Pope Francis’ Homily in Jerusalem
[Remarks as prepared for delivery] In this Basilica, which all Christians regard with the deepest veneration, my pilgrimage in the company of my beloved brother...
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The Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church: What Has Changed in Fifty Years
by Fr. Thomas FitzGerald When Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meet in Jerusalem on May 25-26, 2014, they will recall the meeting of their pred...
Joint Statement of Cardinal O’Malley and Metropolitan Methodios of Boston
A Joint Letter on the Meeting of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Jerusalem May 21, 2014 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We give thanks...
Statement condemning religious violence in Northern Africa
The Ecumenical Patriarchate has witnessed with great pain and distress the recent manifestations of religious violence against women in Northern Africa, which h...
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA and USCCB issue Joint Statement
Joint Statement Celebrating the Meeting of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Francis Fifty years ago, in January 1964, two great Christian leaders met i...
Memory Eternal Metropolitan Philip
Last night I was scanning through some posts on Facebook when the falling asleep of Metropolitan Philip was announced. As with all things social media related,...
Speech of His Beatitude DANIEL, Patriarch of Romania, at the opening session of the Synaxis of the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches
The Synaxis or meeting of the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches is not a permanent institution, but a spiritual representative event. The pan-Orth...
Nativity Encyclical of Patriarch Bartholomew
(Patriarchate.org) – Prot. No. 1109 + BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Ch...
Met. Hilarion: The Voice of the Church Must Be Prophetic
Source: World Council of Churches Address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patria...
CALL TO PRAYER FOR PEACE
On the occasion of the feast of the Birth of the Mother of God (8 September 2013), His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addresses the hierarchs, priests, monks, nuns ...