By Efi Efthimiou The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC – Moscow Patriarchate) has formally announced its refusal to comply with legislation adopted by the Ukrainian authorities that seeks to sever its ties with the Moscow Patriarchate. The decision was communicated in a letter from the head of the UOC, Metropolitan Onufriy,…| Orthodox Times (en)
by Konstantinos Menyktas The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches, founded in 1996 and representing all religious denominations in Ukraine, has voiced strong opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported demands concerning the protection of the Russian Church in Ukraine, that is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) under Metropolitan Onufriy. In a…| Orthodox Times (en)
By Efi Efthimiou Hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Alexandria describe the situation in the dioceses under its jurisdiction on Orthodoxtimes.com in the bleakest terms. As they characteristically explain, there is a complete lack of meaningful support for their work from the head of the Patriarchate, with part of the blame…| Orthodox Times (en)
Today, Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia sent a congratulatory message to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, in honor of the Feast of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church's name day. The message reads, in part: "With a spirit of fraternal love and unbreakable…| Orthodox Times (en)