🇷🇺🇹🇷 Russian Church Calls for Dialogue with Patriarch of Istanbul

— "His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church Department for the External Relations, has commented on the recent statements from Patriarch Bartholomew:

"The Russian Orthodox Church still harbors hopes for the Patriarchate of Istanbul to recover clarity of mind and shift from the monologue mode to that of dialogue: this is the only way that inter-Orthodox problems can possibly be resolved. The conciliar mind of the Church might well find a satisfactory decision, as it happened many times in Church history."

"Primates of Local Churches ought to regularly meet face-to-face and discuss any outstanding issues," said His Eminence, "and should one of them speak for everyone else, claiming privileges he allegedly got from the apostles, this is sheer insanity."

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🇷🇺🇪🇬 Met. Leonid tells of ROC's ambitious development program on the continent

— "The Exarch of Africa spoke about the possibility of creating educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church on this continent.

The Russian Orthodox Church does not exclude the possibility of creating new educational institutions in Africa, Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin said in an interview with Interfax-Religion.

“Today we are just starting to implement our plans. Undoubtedly, the issue of education is one of the top priorities. We have an understanding of how to approach it. There are excellent theological schools for teaching and training students. However, it is possible that we will create a number of educational institutions on the territory of the African continent, as long as it is necessary and expedient,” said Metropolitan Leonid."

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🇷🇸🇦🇺 BREAKING: Australia cancels visa of unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic for the second time

— "Australia has once more canceled Novak Djokovic’s visa, meaning that the tennis star will now be ordered to leave the country only days before attempting to defend his title at the Australian Open. 

January 14, Australia’s immigration minister Alex Hawke overruled a Monday court decision which had ordered Djokovic to be released from isolation and granted him permission to stay in the country.

Exercising a personal power, Hawke canceled Djokovic’s visa saying that it was “in the public interest to do so.”"

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🇷🇺🇹🇷 Some here are commenting on Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev's use of the name "Istanbul" instead of "Constantinople". This wasn't a mistake by His Eminence, it was a deliberate insult to the Ecumenical Patriarch, implying that the latter is not worthy of the honour and title of New Rome. It's actually a powerful under the table jab at Phanar.

https://t.me/EasternOrthodoxChannel/4796

🇪🇬🇷🇺 Patriarchate of Alexandria initiates a meeting of Primates of 5 Churches

— "Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria sent a delegation and a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople with a request to convene a meeting of the Primates of the 5 Churches on the creation of the Patriarchal Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa, reports orthodoxia.info.

It is assumed that the meeting should be attended by the Primates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem (Churches of the Pentarchy - the five most ancient Churches, which included Rome, which later fell away from Orthodoxy) and the Cypriot Churches. Patriarch Theodore II will send a separate delegation with explanations to the Churches of Antioch and Jerusalem, which do not recognize the OCU."

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Alexandria wants to convene a council or meeting with just the primates of Contantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Cyprus to deal with the Russian Exarchate.

1. Now that their territory is under attack they suddenly see the need for a council.
2. Basically, they think a bunch of Greeks can get together to solve questions for the entire Church. This is only confirms how tone deaf Alexandria is and highlights why the African priests are eager to get out from under them.

We know what to expect from C’ple, Alexandria, and Cyprus, but the interesting question is what Antioch and Jerusalem will do.
https://orthodoxia.info/news/apokleistiko-synaxi-prokathimenon-ka/

— I will write a comprehensive post either later this evening or tomorrow explaining why it's likely, although not certain, that the two jurisdictions will reject the invitation of the Alexandrian Patriarchate to this council. Stay tuned!

🇷🇺🇺🇲 Russian Foreign Ministry accuses USA of the crisis of world Orthodoxy

— "Sergei Lavrov believes that the United States "directly had a hand" in the crisis in Orthodoxy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the United States is responsible for the crisis in world Orthodoxy, reports tsargrad.tv.

“The United States of America directly had a hand in the current crisis in Orthodoxy,” Lavrov said. “They had a special mechanism formed – a special representative for freedom of religion, who was not really dealing with freedom. <...> He actively encouraged and financed the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew so that he would pursue a line towards a schism, including in Ukraine.”

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🇺🇬 The Orthodox Church in Uganda has elected Bishop Ieronymos (Muzeeyi) to cover the vacuum created by the unfortunate passing of Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga last year.

The Orthodox synod elected Bishop Muzeeyi on Wednesday at the seating of the Patriarch in Alexandria, Egypt in a race contested by two other bishops from Uganda.

In response to the meteoric rise in conversions, it has also been decided that two new dioceses will be established in the Sub-Saharan country: the Holy Diocese of Jinja and Eastern Uganda, headed by His Grace Silvester (Kisitu) and the Holy Diocese of Gulu and Northern Uganda, headed by Bishop-elect Nektarios (Kabouye).

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🇬🇷 Priest from Greece: Dioceses quarantined churches for 1 million euros

— "The Cretan priest claims that the dioceses betrayed the believers by quarantining the temples.

Emmanuel Sarris, clergyman of the Cretan Orthodox Church, said the Greek metropolitanates had received one million euros for the closure of churches during lockdown, according to the Vima Orthodoxias publication.

According to the priest, in the first quarantine they (Greek hierarchs – Ed.) closed the churches because they were paid. As far as I know, each diocese received about 1 million euros for closing its churches."

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🇷🇴🇦🇪 Romanian church to be built in Dubai: It will not have high towers, but it will be welcoming

— "Romanians in Dubai could have their own church, Patriarch Daniel said at the end of the Christmas Divine Liturgy. The church plan has been submitted to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates and involves a holy place adapted to the cultural context of this country: it will not be very tall but small and welcoming.

About 10,000 Romanians are living and working in Dubai. Now the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Dubai is hosted by a church of the Patriarchate of Antioch, for which Patriarch Daniel conveyed thanks."

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🇬🇷🇺🇦 Greek hierarch: Autocephaly for OCU leads Orthodoxy to dangerous paths

— "Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus noted that granting autocephaly to schismatics without their repentance is dangerous for the entire Church.

Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus of the Greek Orthodox Church said that the granting of autocephaly to the OCU leads Orthodoxy on a dangerous path, writes ekklisiaonline.gr.

“The granting of Autocephaly on cursed, imprisoned and schismatic people, without repentance and their restoration without the legal jurisdiction provided by the Holy Canons, unfortunately, lead the Orthodox Church to dangerous paths,” Metropolitan Seraphim said."

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Just watched Tucker Carlson interviewing the head of a group running “satan clubs” for kids after school. The most interesting part was when the satanist accidentally made a correct and very important observation; he pointed out the hypocrisy of “conservatives” worshipping free speech and religious tolerance while throwing a fit about the after-school satan clubs. And you know what? He’s right.

The moronic conservative obsession with these “ideals,” for their own sake and utterly detached from any purpose or outcome, is indeed how you get after-school satan clubs. Fox News has no leg to stand on in this case, because you cannot worship slogans and then get upset when their logical endpoints show up.

There is a reason conservatives have lost on every single issue for the last 70 years, conserving absolutely nothing but the feelings they get when they repeat said slogans - regardless of where they lead. There is no reason to defend the idea of “anyone can say and teach and practice whatever they want.” That isn’t Christianity; it’s just the seed of satanism which is now flowering everywhere.

The only difference between “conservatives” and satanists is that the latter have actually thought through where their ideas lead and taken advantage of the situation set up by the former. But make no mistake, one directly leads to the other given enough time and the malicious intentions of others.

Free Speech is important right now only because those on the side of Truth - which is to say, God - don’t have it. But once we win, there will be no reason to worship the concept any longer. There is no reason to allow pornography, obscenity, tranny propaganda, or after-school satan clubs just “out of principle.”

If you stand for everyone and everything, you stand for no one and nothing. Eventually you have to choose a side, or your enemies will win by default.

🇺🇲 Orthodox Christians Will March for Life Together on East and West Coasts

— "Orthodox Christians for Life invites the Orthodox community to join the 2022 Orthodox gatherings at the March for Life on January 21 in Washington, DC, and the Walk for Life West Coast on January 22 in San Francisco, CA.

Orthodox Christians for Life (OCLife) first organized the Orthodox presence at the annual March 35 years ago in January of 1987, and Orthodox Christians have been gathering together at this event ever since.

"Gathering together at the annual March for Life is vital, not only because it allows the Church’s leadership to demonstrate Orthodoxy’s uncompromising commitment to the sanctity of human life, but also because it provides an important occasion to bear witness to this commitment to the rest of the pro-life community – an evangelistic opportunity in itself," said Emily Wilkinson, OCLife Executive Director."

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