Archdeacon Andrei Kuraev defrocked

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Archdeacon Andrei Kuraev defrocked

After more than two years, the ecclesiastical court decision to defrock Archdeacon Andrei Kuraev has finally come into force, returning him to the status of a layman.

Constantinople’s Archbishop Elpidophoros gives speech to U.S. intelligence community

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Constantinople’s Archbishop Elpidophoros gives speech to U.S. intelligence community

The Patriarchate of Constantinople has a long history of cooperation with the U.S. intelligence community, as detailed in documents released by the CIA.

Constantinople doesn’t want Macedonian Church to use its own name even for internal use, says MOC hierarch

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Constantinople doesn’t want Macedonian Church to use its own name even for internal use, says MOC hierarch

His Eminence Metropolitan Petar of Prespa and Pelagonia’s comments to TV Thelma come against the background of the question of the MOC’s precise status within the Orthodox world.

Jerusalem hierarch calls on WCC to end persecution of Ukrainian Church

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Jerusalem hierarch calls on WCC to end persecution of Ukrainian Church

The World Council of Churches should do everything it can to put a stop to the persecution of the martyric Ukrainian Orthodox Church, says one outspoken hierarch of the Jerusalem Patriarchate.

OCA Synod elects new Bishop of Boston and Albanian Archdiocese

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OCA Synod elects new Bishop of Boston and Albanian Archdiocese

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America elected a new bishop for the Diocese of New England and the Albanian Archdiocese this week.