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Pope to hold historic meeting in Cuba with Russian Orthodox Church head
Pope Francis will stop in Cuba on his way to Mexico next week to hold a historic meeting with Patriarch Kirill of the RussianOrthodox Church, the Vatican said on Feb. 5.
Ecumenical Patriarch to chair meeting of Orthodox Church Primates in Geneva
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has called a meeting – Synaxis – of the heads of Orthodox Churches around the world at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambesy, Geneva from January 21 until January 28, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced.
Turkey's Chief Ombudsman gives green light to payment of priests' salaries by state
The Chief Ombudsman's Office of Turkey has given the green light to the Directorate General of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) to pay priests' salaries, upon an appeal by Nazaret Ozsahakyan, the head of Boyac?köy Surp Yerits Mangants Armenian Church Foundation.
"Borders erased between states - new ones drawn in Serbia"
Wh are new borders being drawn within Serbia if Europe is uniting by erasing borders between states, Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej has asked.
Croat daily publishes patriarch's letter to pope on Stepinac
Croatian daily Jutarnji List has published a letter that Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej sent to Roman Catholic Pope Francis in July.
It concerns the intention to declare Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac a saint.
Dafna Tal takes pics that depict secrets of Orthodoxy and the Holy Land
Israeli photographer Dafna Tal’s work is to be featured at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in an exhibition, titled The Orthodox of the Holy Land, that is set to run from December 8 through to January 21.
PM Tsipras meets Patriarch of Jerusalem
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hailed the contribution of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in interfaith dialogue at an especially critical time for the region, during a meeting on Thursday afternoon with Patriarch Theophilos III.
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Chairperson of Bulgarian National Assembly on visit to Romanian Patriarchate
Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church received on Tuesday a delegation of the Bulgarian National Assembly, voicing on the occasion appreciation for the good relations of cooperation between the two neighboring nations.
Facebook: “Call no man Father – even if he’s ordained!”
Last month, social media giant Facebook cracked down on the Christian clergy by demanding the removal of the title “Father” from user profile names. Facebook administrators showed a lack of understanding that priests are actually called Father when others refer to them in real life.
Orthodox Patriarchate ordered to pay $2.9 mln to Israeli lawyer
An Israeli court ordered the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem to pay 11.3 million shekels (2.9 million dollars) to Israeli lawyer Moshe Lipke after he claimed that the Church owed him 11.3 million shekels. The sum covers the cost of cases that he says he represented the Patriarchate in Jerusalem in since 2002.