The Bulgarian Orthodox Church will address the question of the autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church after the process of the new name of the country has been completed, Patriarch Neofit told reporters on January 21. “Work is still being done on the name of the state Macedonia. When the details have been clarified, the …
As the Russian Orthodox Church announced on Monday, its ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate are ruptured due to the latter’s current decision over the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church. The decision was reached by the Holy Synod of the Russian Patriarchate after a five-hour long session that, for the first time took place in Minsk, Belarus. This way, Patriarch Kirill and …
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Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, as primus inter pares among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that make up the Orthodox Church, has the right to decree the autocephaly of local churches, a fact that has recently been confirmed at the council of the patriarchs in Constantinople. The issue became important after Bartholomew I indicated …
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The request of the Macedonian church for the Bulgarian church to become its mother church has no canonical or historical basis and is a proof of immaturity, Serbian Orthodox Church’s Patriarch Irinej said in last night’s interview with Belgrade-based TV Hram. According to him, the solution for the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) can only be …
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Committees comprised of senior officials from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Macedonian Orthodox Church met in Sofia to discuss further actions on the status of the “Macedonian” Church, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church said in a statement on December 22. The two committees discussed a roadmap for implementation of the decision …
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The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, at a session held on Thursday, discussed the decision of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Church to accept the request of the ‘schismatic Church of Macedonia’ to assume the role of mother-church, reports Greek orthodox website romfea.gr. “The Sacred Holy Synod expresses its concern about the …
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