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Der Konflikt um die neugegründete „Orthodoxe Kirche der Ukraine“, der vom Ökumenischen Patriarchen Bartholomaios I. im Januar dieses Jahres die Autokephalie verliehen wurde, dürfte weiter anhalten: So wurde nun in einem nächsten Schritt auf dem Weg in die vollständige Eigenständigkeit ein Programm für die eigenständige Theologenausbildung erarbeitet. Verantwortlich für das Programm zeichnet die Theologische Akademie von Volos. Die Gläubigen wurden über diesen Schritt im Rahmen der Göttlichen L…

The faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro are raising their voices against a draft law that threatens to seize property from the Church. Thousands attended a Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro, in mid-June to show their support for the rights of the persecuted canonical Serbian Church, in protest of the bill. The Church has also been collecting signatures for a petition against the bill at its parishes throughout the country…

Meeting at Valaam Monastery, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church issued a statement concerning the present persecution and legal threat against the Serbian Orthodox Church on the territory of Montenegro, reports Patriarchia.ru. In May, the Montenegrin Cabinet approved a draft law according to which, “All religious buildings that were property of the State of Montenegro before the loss of its independence and merging into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, and which sub…

Eine Annäherung der verfeindeten Nachbarn Russland und Ukraine könnte über den persönlichen Kontakt ihrer Staatschefs, Präsident Vladimir Putin und Volodymyr Zelenskyj, gelingen – eine Vermischung der politischen Themen mit den ebenfalls ungelösten kirchlichen Streitfragen sei jedoch kontraproduktiv. Darauf hat der Leiter des Außenamts des Moskauer Patriarchats, Metropolit Ilarion (Alfejev), in einem Interview mit dem TV-Sender "Rossija-24" hingewiesen. Kirchenprobleme seien von Kirchenleuten z…

The District administrative court received a petition from the Kyiv Patriarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) to secure a claim in which Kyiv Patriarchate of the UOC-KP requests the court to prohibit Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv City Council (KMP) from transfer of real estate to other entities. In particular, the plaintiff asks the court to prohibit Kyiv City Council and Kyiv City State Administration to take any action to prevent the plaintiff fro…

Die Kirche von Neapel hat dem ukrainischen griechisch-katholischen Großerzbischof von Kiew und Halytsch (Galizien), Svjatoslav Schevtschuk, eine Reliquie des Heiligen Januarius (San Gennaro) übergeben. Der Erzbischof von Neapel, Kardinal Crescenzio Sepe, überreichte die Reliquie des Stadtpatrons im Erzbischöflichen Palais der süditalienischen Metropole an P. Andryj Soletskyj, einen Sekretär des Großerzbischofs, wie die Stiftung Pro Oriente berichtete. Die Übergabe der Reliquie sei „ein Zeichen…

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine urges believers to take part in the vote in the elections to Verkhovna Rada on July 21 and make a responsible choice. This is said in a statement issued by the press service of the Kyiv Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine. As its authors note, thanks to the support of patriotic, pro-Ukrainian forces it became possible to hold the Unification Council, to obtain the Tomos of autocephaly. "However, everyone sees how the Russian state uses differen…

Seventeen unique buildings in the northwest Russian city of Pskov were among the latest cultural gems to join UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. Pskov is one of Russia’s oldest cities, first mentioned in ancient annals of the 9th century. In the Middle Ages, it was the bustling, wealthy capital of the Pskov Republic, acting as a bridge between Russia and Europe. The buildings, located in Pskov’s historic old city, include churches, cathedrals, monasteries, fortification towers and administr…

Meeting at the Valaam Holy Transfiguration Monastery, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church made a number of decisions regarding its dioceses abroad. In particular, the hierarchs officially accepted 8 parishes from throughout the dioceses of the Church’s newly-established Southeast Asian Exarchate and one more in Europe into the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, reports Patriarchia.ru. The Exarchate was established on December 28, with four dioceses created within it on February…