Nachrichten

Am Amtsjubiläum des georgischen Katholikos-Patriarchen Ilia II. (Karekin) ist das beachtliche Wachstum der Georgischen Orthodoxen Kirche betont worden. Am Festgottesdienst in der Swetizchoweli-Kathedrale in der antiken georgischen Hauptstadt Mzcheta nahmen neben den Mitgliedern des Hl. Synods auch die georgische Präsidentin Salome Surabischwili sowie Ministerpräsident Mamuka Bachtadse teil. Bachtadse gratulierte in seiner Rede den orthodoxen Gläubigen zum 41. Jahrestag der Inthronisation des Pa…

The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) does not think that the unity between the UGCC and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the long run is an utopian idea. The UGCC Primate expressed this position in the traditional Christmas interview for Channel 5, the Department of Information of the UGCC reports. “On the contrary,” said His Beatitude Sviatoslav, “this is a good joyful prospect, as the entire Christian world, in particular the Catholic and Orthodox…

On December 31, 2018, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine received a letter from His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Warsaw and All Poland, in which the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church notified the Ukrainian Church leader that He had written a response  to the letter that was written to Him by Patriarch  Bartholomew of Constantinople ; a copy of the said response was also attached. The letter was His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa’s reply to a lett…

On December 27 the session of the Holy Synod was conveyed in the Patriarchate of Georgia. It was presided by His Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos – Patriarch of all Georgia. Amba-Alaverdian Metropolitan David was appointed as the secretary of the session, Georgian Orthodox Church reports. At the beginning the members of the Holy Synod were greeted by the Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia. HB Ilia II talked about the difficult ecclesiastical condition created in Ukraine and expressed his concern…

38,3 Prozent der polnischen Katholiken nehmen an der Sonntagmesse teil: Das geht aus der am 8. Januar von der Polnischen Bischofskonferenz (KEP) veröffentlichten Statistik zum Jahr 2017 hervor. Der höchste Gottesdienstbesuch (71,7 Prozent) und der höchste Kommunion-Empfang (27,6 Prozent) wurde dabei in der südostpolnischen Diözese Tarnów verzeichnet. Die Gründung dieser Diözese geht auf die Zeit der österreichischen Herrschaft über Galizien zurück. Laut dem Institut für Statistik der Katholisch…

Der tschechische Soziologe und Pfarrer der Prager Akademikerpfarre Tomáš Halík hat in einem Neujahrsinterview in der Beilage "Ceska pozice" der Tageszeitung Lidove noviny zu Fragen von Politik und Kirche in Tschechien, Europa und der Welt Stellung genommen. Er hoffe, "dass sich heute zumindest einem Teil der Wähler von Zeman und Babiš die Augen öffnen und sie sich die Haare raufen wie die Briten, die begriffen haben, dass den verfälschten Angaben der Verfechter des Brexit zu glauben eine koloss…

In Madrid, where the 41st annual European meeting hosted by the community of Taizé is bringing together 15,000 young people from across the continent, the Prior of Taizé, Brother Alois, announced that the next European youth meeting will take place in Poland, in the city of Wrocław, from December 28, 2019 to January 1, 2020. The Primate of the Polish bishops, Msgr. Wojciech Polak, Archbishop of Gniezno, and the auxiliary bishop of Wrocław, Msgr. Andrzej S…

In his congratulations to Orthodox Christians on January 6, Tallinn mayor Taavi Aas said he believes that January 7, Old Calendar Nativity, should be celebrated as a public holiday in Estonia, reports the site of the Tallinn city administration. “January 7, or the first day of Nativity on the Orthodox calendar should be a day off and a public holiday because the Orthodox want to spend their feast day honorably,” the capital city mayor said. “The Orthodox are the largest group of believers in Es…

The Society of Orthodox Women was established on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Nativity of the Lord Church in Bălți, Moldova, aiming ‘to promote and to foster Christian virtues in family, school and public life and to contribute to the active involvement of the Orthodox Christian woman in the national community for a better life.’ The Society’s objectives include: Strengthening Orthodox Christian faith in family and society; Promoting arts, culture, science, and national traditions. Weiterlesen auf…