Eine Geste von außerordentlicher ökumenischer Bedeutung hat Papst Franziskus beim jüngsten Rom-Besuch einer Delegation des orthodoxen Ökumenischen Patriarchats von Konstantinopel gesetzt. Wie die Stiftung Pro Oriente und das Portal Vatican News berichteten, überreichte der Papst dem Leiter der orthodoxen Delegation beim römischen Patronatsfest Peter und Paul, Erzbischof Job (Getcha), im Vatikan ein Reliquiar mit Reliquien des Apostels Petrus. Seit vielen Jahrhunderten pilgern Christen aus all...

The Albanian Orthodox Church issued a statement on June 24 condemning the misuse of Orthodox churches for political electioneering. “In recent days, in two cases, in the pre-election campaign, there has been an unacceptable use of ecclesiastical premises for political purposes,” the statement published on the Church’s official website reads. “The use of the inner church premises for political activities in election campaigns constitutes an insult to community and institutional religious feeli...

The Bulgarian church will add Georgia to a list of pilgrimage destinations, including countries the local church advises its parish to visit, the Georgian parliament reports. The step will encourage religious tourism in Georgia and increase interest in Georgian holy sites, the parliament’s press office stated after the meeting of Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze with Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit yesterday. Weiterlesen auf basilica.ro (19. Juni 2019)

The Bulgarian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sofia was built in honor of the Russian soldiers who died during the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-1878 that liberated Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke and was thus named in honor of the great Russian prince and warrior. Now, the monument to brotherhood and common faith will again see Bulgarian-Russian cooperation. Specialists in the conservation and restoration of frescoes from the Russian Ministry of Culture recently visited St. Alexande...

Nachdem Briefe des Metropoliten von Vidin, Daniil (Nikolov), kürzlich publik geworden sind, scheint der Riss im Hl. Synod der Bulgarischen Orthodoxen Kirche (BOK) bezüglich der ukrainischen Angelegenheiten größer geworden zu sein. Diese hatte er am 23. Mai auf eigene Initiative an die Patriarchate von Alexandrien, Jerusalem und Bukarest, sowie an die orthodoxen Kirchen von Zypern, Griechenland und Albanien verschickt. Schon am 7. März hatte der junge Metropolit den Brief an die Mitglieder des...

Eine Gruppe von 15 Ministranten aus Zagreb hat auf Initiative des Jesuiten Zlatko Brauchler die serbische Hauptstadt Belgrad besucht. Ihr Besuch stand im Zeichen von Versöhnung und Dialog und wurde vom katholischen Erzbischof von Belgrad, Stanislav Hočevar, als „prophetisches Zeichen“ gewertet. Dieser würdigte auch den Einsatz Brauchlers für die Versöhnung zwischen Kroaten und Serben sowie sein ökumenisches Engagement zwischen katholischer und orthodoxer Kirche auf dem Balkan.

Thousands of Orthodox faithful flocked to the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of the Resurrection in Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro, on June 15 to show their support for the rights of the canonical Serbian Church and to pray to God to help protect the Church there. The parishioners gathered at the call of His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and Littoral, the head of the largest Serbian diocese in Montenegro, reports Sputnik- Serbia. The service was part of a national ass...

Because sometimes the Romanian media refers to the glorification of the persons who suffered persecutions during the communist regime in our country or even died in the communist jails, we provide the following information: The canonization of Saints has the role to profess, to strengthen and to convey the true faith so as to guide the faithful on the path of salvation and of gaining saintliness. One of the essential conditions to glorify Saints is their undoubted faith kept until death (Reve...

The Romanian Patriarchate learned with deep indignation about the theatre play ‘Eu sunt. Si?’ (‘I am. So?’) performed in Cluj-Napoca during the ‘Pride Week’ of sexual minorities. The indecent content of this representation includes the mocking of Christian religious symbols, sending a deliberately blasphemous message. Such offensive attitudes towards the overwhelming majority of Romanians, the negative labeling of Christian believers, the repeated offending of religious feelings divide societ...