In meeting Pope Francis, patriarch asserts Russia's role
MOSCOW (AP) — When Patriarch Kirill meets Pope Francis this week, the historic event will allow the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to assert Russia's leading role in the Eastern Christian world....
View ArticleChurches in 40 days and nights of prayer
Eighteen churches in Lisburn have launched 40 days and 40 nights of prayer for their city. The Relentless Prayer initiative, covering the Lent period and launched...
View ArticlePutin may benefit from meeting of pope and patriarch
By Philip Pullella and Maria Tsvetkova VATICAN CITY/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A meeting between Pope Francis and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday could not happen without a green light from...
View ArticleThe pope and the patriarch: Why are Russians skeptical of historic summit?
When Pope Francis meets Patriarch Kirill in Cuba on Friday, it will be undeniably historic. Not only will it be the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox...
View ArticleSt. Tikhon’s Seminary announces scholarships for Antiochian seminarians (OCA...
(Source: OCA - Orthodox Church in America) SOUTH CANAAN, PA [STOTS] Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary here has announced the creation of three new scholarships for students from the...
View ArticlePope and Russian patriarch edge towards warmer relations
Pope Francis' meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will be the first between a leader of the Roman Catholic Church and a spiritual head of Russian Orthodoxy since their Churches split...
View ArticlePope Francis visiting Cuba for historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Church
HAVANA (AP) -- The heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches will hold a historic meeting Friday in the threadbare international airport of an officially secular, communist-run tropical...
View ArticleRussia’s Catholics, Orthodox Hopeful on Historic Pope-Patriarch Meet
Daniel Schearf MOSCOW— Russia's Catholic minority has welcomed an historic first meeting this Friday in Cuba between the Pope and the Patriarch of Russia's dominant Orthodox Church. There are an...
View ArticleMetropolitan Hilarion greets Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch with...
(Source: Moscow Patriarchate) Share the post 'Metropolitan Hilarion greets Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch with anniversary of his enthronement' Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman...
View ArticlePope, Orthodox patriarch hold 'summit' to battle siege of Mideast Christians
Barely six months after his first visit to Cuba, where he was lauded for helping to engineer the historic detente between Havana and the US, Pope Francis is returning Friday for yet another diplomatic...
View ArticleApostolic Nuncio to Great Britain and Diocesan Russian Orthodox Bishop pray...
(Source: Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales) Before the meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, Catholics and Orthodox in the United Kingdom as well as believers all over the...
View ArticleThe differences between the Catholic and Orthodox churches
TO A non-Christian, or even to a Christian who prefers to keep doctrine and worship as simple as possible, the Catholic and Orthodox churches can look pretty similar....
View ArticleSerbian Orthodox Church Welcomes Russian Patriarch, Pope Meeting
Serbian church spokesman said that Serbian Orthodox Church welcomes the meeting of Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Pope Francis in Cuba on Friday. ......
View ArticleAlaskan Native Spiritual Legacy exhibition’s lecturers announced (OCA -...
(Source: OCA - Orthodox Church in America) VILLANOVA, PA [OCA] Three free public lectures will be held in conjunction with an exhibition titled 'Russian America: The Alaskan Native Spiritual Legacy,'...
View ArticleIn historic encounter with leader of Russian Orthodox Church, pope set to...
` MOSCOW – He is a man who many hoped would reform the Russian Orthodox Church – but he has been a conservative force with the ear of the Kremlin. He is renowned for his openness to other branches of...
View ArticleRussian Orthodox Patriarch En Route to Cuba for Historic Meeting
VOA News The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has left Moscow on a trip to Cuba in which he will both make a state visit to the Cuban President, Raul Castro, and hold a historic...
View ArticleBishops’ Conference welcomes forthcoming meeting between Pope Francis and the...
(Source: Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales) The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales welcomes the long hoped-for meeting of the Holy Father Pope Francis and the Patriarch of Moscow,...
View ArticleThe Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales welcomes the forthcoming meeting...
(Source: Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales) The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales welcomes the long hoped-for meeting of the Holy Father Pope Francis and the Patriarch of Moscow,...
View ArticlePope Francis travels to Cuba for historic meeting with patriarch of Russian...
Pope Francis traveled to Cuba on Friday for a historic meeting with the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, the first such encounter after 1,000 years of estrangement between two of the largest...
View ArticlePope heads for historic meeting with Russian Orthodox leader
Pope Francis was flying to Cuba on Friday for the first-ever papal meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a historic development in the 1,000-year schism within Christianity, but one...
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