Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Moscow Patriarchate severs ties with Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

At its working session on Monday, October 15, 2018, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church resolved to cut all ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople following their decisions regarding the church situation in Ukraine. The Holy Synod of the Russian Church has learned ‘with profound pain’ about the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s report published…

Oct 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarchate issues announcement regarding situation of Ukraine: full text

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate met this week under the chairmanship of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to examine different topics on the agenda including the Ukrainian autocephaly issue. Following the October 11, 2018, working session, the Chief Secretariat of the Holy Synod released an announcement containing the deliberations. Announcement Presided by His…

Oct 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

I hope we will continue working together so that the world may become better: Patriarch Kirill after meeting Ecumenical Patriarch

„I hope we will continue working together so that the world may become better”, said Friday Patriarch Kirill of Moscow following the meeting with His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Phanar. His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met Friday, August 31, with His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Ecumenical…

Sep 2, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarchate issues communique following Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Constantinople

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met Friday with His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s headquarters in Constantinople. The two Primates discussed matters of inter-Orthodox concern, including the possbility of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Following the meeting, the Ecumenical Patriarchate issued a communique providing some details.…

Sep 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Best pictures from the meeting of Russian Patriarch Kirill and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeu

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia has arrived Friday morning at the Phanar district of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is headquartered. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinopole to discuss themes of common interest, while the dominant topic of the discussions will be the…

Aug 31, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch of Moscow arrives at the Phanar

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia has arrived Friday morning at the Phanar district of Constantinople where the Ecumenical Patriarchate is headquartered. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinopole to discuss themes of common interest, while the dominant topic of the discussions will be the…

Aug 31, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch: “It is reasonable to desire the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in Ukraine”

The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed the Ecumenical Throne’s unabating interest for the healing of the Ukrainian ecclesiastical problem and the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in that country during his address in the Chamber of the Throne, following the 40-day memorial of Metropolitan Evangelos of Perge, which took place on Sunday, July 1,…

Jul 3, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Five-hour talks at the Phanar on the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church

A delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) met Saturday with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at his residence in Constantinople, where they held a five-hour meeting regarding the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church. Four members of the Standing Holy Synod of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) went to the Phanar to discuss the initiatives…

Jun 27, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Synod to appoint bishops for vacant episcopal sees

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met Thursday at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest for its working session. The themes on the agenda announced in the opening of the works by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Synod’s Chairman, include the election of hierarchs for some vacant episcopal sees…

May 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarchate to initiate dialogue with sister Churches on Ukrainian Autocephaly

Following its working session on April 19-20, 2018, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate released a communiqué stating that it has decided to begin a dialogue and coordination with its sister autocephalous Orthodox Churches on the matter of creating an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church.  The Ecumenical patriarchate noted it will examine the matter according…

Apr 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

New Ukrainian Ambassador to Romania Oleksandr Bankov meets with Romanian Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Thursday, 1 March 2018, at his patriarchal residence His Excellency the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania Oleksandr Bankov. His Beatitude appreciated the good ties between the two nations and wished for their cultivation and strengthening. In this context, the Patriarch pointed to the spiritual unity of the…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu