Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
From The Orthodox Church in America Your Holiness: It is with joy that I convey to You the congratulations of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America on the occasion of Your election as Pope. You enter Your…
From the Romanian Patriarchate His Holiness Pope FRANCIS Vatican City Your Holiness, The Romanian Orthodox Church is sharing in these moments of joy of the Roman Catholic Church, following Your Holiness’ election as Bishop of Rome and Pope. We are…
Source:Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Immediately following the election of Pope Francis on the evening of March 13, His All-Holiness communicated the following congratulatory message to the Vatican: In the joy and jubilation of Your election as the pastoral leader of Roman…
With all of the news focused on Conclave in Rome, I have received many questions about how Patriarchs in the Orthodox Church are elected. Like the rest of the world, I did not expect the Cardinals to work so quickly…
(AOB) – Forty years ago the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision, known as Roe v. Wade, granting a “right” for women of the United States to terminate the lives of their children in the womb.…
Nov 15, 2012 Protocol Number 161/12 November 22, 2012 Thanksgiving Day Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (I Thessalonians 5:18) To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and…
With a tip of the Skufia to Fr. Greg I post below the text of an address by His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston given at the recent meeting of the The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation held in Washington, DC. I will have to…
Below is a letter from Metropolitan Methodios concerning physician assisted suicide and the upcoming ballot question no. 2 here in Massachusetts. We thank his Eminence for his leadership on this issue! To the Faithful of the Metropolis of Boston Brethren,…
Statement of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in its Fall 2012 session expresses once again its deep concern over extremist language used in…
Your Holiness, Your Eminences and Excellencies: May I address you on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church with apostolic greeting: ‘Grace to you and peace from God our Father and…