By Peter Anderson The Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine, located in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. The oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world is the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine, located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It was built at the location of three extremely important Old Testament events. According [...]
By Peter Anderson Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, died January 25, 2025, at age 95 On January 25, 2025, Archbishop Anastasios (“Anastas” in Albanian) of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania, primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, died at the age of 95 from multiple organ failure following a viral [...]
One of Francis' Greatest Legacies: He Was Respected by Both Sides of Many Theological and Political Divides By Peter Anderson Patriarch Krill of Russia and Pope Francis embrace during their 2016 meeting in Havana. (Photo - L’Osservatore Romano) As the world knows, Pope Francis died on “Bright Monday,” April 21, the day after the [...]
By Peter Anderson Patriarch John X, the head of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in Syria. On December 8, 2024, the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed. The Assad family had ruled Syria through oppressive measures since 1971. The collapse occurred as the result of an offensive launched on [...]
By Peter Anderson On October 26, 2024, the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church issued its Final Document on the subject, “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission.” The Final Document is the culmination of a long process that began three years ago and [...]
The passage of Law 3894, officially outlawing activities of any Church that is “affiliated” with the Russian Orthodox Church, may provide a critical opportunity to reassess the relationship between Ukraine’s two most important Orthodox religious bodies, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (“UOC”) and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (“OCU”), as well as the relationship of the two [...]
By Peter Anderson Building of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. (Photo: Wikipedia) On Sunday, August 25, Pope Francis at the end of his Angelus address expressed his concerns about a law recently adopted in Ukraine. He stated: “I continue to follow with sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the Russian Federation. And in [...]
In October 2023, a Moscow Patriarchate court found Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun guilty of "perjury" for celebrating the Divine Liturgy with a bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate By Peter Anderson Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun at the Gregorian University, Rome, in October 2023. He teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, USA. He has been defrocked [...]
Moving Toward Unity The Catholic and Orthodox Churches may be entering a new era of reconciliation. Three prominent Catholic figures with years of experience working with the Eastern Churches comment on recent developments and the progress toward unity they may augur Pope Francis, “Bishop of Rome”: Creating New Space for Dialog By Fr. James McCann When [...]
February 5, 2016, Friday -- More on the Pope Francis-Patriarch Kirill Meeting in Havana, Cuba, on February 12 "Thus, in full awareness and at the beginning of his ministry in the Church of Rome that Peter bathed with his blood, the current successor assumes as his primary commitment that of working tirelessly towards the reconstruction of [...]
