Category - orthodox

Russian and Georgian church leaders plea for Ossetia peace

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:02 +0100

Orthodox church leaders from Russia and Georgia called for peace while their political counterparts lobbed charges of aggression for the anniversary of the South Ossetia war.

Millions prepare for Orthodox Easter celebrations

staff writers — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:28:36 +0100

While Protestant, Anglican and Catholic Christians have just finished celebrating the major Easter festival and are looking towards Pentecost, for some the season is still heading towards its Sunday climax.

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets President Obama

staff writers — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:04:03 +0100

Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew had a private meeting with US President Barack Obama in the run up to Easter, touching on environmental concerns and issues about the future of Turkey.

New attempt to achieve a common date for Easter

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:36:16 +0000

Lebanon-based Armenian Orthodox leader Aram I has at a Vatican meeting with Pope Benedict XVI proposed that the world's churches set a common date for Easter, when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Orthodox Patriarch addresses Synod of Catholic bishops for the first time

agency reporter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:27:26 +0100

Orthodox leader Bartholomew I of Constantinople has become the first ever Ecumenical Patriarch to speak to the General Assembly of the Synod of Catholic Bishops in Rome, following years of tension between the churches.

Orthodox leader urges European Union to accept Turkey

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:46:32 +0100

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos, seen by many of the world's Orthodox Christians as their spiritual leader, has said he backs the bid by Turkey to join the European Union if the Muslim-majority nation meets human rights standards.

Orthodox leader and Dalai Lama make Time magazine top 100

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:01:46 +0100

Bartholomeos I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, has joined the Dalai Lama as one of two international religious figures named in the "Time 100" list, the people deemed by Time magazine to be the world's most influential persons.

Call for European churches council to include Catholics

Stephen Brown — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:39:50 +0000

The French cleric who heads the main grouping of Anglican, Orthodox and Protestant Christian denominations in Europe has proposed the creation of a Council of European Churches that would also include the Roman Catholic Church.

Orthodox leader says Christians must face their differences together

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:07:30 +0000

Churches should be prepared to confront their differences honestly and to examine them in the light scripture, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I told a service to celebrate 60 years since the World Council of Churches was founded.

Grappling with change as a global church

Sara Speicher — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:33:44 +0000

This year the World Council of Churches, the primary post-war instrument of global church cooperation, is 60 years old. Sara Speicher explores its role and future in a radically changed world, and asks how churches today can negotiate togetherness and difference.