PATRIARCH ALEXIS' ANNUAL REPORT
His Holiness Patriarch Alexis II made his annual report to the Moscow Diocese recently. In it he reported that:* The Moscow Patriarchate currently has 131 dioceses and 169 bishops (down 7 on last...
View ArticleNew Archeological Evidence of Ancient British Christianity
Forgive me; I'm not sure if this goes here or elsewhere. From my blog today:More Evidence of Christianity in Ancient EnglandNew archeological discoveries show Christianity may have a longer history...
View ArticleNEW MARTYRS CATHEDRAL COMPLETED IN RUSSIA
ON THE SITE OF MASS SHOOTINGS IN BUTOVO, MOSCOW, A CHURCH HAS BEEN BUILT, THE CORNERSTONE OF WHICH WAS LAID BY PATRIARCH ALEXY II AND METROPOLITAN LAURUSMoscow, Dec. 11, 2006ITAR-TASS: A large stone...
View ArticleFULFILL MEN'S HEARTS WITH CONTRITION
Therfore, Lord, I would I had a well of tears to constrain Thee with that Thou shouldst not taking utter vengeance of man's soul for to parting him from Thee without an end, for it is an hard thing to...
View ArticleC of E EVANGELICALS THREATEN SCHISM
Williams warned of Church anarchy By Jonathan Petre, Religion CorrespondentLast Updated: 4:04am GMT14/12/2006The Church of England was plunged into a fresh crisis yesterday after evangelical leaders...
View ArticleTHE CHURCH OF RUSSIA
The latest secular polling in Russia indicates that 90,000,000 Russians describe themselves as Orthodox Christians and that regular weekly/monthly churchgoers number around 17,000,000. This last...
View ArticleA PRONOUNCEMENT FROM THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
Karyae, 30 December 2006.The recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the occasion of the feast-day of Saint Andrew (30th November 2006) and thereafter the visit by His...
View ArticleOld Roman Chant
This topic is perhaps better suited to another part of the forum, but here goes....One of my favourite CD purchases last year was the 'Vespres du Jour de Pacques' (Vespers of Easter Day) performed by...
View ArticleGreetings!
My prayers for all our participants for a Merry Christmas, A blessed Theophany and a grace filled New Year!Patrick
View ArticlePatriarch of Constantinople to participate in Papal Mass
Has anyone heard about this: http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2008/06/patriarch-of-constantinople-homily.html Has this happened before? Robert
View ArticleSome Questions
Hi! I hope this is the right place for me to ask a few questions? I am very new to Orthodoxy, and would like to know the following: 1. How different is Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism - does the...
View ArticleTHE ELY FORUM
The idea of Ely Forum is fundamentally different from most other forums - or other places of superficial similarity. It is not a place of controversy or argument, it is not a place for personal...
View ArticleSeminaries?
Hello! I suppose this will serve as both an introduction and question. First of all, my name is Father Gideon and I am a traditional Anglican priest serving in the USA. I belong to the Province of...
View ArticleQuestion...
In Eastern Orthodoxy, are all of the canons of the first Seven Ecumenical Council still followed today?
View ArticleROCOR & OCA
What is the relationship between the OCA and ROCOR? Also, is the ROCOR the same as the Russian Church Abroad? So many questions... too little time and space!!
View ArticleWestern Rite Criticism
Has anyone seen this site: http://westernritecritic.wordpress.com/ Thoughts?
View ArticleWestern Rite in England
Episcopal approval has been given for Western Rite services to begin in London. Initially these may be in the lower church of the cathedral of the Dormition, beginning in November of this year. Just...
View ArticleWestern Rite Seminary
Negotiations are to begin in a month or so for the Western Rite to be incorporated into the curriculum of a major Orthodox seminary. They have made approaches to us to work up a curriculum and reading...
View ArticleWESTERN RITE BISHOP
At long last ROCOR has provided us with a Western Rite Bishop. Bishop Jerome (Shaw) has been made Assistant to the Archbishop for Western Rite within the Vicariate. He has celebrated the Western...
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