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Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical on the convocation of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Your Beatitude and Most Holy Daniel, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Wallachia and Patriarch of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Romania, dearly beloved and cherished brother and concelebrant in Christ God, we embrace Your venerable Beatitude fraternally in the Lord and greet you most joyfully. It is with profound fraternal love as well as sentiments…

Mar 24, 2016basilica.ro

Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated at the Phanar

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at the Divine Liturgy officiated at the Cathedral of St George in Phanar, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 20 March 2016. Together with His Holiness also concelebrated the following Metropolitans: John of Pergamon, Isaiah of Denver, Alexios of Atlanta, Iakovos of Princes Islands, Joseph of Proikonissos, Meliton of Philadelphia,…

Mar 21, 2016basilica.ro

The Prince of Wales visited the Serbian Orthodox Church

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales paid His first visit to the Serbian Patriarchate. Belgrade, 16thMarch 2016. – Upon his arrival to the Patriarchate, there was a meeting between His Beatitude Serbian Patriarch Irinej and His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales. Thereafter, the Serbian Patriarch and the Prince of Wales together visited the…

Mar 17, 2016basilica.ro

The mission of the Orthodox Church in today’s world

The contribution of the Orthodox Church in the attainment of peace, justice, freedom, brotherhood and love between peoples and the removal of racial and other discrimination. Draft of document of the Pan-Orthodox Council approved by the Synaxis of the First Hierarchs of the Local Orthodox Churches in Chambésy, 21st to 28th January 2016. Published in…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

The Sacrament of Marriage and its impediments

The document is approved by the Synaxis of the Primates of Local Orthodox Churches on January 21 – 28, 2016, in Chambesy, with the exception of representatives of the Orthodox Churches of Antioch and Georgia. It is published by the decision of the Synaxis of the Primates. I. Orthodox marriage 1) The institute of family…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

Relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian World

Draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council, adopted by the 5thPan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference in Chambésy on October, 10-17, 2015. Published in compliance with the decision of the Synaxis of Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, Chambésy, January, 21-28, 2016. 1. The Orthodox Church, being the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, in her profound ecclesiastical consciousness…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

The importance of fasting and its observance today

Draft document of the Pan-Orthodox Council, adopted by the 5thPan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference in Chambésy on October 10-17, 2015. Published in compliance with the decision of the Synaxis of Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, Chambésy, January 21-28, 2016. 1. Fast is God’s commandment (Gen 2:16-17). According to St Basil the Great, fasting isas old as…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

Autonomy and the means of proclaiming it

Decision taken by the 5th Pan-Orthodox Pre-Council Conference, Chambésy, October 10-17, 2015 Published in compliance with the resolution of the Synaxis of Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches, Chambésy, January 21-28, 2016. Upon completing the work based on the text “Autonomy and the Means of Proclaiming It” that had been agreed upon and adopted by…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

Ordination of the New Metropolitan of Karpenission, in Athens

On 12 March 2016, the new Metropolitan of Karpenission, Georgios Rebelos, was ordained as hierarch in the Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, in Athens – the official website of the Orthodox Church of Greece informs. Archimandrite Georgios Rebelos was ordained hierarch during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Saturday by His Beatitude Hieronymus, Archbishop…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

Organization and Working Procedure of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Article 1 Introduction By the grace of the Holy Trinity, the Holy and Great Council is an authentic expression of the canonical tradition and perennial church practice as to the functioning of the conciliar system in One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and shall be convoked by His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch with the consent…

Mar 14, 2016basilica.ro

Serbian Patriarch Irinej on first canonical visit to Australia

For the first time since his election as Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (2010), His Beatitude Irinej is undertaking a canonical visit, from 02 to 13 March 2016, to the Serbian Diocese of Australia and New Zeeland. The agenda includes visits and services at the most important churches of the Serbian Orthodox communities in…

Mar 8, 2016basilica.ro