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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

Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte pays an official visit to Moscow

His Beatitude Neophyte, Patriarch of Bulgaria, is currently paying an official visit to Moscow, upon the invitation of the Russian Patriarch Kirill and of professor Valery Arkadyevich Alekseyev, president of the International Foundation for the Unity of the Orthodox Peoples, according to the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The purpose of this five-days…

Mar 7, 2016basilica.ro

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of you” (2 Cor 13:13). 1. By God the Father’s will, from which all gifts come, in the…

Feb 13, 2016basilica.ro

Patriarch Kiril and Pope Francis: „Family is based on Marriage, a Free and Faithful Act of Love between a Man and a Woman”

Friday, 12 February 2016, a historical meeting took place in Havana, capital city of Cuba, between the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Primate of the Catholic Church. During the meeting, His Beatitude Kirill and His Holiness Pope Francis signed a common statement and launched an appeal for the ceasing of the conflict…

Feb 13, 2016basilica.ro

The Sacred Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Canonizes Archbishop Seraphim Sobolev

During the fifth plenary session of the Sacred Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, held Wednesday, 03 February 2016, in the Synodal Hall of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, the canonization proposal of the Bulgarian Archbishop Seraphim Sobolev was considered. At the session also participated a delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, comprised…

Feb 4, 2016basilica.ro

Synodal Act of Canonization of Venerable John the New Chosebite

The area of the Cherith brook and the Monastery of St George the Chosebite within it, the place where we hold today this Joint Patriarchal Liturgy, have proven to be sites of revelation of God’s miracles for the salvation of man since the days of the Old Testament. This is where, to escape the wrath…

Feb 1, 2016basilica.ro

Patriarch of Jerusalem Proclaimed the Sainthood of Venerable John Iacob of Neamt

Sunday, 31 January 2016, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem proclaimed Ioan Iacob from Neamt as a saint. The proclamation festivities of canonisation were led by His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, who celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the church monastery of Saint Pious George from Hozeva in the Holy Land, together with 11 hierarchs from…

Jan 31, 2016basilica.ro

Press Release regarding the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches – Chambésy, 21-28 January, 2016

COMMUNIQUÉ(below you can also find the Greek, French and Russian translation of the text) At the invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Synaxis of Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches took place at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Geneva, from 21st to 28th January, 2016. The following Primates attended:…

Jan 26, 2016basilica.ro