the age of thirty-three he became a bishop and preached in Flanders in Belgium, Carinthia in Austria and among the Basques in…

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