The Chudov Monastery, named in honor of the miracle of the Archangel Michael at Conae, was built in 1358, and stood within the Kremlin walls until it was destroyed by the godless soviets in 1929. The 14th building of the Kremlin was built over the site of the Chudov and Ascension monasteries between the Spassky Gate and the Senate Palace from 1932 to 1934; the dismantling of the building began in the fall of 2015, revealing a number of archaeological treasures. Now those treasures will be on ...

Meeting at Danilov Monastery on August 30 under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church established a new feast for the pious faithful of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church at large. Having heard a request from His Eminence Metropolitan Innocent of Vilnius and Lithuania, the hierarchs resolved to establish the feast of All Saints Who Have Shone Forth in the Lithuanian Land, reports the press ...

Im Vorfeld seiner Generalversammlung am 7. September klären sich die Optionen für die Zukunft des Pariser Exarchats. So haben die Gemeinden des „Erzbistums der orthodoxen Gemeinden russischer Tradition in Westeuropa“ Anfang Augst zwei Schreiben erhalten: einen Vorschlag vom Ökumenischen Patriarchat und einen von der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche (ROK). Begleitet wurden die Dokumente von einem Brief von Erzbischof Jean (Renneteau), dem Leiter des Exarchats, mit der Aufforderung an die Geistlich...

Bei ihrem ersten Zusammentreffen haben der ukrainische Präsident Volodymyr Zelenskyj und der Ökumenische Patriarch Bartholomaios beide die Unabhängigkeit der Orthodoxen Kirche der Ukraine (OKU) betont. Wörtlich sagte Zelenskyj: „Ich werde mich für die Unabhängigkeit der Kirche einsetzen“. Dabei unterstrich er jedoch auch, die „Behörden sollten sich nicht in kirchliche Angelegenheiten einmischen“. Gegenüber Medienvertretern erklärte der ukrainische Präsident, der Patriarch und er hätten „über ...

Im August haben sich die Teilnehmer einer Konferenz im ukrainischen Tschernigov für die Autokephalie der orthodoxen Kirche in Belarus ausgesprochen. Dies fordert insbesondere die von der Weltorthodoxie nicht anerkannte Belarussische Autokephale Orthodoxe Kirche (BAOK), die in Belarus auch nicht als Religionsgemeinschaft registriert ist, ihre wenigen Gemeinden agieren illegal. In den USA jedoch gibt es mehrere registrierte Gemeinden, die auch über Kirchengebäude verfügen. Die kanonische Weißru...

The official website of the Orthodox Church of Greece made a release on the results of the meeting of the Holy Synod, held on August 26-28 this year. According to the recommendations of the Synodal committees for the dogmatic and canonical issues, as well as Orthodox and inter-Christian relations regarding the Ukrainian question, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox CHurch of Greece "recognizes the right of the Ecumenical Patriarch to grant autocephaly as his canonical right; it refers the privileg...

During the roundtable meeting "Christian Education: Experience and Prospects" more than 50 religious and non-governmental organizations have adopted a Resolution requiring the Russian Federation to stop political persecution and immediately release all Ukrainian citizens imprisoned for political reasons in Russia and occupied Crimea, prisoners of war and civilian hostages in the occupied Donbass. The issue of the release of Ukrainian sailors has also been raised, The Institute for Religious F...

Сurrent plans and challenges facing the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church were discussed at a meeting of the Committee of the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church, reports the Pentecostal site of Ukraine. There is a need to introduce training programs for ministers (primarily pastors and deacons) on the subject of "pastoral counselling". There is a great need for this, especially among young people: the analysis of data during the current youth festival has shown it. "After working with the you...

Many years of restoration work at the ancient St. Catherine’s Monastery, carried out under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, have been completed. During the project, the territory surrounding the monastery was landscaped, the roads leading to the monastery and to Mount Moses were repaired, larger parking spaces for buses were created, and an electronic security system was installed, reports Romfea. With the restoration work, the Ministry aims to increase visitors to the ho...